Currents in High-Energy Astrophysics

✍ Scribed by G. Kanbach (auth.), Maurice M. Shapiro, Rein Silberberg, John P. Wefel (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 337
• Series: NATO ASI Series 458
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume comprises selected lectures presented in the Ninth Course of the International School of Cosmic-Ray Astrophysics held at the Ettore Majorana Centre in Erice, Sicily, May 7--18, 1994. Devoted to problems and prospects in high-energy astrophysics and cosmology, the major areas explored are: gamma-ray, X-ray, and neutrino astronomies; cosmic rays; pulsars and supernova remnants; and cosmology, as well as cosmogony.
Among the principal developments in gamma-ray astrophysics are those generated by the COMPTON Gamma Ray Observatory. Cosmic neutrinos at MeV energies, i.e., those from the Sun and from Supernova 1987a, are discussed, as well as neutrino masses in astrophysics. The source composition of cosmic rays, and extensive air shower experiments, receive special attention. The early universe according to COBE data, and as viewed by theorists of cosmology, is reviewed. Finally, the connections with particle physics occasioned a timely description of the Standard Model of elementary particles.
The cosmic-ray community, the International School of Cosmic-Ray Astrophysics, and indeed the world of science have recently suffered grievous losses in the demise of Pierre Auger, Giuseppe Occhialini, and Bruno Rossi. Accordingly, a memorial session was included in the program. In the same session a farewell tribute was paid by M.M. Shapiro and A.E. Smith to the late Kyoung Hye Moon, an enthusiastic student of our School, who missed this Course when a rampant illness cut short her promising career.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Sky as viewed from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory....Pages 1-20
Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 21-30
Gamma-Ray Production in the Winds of Wolf-Rayet Stars....Pages 31-38
Origin of High-Energy X-Ray Emission from NGC253....Pages 39-44
Spectral and Temporal Variability in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries....Pages 45-54
Solar and Supernova Neutrinos....Pages 55-67
Neutrino Masses in Astrophysics....Pages 69-86
Source Composition of Cosmic-Rays and Models of Origin....Pages 87-101
Highlights of the 1993 ICRC on Composition and Propagation of Cosmic Rays; and on Neutrinos....Pages 103-121
Recent Results from the Fly’s Eye Experiment....Pages 123-134
The High Resolution (HiRes) Fly’s Eye Detector....Pages 135-142
The HEGRA Experiment at La Palma....Pages 143-155
The Extensive Air Shower Experiment in Tibet....Pages 157-175
Production and Acceleration of Ultra High Energy Particles by Black Holes and Strings....Pages 177-182
Cosmic Ray Nonlinear Effects in Space Plasma, 1. General Characteristics and Dynamic Galactic Halo....Pages 183-191
Cosmic Ray Nonlinear Effects in Space Plasma, 2. Dynamic Heliosphere....Pages 193-208
Pulsars: Recent Results on Their Physics and Their Dynamics....Pages 209-224
Synchrotron and Inverse Compton Radiation in Supernova Remnants....Pages 225-234
The Big Bang and the Infrared Sky as seen by Cobe....Pages 235-254
Inflation, the Top and All that....Pages 255-280
Formation of Galaxies in a Dark Matter Dominated Universe - A New Approach....Pages 281-290
New Ways in Cosmology: Part I: Friedmann-Lemaitre Model Derived from the Lyman Alpha Forest in Quasar Spectra....Pages 291-300
New Ways in Cosmology: Part II: Alternative Models for the Very Early Universe....Pages 301-310
Back Matter....Pages 313-336

✦ Subjects

Astrophysics and Astroparticles;Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory;Astronomy, Observations and Techniques