Exploring the X-ray Universe
by Frederick D. Seward , Philip A. CharlesEdition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-10-11
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
Capturing the excitement of X-ray astronomy, this second edition textbook for undergraduate students now covers a broader range of topics.
Table of Contents
| Birth and childhood of X-ray astronomy | |
| X-ray emission and interaction with matter | |
| Tools and techniques | |
| Solar System X-rays | |
| X-ray absorption and scattering in the interstellar medium | |
| Active stellar coronae | |
| Early-type stars | |
| Supernova explosions and their remnants | |
| Neutron stars, pulsars, pulsar wind nebulae, more supernova remnants | |
| Cataclysmic variable stars | |
| X-ray binaries | |
| Black-hole X-ray binaries | |
| Normal and starburst galaxies | |
| Active galactic nuclei | |
| Clusters of galaxies | |
| The diffuse X-ray background | |
| Gamma-ray bursts | |
| Index | |
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