X-Ray Astronomy : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Erice, Sicily, July 1-14, 1979 / edited by Riccardo Giacconi, Giancarlo Setti.

This volume contains a series of lectures presented at the 5th Course of the International School of Astrophysics held in Erice (Sicily) from July 1st to July 14, 1979 at the "E. l1ajorana" Centre for Scientific Culture. The course was fully supported by a grant from the NATO Advanced Inst...

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Main Author: Giacconi, Riccardo
Other Authors: Setti, Giancarlo
Other title:Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Sicily, Italy, July 1-14, 1979.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1980.
Series:NATO advanced study institutes series. Mathematical and physical sciences ; 60.
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Table of Contents:
  • X-Ray Astronomy
  • Observations of Supernova Remnants with the Einstein Observatory
  • X-Ray Spectra of Supernova Remnants
  • Observations of Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud with the Einstein Observatory
  • High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy from the Einstein Observatory
  • X-Rays from the Surface of Neutron Stars
  • X-Ray Spectra of Galactic X-Ray Sources
  • Study of High Luminosity X-Ray Sources in External Galaxies (M-31)
  • X-Ray Sources and Stellar Evolution
  • Stellar Coronae from Einstein: Observations and Theory
  • The Structure and Evolution of X-Ray Clusters of Galaxies
  • The X-Ray Spectra of Clusters of Galaxies
  • Einstein Observations of the Virgo Cluster
  • Cluster Parameters
  • Models of X-Ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies
  • X-Ray Structure of the Coma Cluster from Optical Data
  • X-Ray Emission from Clusters and the Formation of Galaxies
  • Radio Properties of Extragalactic X-Ray Sources
  • X-Ray Emission from Active Galaxies
  • Einstein Observations of Active Galaxies
  • Einstein Observations of Quasars
  • X-Ray Spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei
  • X-Ray Emission from Galactic Nuclei
  • Gas Close to the Radiative Continuum Source(s) in Active Nuclei
  • Categories of Extragalactic X-Ray Sources
  • The X-Ray Background as a Probe of the Matter Distribution on very Large Scales
  • Deep Surveys with the Einstein Observatory.