The Universe in Gamma Rays
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2001
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| Schriftenreihe: | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
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| Beschreibung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 409 p) |
| ISBN: | 9783662045930 9783642087455 |
| ISSN: | 0941-7834 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-662-04593-0 |