After three decades of intense research in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, the time was ripe to summarize basic knowledge on X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy for interested students and researchers ready to become involved in new high-energy missions. This volume exposes both the scientific basics and modern methods of high-energy spectroscopic astrophysics. The emphasis is on physical principles and observing methods rather than a discussion of particular classes of high-energy objects, but many examples and new results are included in the three chapters as well.
| ISBN: | 9783642073489 |
| Publication date: | 21st October 2010 |
| Author: | Steven M Kahn, Peter Ballmoos, Rashid A Sunyaev |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 295 pages |
| Series: | Saas-Fee Advanced Course |
| Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time Laser physics |