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ISBN Number: 9780521857697
Written by: Rosswog, Stephan
Published by: Libri
Written by: Bruggen, Marcus
Location: Cambridge
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Copyright: 2007
Cover Type: Hardback
Grade Level: Professional and scholarly
Written in: eng
Illustrations: 63 line diagrams 37 half-tones 72 ex
High-energy astrophysics covers cosmic phenomena that occur under the most extreme physical conditions. It explores the most violent events in the Universe: the explosion of stars, matter falling into black holes, and gamma-ray bursts - the most luminous explosions since the Big Bang. Driven by a wealth of new observations, the last decade has seen a large leap forward in our understanding of these phenomena. Exploring modern topics of high-energy astrophysics, such as supernovae, neutron stars, compact binary systems, gamma-ray bursts, and active galactic nuclei, this textbook is ideal for undergraduate students in high-energy astrophysics. It is a self-supporting, timely overview of this exciting field of research. Assuming a familiarity with basic physics, it introduces all other concepts, such as gas dynamics or radiation processes, in an instructive way. An extended appendix gives an overview of some of the most important high-energy astrophysics instruments, and each chapter ends with exercises. Book News Annotation:
The past decade has been an exciting time for high-energy
astrophysics, a field vaguely defined as physics revolving around
phenomena under the most extreme conditions. In this undergraduate
text, Rosswog and Brüggen (instructors of astrophysics at Jacobs U.
Bremen, Germany) explain the basics of such topics as special
relativity (assuming some familiarity with its ideas), gas and plasma
physics, radiation processes for interpreting electromagnetic
observations, and extragalactic radio sources. Chapters include
equations, illustrations, further reading and Web resources. An
overview of recent high-energy instruments is appended, e.g,. the
AMANDA-II (Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array) telescope, and
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
'Self-supporting, timely textbook on high-energy astrophysics for undergraduate students.'
