High Energy Astrophysics

Name: High Energy Astrophysics
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ISBN: 9780521756181

ISBN-10: 0521756189

ISBN-13: 9780521756181

Edition: 3rd 2010

Authors: Malcolm S. Longair

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Book details

List price: $127.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/3/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 880
Size: 7.87" wide x 9.96" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 4.620
Language: English




Astronomical Background



High energy astrophysics - an introduction



The stars and stellar evolution



The galaxies



Clusters of galaxies



Physical Processes



Ionisation losses



Radiation of accelerated charged particles and bremsstrahlung of electrons



The dynamics of charged particles in magnetic fields



Synchrotron radiation



Interactions of high energy photons



Nuclear interactions



Aspects of plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics



High Energy Astrophysics in our Galaxy



Interstellar gas and magnetic fields



Dead stars



Accretion power in astrophysics



Cosmic rays



The origin of cosmic rays in our galaxy



The acceleration of high energy particles



Extragalactic High Energy Astrophysics



Active galaxies



Black holes in the nuclei of galaxies



The vicinity of the black hole



Extragalactic radio sources



Compact extragalactic sources and superluminal motions



Cosmological aspects of high energy astrophysics


Appendix


References


Index