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| View Larger Image | Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics Series)
by T.C. Weekes
| | List Price: | $169.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 1380414 | | Studio: | Taylor & Francis | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 221 | | Publication Date: | April 08, 2003 | | Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
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High energy gamma-ray photons are the prime probes of the relativistic or high-energy universe, populated by black holes, neutron stars, supernovae, quasars, and matter-antimatter annihilations. Through studying the gamma-ray sky, astrophysicists are able to better understand the formation and behavior of these exotic and energetic bodies. Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy summarizes the status of gamma-ray astronomy at energies between 30MeV and 50TeV at a critical point in the development of the discipline: the hiatus between the demise of the EGRET telescope and the launch of the next generation of space telescopes. Starting with an overview of the astrophysics of the bodies that generate high energy gamma rays, it proceeds to discuss the latest developments in observational techniques and equipment. By presenting the techniques, observations, and theories of this expanding frontier, Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy aids experimentalists and theoreticians in detecting and explaining gamma rays of the highest energies. |
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