Ebook: The Universe in Gamma Rays

Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the tree satellite missions SIGMA, Compton, and Beppo-Sax gave a completely new picture of our Universe and made gamma-ray astronomy an integral part of astronomical research. This book, written by well-known experts, gives the first comprehensive presentation of this field of research, addressing both graduate students and researchers. Gamma-ray astronomy helps us to understand the most energetic processes and the most violent events in the Universe. After describing cosmic gamma-ray production and absorption, the instrumentation used in gamma-ray astronomy is explained. The main part of the book deals with astronomical results, including the somewhat surprising result that the gamma-ray sky is continuously changing.

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Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the tree satellite missions SIGMA, Compton, and Beppo-Sax gave a completely new picture of our Universe and made gamma-ray astronomy an integral part of astronomical research. This book, written by well-known experts, gives the first comprehensive presentation of this field of research, addressing both graduate students and researchers. Gamma-ray astronomy helps us to understand the most energetic processes and the most violent events in the Universe. After describing cosmic gamma-ray production and absorption, the instrumentation used in gamma-ray astronomy is explained. The main part of the book deals with astronomical results, including the somewhat surprising result that the gamma-ray sky is continuously changing.

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Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the tree satellite missions SIGMA, Compton, and Beppo-Sax gave a completely new picture of our Universe and made gamma-ray astronomy an integral part of astronomical research. This book, written by well-known experts, gives the first comprehensive presentation of this field of research, addressing both graduate students and researchers. Gamma-ray astronomy helps us to understand the most energetic processes and the most violent events in the Universe. After describing cosmic gamma-ray production and absorption, the instrumentation used in gamma-ray astronomy is explained. The main part of the book deals with astronomical results, including the somewhat surprising result that the gamma-ray sky is continuously changing.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Gamma-Ray Production and Absorption Processes....Pages 9-25
Instruments....Pages 27-75
Summary of the Gamma-Ray Sky....Pages 77-90
The Sun as a Gamma-Ray Source....Pages 91-126
Gamma-Ray Pulsars....Pages 127-158
X-Ray Binaries as Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 159-184
Continuum Gamma Ray Emission from Supernova Remnants....Pages 185-205
Diffuse Galactic Continuum Gamma-Rays....Pages 207-231
Nucleosynthesis....Pages 233-274
Nuclear Interaction Gamma-Ray Lines....Pages 275-283
Gamma-Ray Emission of Active Galaxies....Pages 285-318
Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 319-338
The Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background....Pages 339-366
Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 367-396
Erratum to: Nuclear Interaction Gamma-Ray Lines....Pages 409-409
Back Matter....Pages 397-407

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Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the tree satellite missions SIGMA, Compton, and Beppo-Sax gave a completely new picture of our Universe and made gamma-ray astronomy an integral part of astronomical research. This book, written by well-known experts, gives the first comprehensive presentation of this field of research, addressing both graduate students and researchers. Gamma-ray astronomy helps us to understand the most energetic processes and the most violent events in the Universe. After describing cosmic gamma-ray production and absorption, the instrumentation used in gamma-ray astronomy is explained. The main part of the book deals with astronomical results, including the somewhat surprising result that the gamma-ray sky is continuously changing.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Gamma-Ray Production and Absorption Processes....Pages 9-25
Instruments....Pages 27-75
Summary of the Gamma-Ray Sky....Pages 77-90
The Sun as a Gamma-Ray Source....Pages 91-126
Gamma-Ray Pulsars....Pages 127-158
X-Ray Binaries as Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 159-184
Continuum Gamma Ray Emission from Supernova Remnants....Pages 185-205
Diffuse Galactic Continuum Gamma-Rays....Pages 207-231
Nucleosynthesis....Pages 233-274
Nuclear Interaction Gamma-Ray Lines....Pages 275-283
Gamma-Ray Emission of Active Galaxies....Pages 285-318
Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 319-338
The Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background....Pages 339-366
Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 367-396
Erratum to: Nuclear Interaction Gamma-Ray Lines....Pages 409-409
Back Matter....Pages 397-407
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