Exploring the universe : a festschrift in honor of Riccardo Giacconi / editors, H. Gursky, R. Ruffini, L. Stella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gursky, Herbert.

Ruffini, Remo.

Stella, L. (Luigi), 1957-

Series:

Advanced series in astrophysics and cosmology ; v. 13.

Advanced series in astrophysics and cosmology ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Cosmic background radiation.

Galaxies.

X-ray astronomy.

Giacconi, Riccardo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is dedicated to Riccardo Giacconi for his sixty-fifth birthday, on the occasion of his being awarded a “Laurea Honoris Causa” in physics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. A meeting was held in his honor, and presentations were given that reflected the state-of-the-art of research on subjects related to Giacconi's scientific interests and achievements through the decades. This volume is based upon the papers presented at that meeting. It provides a tribute to Riccardo Giacconi for his outstanding contributions towards opening up the entire field of high energy astrophysics.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; University of Rome ""La Sapienza"" Honorary Degree in Physics Awarded to Riccardo Giacconi; X-RAY ASTRONOMY-THE FIRST DECADE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE SCIENTIFIC SETTING; 3 THE DISCOVERY OF COSMIC X-RAY EMISSION; 4 THE SECOND GENERATION; 5 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR IMAGING; 6 SUMMARY; References; X-RAY ASTRONOMY FROM UHURU TO EINSTEIN; 1 Introduction; 1.1 A Sensible World, Not a World On Paper; 2 The Origin of The Uhuru and Einstein Projects; 3 UHURU; 4 THE EINSTEIN X-RAY OBSERVATORY; 5 THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW; References

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF X-RAY OPTICS FOR ASTRONOMY1 Introduction and Early History; 2 Physics of X-ray Optics; 2.1 Reflection Efficiency; 2.2 Wolter Optics; 2.3 Scattering; 3 The Einstein and ROSAT Observatories; 4 AXAF; 4.1 AXAF HRMA Fabrication; 4.2 AXAF HRMA Calibration; 4.3 AXAF FLIGHT PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS; 5 Some Future Developments and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; THE DIVERGENT EVOLUTION OF THE X-RAY TELESCOPE; 1 Introduction; 2 High Throughput Telescopes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Kirkpatrick-Baez Telescope and LAMAR; 2.3 Foil Telescopes

2.4 New High Throughput Missions2.5 The Ultimate High Throughput Telescope; 3 Hard X-Ray and Wide Field Telescopes; 3.1 Hard X-Ray Telescopes; 3.2 Wide Field Focusing Telescopes; 4 References; FROM STARFISH TO EXOSAT - MY VARIOUS INTERACTIONS WITH RICCARDO GIACCONI; 1 The Early Years - Literary, Nuclear, and Personal Links; 2 Ariel-5 - My Chance for Independence; 3 Moving Apart - But Staying Close; References; X-RAY ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY; 1 Introduction; 2 Characteristics of an ""Ideal"" Spectrometer; 3 Non-dispersive Spectrometers; 4 Microcalorirneters

5 How Much Resolving Power Is Enough?6 How Much Sensitivity Is Enough?; 7 What next?; 8 Summary; References; THE X-RAY BACKGROUND AND THE ROSAT DEEP SURVEYS; 1 Introduction; 2 The Early History of the X-ray Background; 3 The ROSAT Deep Surveys; 3.1 Instrumental considerations; 3.2 Science preparation; 3.3 ROSAT observations; 3.4 Fighting confusion; 3.5 The log(N)-log(S) relation; 3.6 Optical identifications; 3.7 Constraints from the angular correlation function; 4 AGN Spectra and Fits to the XRB spectrum; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References

MUSINGS ABOUT X-RAY LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS AND SOURCE COUNTS1 Introduction; 2 Role of the Luminosity Function; 3 Source Counts Corresponding to One Sample Source; 3.1 Effect of Density Evolution; 3.2 Various Cases of Density Evolution; 3.3 Effect of Spectral Index; 3.4 Effect of Absorption; 3.5 Effect of Luminosity Evolution; 4 Multi-Parameter Detection; References; THE BRIGHTEST EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO SOURCES; 1 Encounters with Riccardo Giacconi; 2 The 3CR Radio Galaxies - A Personal History; 3 Hubble Space Telescope Observations of 3CR Radio Galaxies

4 The Astrophysics of the SCR Radio Galaxies at z ~ 1

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789812792174

9812792171

OCLC:

824698610