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The Universe in Gamma Rays

By Volker Schönfelder (auth.) , Prof. Volker Schönfelder (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2001
ISBN
978-3-642-08745-5, 978-3-662-04593-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-04593-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16512556 bytes)
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Edition
1
Pages
409\417
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
AstronomyAstrophysics and Cosmology;Extraterrestrial PhysicHadrons;Elementary ParticlesHeavy IonsQuantum Field TheorySpace Sciences;Nuclear Physics

Description

Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the tree satellite missions SIGMA, Compton, and Beppo-Sax gave a completely new picture of our Universe and made gamma-ray astronomy an integral part of astronomical research. This book, written by well-known experts, gives the first comprehensive presentation of this field of research, addressing both graduate students and researchers. Gamma-ray astronomy helps us to understand the most energetic processes and the most violent events in the Universe. After describing cosmic gamma-ray production and absorption, the instrumentation used in gamma-ray astronomy is explained. The main part of the book deals with astronomical results, including the somewhat surprising result that the gamma-ray sky is continuously changing.

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