High energy astrophysics

✍ Scribed by Longair M.S.

• Publisher: CUP
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 880
• Edition: draft, 3ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Providing students with an in-depth account of the astrophysics of high energy phenomena in the Universe, the third edition of this well-established textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in high energy astrophysics. Building on the concepts and techniques taught in standard undergraduate courses, this textbook provides the astronomical and astrophysical background for students to explore more advanced topics. Special emphasis is given to the underlying physical principles of high energy astrophysics, helping students understand the essential physics. Now consolidated into a single-volume treatment, the third edition has been completely rewritten. It covers the most recent discoveries in areas such as gamma-ray bursts, ultra-high energy cosmic rays and ultra-high energy gamma rays. The topics have been rearranged and streamlined to make them more applicable to a wide range of different astrophysical problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter......Page 1
1 High energy astrophysics - an introduction......Page 19
2 The stars and stellar evolution......Page 53
3 The galaxies......Page 95
4 Clusters of galaxies......Page 117
5 Ionisation losses......Page 147
6 Radiation of accelerated charged particles and bremsstrahlung of electrons......Page 172
7 The dynamics of charged particles in magnetic fields......Page 196
8 Synchrotron radiation......Page 211
9 Interactions of high energy photons......Page 246
10 Nuclear interactions......Page 297
11 Aspects of plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics......Page 316
12 Interstellar gas and magnetic fields......Page 349
13 Dead stars......Page 396
14 Accretion power in astrophysics......Page 461
15 Cosmic rays......Page 511
16 The origin of cosmic rays in our Galaxy......Page 554
17 The acceleration of high energy particles......Page 579
18 Active galaxies......Page 601
19 Black holes in the nuclei of galaxies......Page 628
20 The vicinity of the black hole......Page 655
21 Extragalactic radio sources......Page 679
22 Compact extragalactic sources and superluminalmotions......Page 699
23 Cosmological aspects of high energy astrophysics......Page 732
Appendix Astronomical conventions and nomenclature......Page 771
Bibliography......Page 801
Name index......Page 843
Object index......Page 847
Index......Page 849

✦ Subjects

Физика;Астрономия и астрофизика;Астрофизика;Астрофизика высоких энергий;