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X-Ray Astronomy

By Günther Hasinger , Joachim E. Trümper

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2008
ISBN
354034411X, 9783540344117
Google Books ID
1HkjDJ5HZbQC
Open Library ID
OL12774137M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13738276 bytes)
Series
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Edition
1
Pages
496\496
Topic
Physics
Library
mexmat
Scanned
no
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13

Description

In the last 45 years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral part of modern astrophysics and cosmology. There is a wide range of astrophysical objects and phenomena, where X-rays provide crucial diagnostics. In particular they are well suited to study hot plasmas and matter under extreme physical conditions in compact objects. This book summarizes the present status of X-ray astronomy in terms of observational results and their astrophysical interpretation. It is written for students, astrophysicists as well a growing community of physicists interested in the field. An introduction including historical material is followed by chapters on X-ray astronomical instrumentation. The next two parts summarize in 17 chapters the present knowledge on various classes of X-ray sources in the galactic and extragalactic realm. While the X-ray astronomical highlights discussed in this book are mainly based on results from ROSAT, ASCA, RXTE, BeppoSAX, Chandra and XMM-Newton, a final chapter provides an outlook on observational capabilities and projects discussed for the future.

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