High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics Saas-Fee Advanced Course 30 2000. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy /

• Main Authors: Kahn, Steven M. (Author), Sunyaev, Rashid A. (Author), Ballmoos, Peter von (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course ; 30
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.
• Physical Description: XIV, 295 p. 90 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540270133

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.