Ebook: The Gamma Ray Sky with Compton GRO and SIGMA

This volume consists of invited lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute "The Gamma Ray Sky with COMPTON GRO and SIGMA" , which was held at the Centre de Physique Theorique of Les Houches (France) in January / February 1994. The school has been planned by a Scientific Organizing Committee. It was organized with the aim of providing students and young researchers with an up-to-date account of the high-energy phenomena in the vicinity of compact objets and the diffuse gamma-ray backgrounds after the early results from the gamma-ray telescope SIGMA and the four instruments onboard COMPTON GRO (Gamma Ray Observatory) : BATSE (Burst and Transient Source Experiment),COMPTEL(Compto'l Telescope),EGRET (Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope) and OS SE(Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment) . It was attended by more than sixty researchers from many countries. The lectures and seminars represent a complete coverage of our present knowledge and understanding of: Gamma-ray backgrounds, Gamma-ray Burts,Active Galactic Nuclei,Galactic Compact Objects, Gamma-ray Spectroscopy, Instrumentation and observation techniques, etc ... Most of these lectures are reproduced in this volume. Unfortunately, a few lecturers have chosen not to submit their manuscript.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory: Highlights from the First Three Years of the Mission....Pages 1-13
Overview of the SIGMA Results....Pages 15-26
TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Techniques....Pages 27-38
High-Energy Radiation from Active Galactic Nuclei: Implications for AGN Unification Scenarios....Pages 39-53
Modelling the High Energy Spectra of AGN....Pages 55-66
Multi-wavelength Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 67-76
OSSE Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 77-88
EGRET Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 89-102
TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Extragalactic Sources....Pages 103-111
Diffuse Gamma Rays from WIMP Decay and Annihilation....Pages 113-134
The Diffuse ? Ray from Cosmic Ray Interactions in the Galaxy....Pages 135-145
Diffuse Galactic Continuum Emission....Pages 147-158
EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Galactic and Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Backgrounds....Pages 159-170
The Equation of State of Dense Matter....Pages 171-179
Binary Pulsar Shock Emissions as Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 181-195
TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Galactic Sources....Pages 197-208
EGRET Observations of Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 209-219
BATSE Observations of Galactic Black Hole Candidates....Pages 221-232
Observations of Discrete Galactic Sources with OSSE....Pages 233-241
SIGMA Observations of the Galactic Center in the Hard X-Ray and Soft ?-Ray Regime....Pages 243-254
Balloon Observations of the Galactic Center 511 keV Line and their Relationship to Satellite Results....Pages 255-266
Gamma-Ray Producing Radioactivities from Supernova Explosions....Pages 267-278
Astrophysical Gamma Ray Lines from Accelerated Particle Interactions....Pages 279-301
Gamma-Ray Line Observations with the COMPTEL Imaging Telescope....Pages 303-314
Gamma Ray Line Observational Results from OSSE....Pages 315-328
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Theoretical Considerations....Pages 329-367
Statistics of the Gamma-Ray Burst Population....Pages 369-380
Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 381-394
Inquisitive Correlations in the BATSE Gamma Ray Burst Data....Pages 395-396
Gamma Ray Bursts, Inverse Compton Scattering and the precessing jets in galactic halo....Pages 397-408
Summary....Pages 409-417
Back Matter....Pages 419-421

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory: Highlights from the First Three Years of the Mission....Pages 1-13
Overview of the SIGMA Results....Pages 15-26
TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Techniques....Pages 27-38
High-Energy Radiation from Active Galactic Nuclei: Implications for AGN Unification Scenarios....Pages 39-53
Modelling the High Energy Spectra of AGN....Pages 55-66
Multi-wavelength Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 67-76
OSSE Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 77-88
EGRET Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 89-102
TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Extragalactic Sources....Pages 103-111
Diffuse Gamma Rays from WIMP Decay and Annihilation....Pages 113-134
The Diffuse ? Ray from Cosmic Ray Interactions in the Galaxy....Pages 135-145
Diffuse Galactic Continuum Emission....Pages 147-158
EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Galactic and Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Backgrounds....Pages 159-170
The Equation of State of Dense Matter....Pages 171-179
Binary Pulsar Shock Emissions as Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 181-195
TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Galactic Sources....Pages 197-208
EGRET Observations of Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 209-219
BATSE Observations of Galactic Black Hole Candidates....Pages 221-232
Observations of Discrete Galactic Sources with OSSE....Pages 233-241
SIGMA Observations of the Galactic Center in the Hard X-Ray and Soft ?-Ray Regime....Pages 243-254
Balloon Observations of the Galactic Center 511 keV Line and their Relationship to Satellite Results....Pages 255-266
Gamma-Ray Producing Radioactivities from Supernova Explosions....Pages 267-278
Astrophysical Gamma Ray Lines from Accelerated Particle Interactions....Pages 279-301
Gamma-Ray Line Observations with the COMPTEL Imaging Telescope....Pages 303-314
Gamma Ray Line Observational Results from OSSE....Pages 315-328
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Theoretical Considerations....Pages 329-367
Statistics of the Gamma-Ray Burst Population....Pages 369-380
Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 381-394
Inquisitive Correlations in the BATSE Gamma Ray Burst Data....Pages 395-396
Gamma Ray Bursts, Inverse Compton Scattering and the precessing jets in galactic halo....Pages 397-408
Summary....Pages 409-417
Back Matter....Pages 419-421
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