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Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy : Data Reduction and Analysis / edited by Cosimo Bambi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--Observations.
- Astronomy.
- Astrophysics.
- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
- Astrophysics and Astroparticles.
- Local Subjects:
- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
- Astrophysics and Astroparticles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (IX, 279 pages) : 152 illustrations, 95 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2020.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive introduction to X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. The first part discusses the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics; the optics and the detectors employed in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy; and past, present, and future X-ray and gamma-ray missions. The second part then describes data reduction and analysis, the statistics used in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, and demonstrates how to write a successful proposal and a scientific paper. Data reduction in connection with specific X-ray and gamma-ray missions is covered in the appendices. Presenting the state of the art in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, this is both a valuable textbook for students and an important reference resource for researchers in the field.
- Contents:
- The High Energy Window
- Emission processes in Active Galactic Nuclei
- AGN as a high energy laboratory
- How to detect X-rays and gamma-rays from space: optics and detectors
- Past, present, and future X-ray and gamma-ray missions
- From raw data to scientific products: images, light curves and spectra
- Statistics
- Data analysis (tutorials in the appendices)
- How to put your data analysis and interpretation into a scientific paper.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-981-15-6337-9
- 9789811563379
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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