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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Universe in X-Rays
  name:
    name part: Trümper, Joachim E.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Hasinger, Günther.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2008
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIX, 498 p. online resource.
  abstract: In the last 45 years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral part of modern astrophysics and cosmology. There is a wide range of astrophysical objects and phenomena, where X-rays provide crucial diagnostics. In particular they are well suited to study hot plasmas and matter under extreme physical conditions in compact objects. This book summarizes the present status of X-ray astronomy in terms of observational results and their astrophysical interpretation. It is written for students, astrophysicists as well a growing community of physicists interested in the field. An introduction including historical material is followed by chapters on X-ray astronomical instrumentation. The next two parts summarize in 17 chapters the present knowledge on various classes of X-ray sources in the galactic and extragalactic realm. While the X-ray astronomical highlights discussed in this book are mainly based on results from ROSAT, ASCA, RXTE, BeppoSAX, Chandra and XMM-Newton, a final chapter provides an outlook on observational capabilities and projects discussed for the future.
  table of contents: X-Ray Astronomical Instrumentation -- Overview -- Proportional Counters -- Scintillation Counters -- Imaging Proportional Counters -- Aperture Modulation Telescopes -- Wolter Optics -- CCD Detectors -- High Resolution Spectroscopy -- Galactic X-Ray Astronomy -- Solar System Objects -- Nuclear Burning Stars -- White Dwarfs -- X-Ray Emission of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects -- Classical Novae -- Pulsars and Isolated Neutron Stars -- Accreting Neutron Stars -- Black-Hole Binaries -- X-Ray Studies of Supernovae and Supernova Remnants -- The Interstellar Medium -- The Galactic Center -- Extragalactic X-Ray Astronomy -- X-Rays from Nearby Galaxies -- X-Ray Flares in the Cores of Galaxies -- Active Galactic Nuclei -- X-Ray Studies of Clusters of Galaxies -- Gamma-Ray Bursts -- Cosmic X-Ray Background -- The Future.
  note: edited by Joachim E. Trümper, Günther Hasinger.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics
  subject:
    topic: Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Observations, Astronomical
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
    topic: Observations
  subject:
    topic: Space sciences
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear physics
  subject:
    topic: Heavy ions
  subject:
    topic: Hadrons
  subject:
    topic: Elementary particles (Physics)
  subject:
    topic: Quantum field theory
  subject:
    topic: Particle acceleration
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
  subject:
    topic: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
  subject:
    topic: Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics
  classification: QB4
  classification: 520
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
  identifier: 9783540344124
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34412-4
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    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204184247.0
    record identifier: 978-3-540-34412-4