X-Ray Spectroscopy in Astrophysics Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School X Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 22-October 3, 1997 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Paradijs, Jan van (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bleeker, Johan A.M (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 520
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

This volume contains a comprehensive treatment of X-ray spectroscopy, as applied in astrophysics. It is presented in the form of extensive notes of lectures given by seven distinguished scientists at the Tenth Summer School of the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network. The subjects covered are: bas...

Table of Contents:

• Continuum Processes in X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy
• Atomic Physics of Hot Plasmas
• The X-Ray Spectral Properties of Photoionized Plasmas and 189 Transient Plasmas
• X-Ray Spectroscopic Observations with ASCA and BeppoSAX
• Future X-Ray Spectroscopy Missions.-New Developments in X-Ray Optics
• Instrumentation for X-Ray Spectroscopy.