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Title | The Universe in Gamma Rays |
Author(s) | Sch??nfelder, Volker |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001. |
Description | XIV, 409 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | 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 |
ISBN,Price | 9783662045930 |
Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Elementary particles (Physics)
7. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
8. Heavy ions
9. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
10. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
11. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
12. SPACE SCIENCES
13. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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Item Type | eBook |
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