High-energy astrophysics /

Main Author: Melia, Fulvio.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Series:Princeton series in astrophysics
Subjects:
LEADER 02809nam a2200325 a 4500
001 1942362
005 20171111235823.0
008 080520s2009 njua b 001 0 eng
020 |a 9780691135434(hc:alk.paper) 
020 |a 9780691140292(pbk.:alk.paper) 
020 |a 0691135436 
040 |a GR-PaHOU  |b gre 
050 0 0 |a QB464  |b .M45 2009  |a QB464 
082 0 0 |2 22  |a 523.01/97  |b .M45 2009 
100 1 0 |a Melia, Fulvio. 
245 1 0 |a High-energy astrophysics /  |c Fulvio Melia. 
260 1 0 |a Princeton, N.J. :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c c2009. 
300 1 0 |a x, 360 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill. (some col.) ;  |c 24 cm. 
490 1 0 |a Princeton series in astrophysics 
504 1 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |a Introduction and motivation. The field of high-energy astrophysics -- Energies, luminosities, and timescales -- Atmospheric absorption -- Experimental tools of high energy astrophysics -- High-energy telescopes -- The high-energy sky. X-ray maps up to 10 keV -- The sky between 10 keV and 1 MeV -- Surveys up to 30 MeV -- The highest energy maps produced in earth orbit -- Relativity. Special relativity -- Relativistic transformation of physical laws -- General relativity -- Static spacetimes -- Particle acceleration. Gravity -- Electromagnetic fields -- Fermi acceleration -- 
505 0 0 |a Radiative processes. The radiation field -- Intensity -- Thermal Bremsstrahlung -- Single particle synchrotron emissivity -- Thermal synchrotron -- Nonthermal synchrotron -- Compton scattering -- Accretion of plasma. Hydrodynamics -- Bondi-Hoyle accretion -- Roche lobe geometry in binaries and accretion from a companion star -- Formation of a disk. Accretion disk theory -- Viscosity and radial disk structure -- Standard thin disk theory -- Accretion columns -- Two-temperature thin disks -- Thick accretion disks. Thick-disk structure -- Radiatively inefficient flows -- 
505 0 0 |a Pulsing sources. Radio pulsars -- X-ray pulsars -- Cataclysmic variables -- Black holes in binaries. Early discovery of black holes -- The archetypal HMXB Cygnus X-1 -- X-ray Novae -- QPOs in black-hole binaries -- Bursting stars. X-ray burst sources -- Gamma-ray burst sources -- Supermassive black holes in AGNs. Their discovery and identification -- Nearby objects -- Supermassive black holes in AGNs -- The high-energy background. Cosmic rays -- Galaxy clusters -- Diffuse emission. 
650 0 0 |a Nuclear astrophysics. 
650 0 7 |a Πυρηνική αστροφυσική 
650 0 0 |a Astrophysics. 
650 0 7 |a Αστροφυσική 
650 0 4 |a Δομή της ύλης και του σύμπαντος  |x ΠΣΦ 61. 
952 |a GR-PaHOU  |b 59cc81226c5ad13446fda289  |c 998a  |d 945l  |e 523.0197 MEL  |t 2  |x m  |z Books 
952 |a GRThAnMak  |b 59cca4736c5ad1344602e754  |c 998a  |d 945l  |x m  |z Books