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This book evolved from lectures given to master and PhD students at the University of Geneva since the early 1990s. It aims at providing astronomers and physicists intending to be active in high-energy astrophysics a broad basis on which they should be able to build the more specific knowledge they will need. While in the first part of the book the physical processes are described and derived in detail, the second part studies astrophysical objects in which high-energy astrophysics processes are crucial. This two-pronged approach will help students recognise physical processes by their observational signatures in contexts that may differ widely from those presented here.
This book evolved from lectures given to master and PhD students at the University of Geneva since the early 1990s. It aims at providing astronomers and physicists intending to be active in high-energy astrophysics a broad basis on which they should be able to build the more specific knowledge they will need. While in the first part of the book the physical processes are described and derived in detail, the second part studies astrophysical objects in which high-energy astrophysics processes are crucial. This two-pronged approach will help students recognise physical processes by their observational signatures in contexts that may differ widely from those presented here.
Thierry Courvoisier is professor for astronomy at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Geneva and director of the ISDC, Data Centre for Astrophysics. He made pioneering contributions to the research on quasars and their accretion flows, most notably on 3C 273.
Prof. Courvoisier is the President of the European Astronomical Society, President of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal "The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review". He has been teaching courses on high-energy astrophysics at the University of Geneva since the the early 1990s.
Thierry is a keen sailor and crossed the Atlantic twice on his boat Cérès.
Based on observational examples this book reveals and explains high-energy astrophysical processes
Presents the theory of astrophysical processes in a didactic approach by deriving equations step by step
With several attractive astronomical pictures
Includes supplementary material: [...]
Part I Physical Processes.- 1 The framework.- 2 Radiation of an accelerated charge.- 3 Bremsstrahlung.- 4 Cyclotron line emission.- 5 Synchrotron emission.- 6 Compton processes.- 7 Comptonisation.- 8 Pair Processes.- 9 Particle acceleration.- 10 Accretion.- 11 Radiation inefficient accretion flows.- Part II Astrophysical Objects.- 12 Black holes and accretion efficiency.- 13 Neutron Stars.- 14 Pulsars.- 15 The Hulse-Taylor pulsar and gravitational radiation.- 16 X-ray binaries.- 17 X-ray binaries evolution.- 18 Relativistic jets.- 19 Gamma ray bursts.- 20 Active galactic nuclei.- 21 The diffuse X-ray background and other cosmic backgrounds.- Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
| Genre: | Physik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Reihe: | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Inhalt: |
xvi
332 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783642309694 |
| ISBN-10: | 3642309690 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 12637522 |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Courvoisier, Thierry J. -L. |
| Hersteller: |
Springer-Verlag GmbH
Springer Berlin Heidelberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Thierry J. -L. Courvoisier |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.10.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,688 kg |
Thierry Courvoisier is professor for astronomy at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Geneva and director of the ISDC, Data Centre for Astrophysics. He made pioneering contributions to the research on quasars and their accretion flows, most notably on 3C 273.
Prof. Courvoisier is the President of the European Astronomical Society, President of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal "The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review". He has been teaching courses on high-energy astrophysics at the University of Geneva since the the early 1990s.
Thierry is a keen sailor and crossed the Atlantic twice on his boat Cérès.
Based on observational examples this book reveals and explains high-energy astrophysical processes
Presents the theory of astrophysical processes in a didactic approach by deriving equations step by step
With several attractive astronomical pictures
Includes supplementary material: [...]
Part I Physical Processes.- 1 The framework.- 2 Radiation of an accelerated charge.- 3 Bremsstrahlung.- 4 Cyclotron line emission.- 5 Synchrotron emission.- 6 Compton processes.- 7 Comptonisation.- 8 Pair Processes.- 9 Particle acceleration.- 10 Accretion.- 11 Radiation inefficient accretion flows.- Part II Astrophysical Objects.- 12 Black holes and accretion efficiency.- 13 Neutron Stars.- 14 Pulsars.- 15 The Hulse-Taylor pulsar and gravitational radiation.- 16 X-ray binaries.- 17 X-ray binaries evolution.- 18 Relativistic jets.- 19 Gamma ray bursts.- 20 Active galactic nuclei.- 21 The diffuse X-ray background and other cosmic backgrounds.- Index.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
| Genre: | Physik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Reihe: | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Inhalt: |
xvi
332 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783642309694 |
| ISBN-10: | 3642309690 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 12637522 |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Courvoisier, Thierry J. -L. |
| Hersteller: |
Springer-Verlag GmbH
Springer Berlin Heidelberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Thierry J. -L. Courvoisier |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.10.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,688 kg |
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