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| Artikel-Nr.: 5667A-9783642087455 Herst.-Nr.: 9783642087455 EAN/GTIN: 9783642087455 |
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| 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. Weitere Informationen: | | Author: | Volker Schönfelder | Verlag: | Springer Berlin | Sprache: | eng |
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| Weitere Suchbegriffe: Black Holes; Cherenkov Light; Gamma ray; Gamma-Ray Astronomy; Gamma-Ray Burst Sources; Neutron; Neutron Stars; Pulsars; X-Ray Astronomy; astronomy; instruments, Black Holes, Cherenkov Light, Gamma ray, Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Gamma-Ray Burst Sources, Neutron, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, X-Ray Astronomy, astronomy |
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