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050 0 0 _aQB471
_b.R36 1993
082 0 0 _a522/.6862
_220
100 1 _aRamana Murthy, P. V.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGamma-ray astronomy /
_cPoolla V. Ramana Murthy, Arnold W. Wolfendale.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1993.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge astrophysics ;
_v22
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 2 _a1. Production and absorption mechanisms -- 2. Gamma-ray line astronomy -- 3. Gamma-ray bursts -- 4. Medium energy gamma-rays -- 5. Ultra-high energy gamma-rays.
520 _aThe recent launch of NASA's Gamma-Ray Observatory will increase interest in gamma-ray astronomy. This is a fully up-dated new edition of the authors' earlier volume published in 1986 and covers both the background science and the current state-of-the-art in this field. The emphasis is on the astronomy and astrophysics of known sources of cosmic gamma-rays outside the solar system. The authors discuss the mechanisms for the production and absorption of gamma-rays. The gamma-ray line astronomy of the interstellar medium, galactic centre, and various discrete sources is then considered. Gamma-ray bursts are treated in considerable detail in chapter three, and the final two chapters describe medium energy and ultra-high energy gamma-rays. Relevant data from supernova SN1987A is also included in this edition. The book includes comprehensive references to the primary literature, together with many figures and tables. The concentration on phenomenology makes this book a fine introduction to gamma-ray astronomy.
650 0 _aGamma ray astronomy.
700 1 _aWolfendale, A. W.,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521420815
830 0 _aCambridge astrophysics series ;
_v22.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564840
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_d518329