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X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy [electronic resource] / edited by H. Bradt, R. Giacconi.

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The IAU Symposium No. 55 on 'X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy' has occurred, not entirely by coincidence, at an important moment in the development of these new branches of observational astronomy. In X-ray astronomy the data from the first X-ray observatory UHURU have contributed to a new vi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Bradt, Hale, 1930-
Other Authors: Giacconi, R.
Other title:Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 55, held in Madrid, Spain, May 11-13, 1972
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1973.
Series:International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, Symposium No. 55 Held in Madrid, Spain, 11-13 May 1972 ; ; 55.
Subjects:
Physics.
Observations.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introductory Remarks
  • I / Galactic Sources
  • 2. UHURU Results on Galactic X-Ray Sources
  • 3. Observations of Cosmic X-Ray Sources by the MIT Instrument on the OSO-7
  • 4. Binary Systems as X-Ray Sources: A Review
  • 5. Hard Cosmic X-Ray Sources
  • 6. Simultaneous X-Ray, Optical and Radio Observations of Galactic X-Ray Sources
  • 7. Radio Observations of X-Ray Sources
  • 8. Radio Counterparts of X-Ray Sources and X-Ray Counterparts of Radio Stars
  • 9. X-Radiation from Supernova Remnants
  • 10. Galactic X-Ray Polarimetry and High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy
  • II / Theoretical Models for Compact Sources
  • 11. Models for Compact X-Ray Sources
  • 12. Models for Compact Pulsing X-Ray Sources
  • 13. Black Holes in Binary Systems: Observational Appearances
  • 14. Pulsars and X-Ray Sources
  • III / Extragalactic Sources
  • 15. UHURU Results on Extragalactic X-Ray Sources
  • 16. The Properties of Extragalactic X-Ray Sources from Visible Light Observations
  • 17. Extragalactic X-Ray Sources
  • 18. Extragalactic X-Ray Sources and Their Contribution to the Diffuse Background
  • IV / Interstellar Medium and Soft X-Ray Background
  • 19. The Soft X-Ray Background
  • 20. Absorption and Production of Soft X-Rays in the Galaxy
  • 21. 'Evolutionary' Theories of the X-Ray Background
  • 22. 'Local' Theories of the X-Ray Background
  • V / Panel Discussions
  • 23. Diffuse Background of Energetic X-Rays
  • 24. High-Energy Discrete Sources.

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