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Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy / Trevor Weekes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weekes, Trevor C.
- Series:
- Series in astronomy and astrophysics.
- Series in astronomy and astrophysics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gamma ray astronomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gamma rays of the highest energies are a challenge for the experimentalist to detect and the theoretician to explain. This book presents the techniques, observations and the theories of this expanding frontier.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; 1. Foundations of gamma-ray astronomy; 2. Very high energy gamma-ray detectors; 3. High energy gamma-ray telescopes in space; 4. Galactic plane; 5. Supernovae and supernova remnants; 6. Gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula; 7. Gamma-ray observations of supernova remnants; 8. Gamma-ray pulsars and binaries; 9. Unidentified sources; 10. Extragalactic sources; 11. Active galactic nuclei: observations; 12. Active galactic nuclei: models; 13. Gamma-ray bursts; 14. Diffuse background radiation; Appendix; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610650477
- 9781040196168
- 1040196160
- 9780429093241
- 0429093241
- 9781280650475
- 1280650478
- 9781420033199
- 1420033190
- OCLC:
- 475988783
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