X-Ray Spectroscopy in Astrophysics

Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School X Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 22-October 3, 1997
1999
ISBN: 978-3-540-65548-0
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, Band 520, 532 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 2090 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

This volume contains a comprehensive treatment of X-ray spectroscopy, as applied in astrophysics. It is presented in the form of extensive notes of lectures given by seven distinguished scientists at the Tenth Summer School of the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network. The subjects covered are: basic line and continuum radiation processes in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy; atomic physics of collision- and radiation-dominated plasmas; X-ray spectroscopic observations with ASCA and BeppoSAX; future X-ray spectroscopy missions; X-ray optics, and X-ray spectroscopy instrumentation. The book, which will appeal to both researchers and graduate students, is timely in view of the scheduled launches of the big X-ray observatories AXAF and XMM in 1999.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bleeker, Johan A. M.

Paradijs, Jan van

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Mikroskopie, Spektroskopie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Continuum Processes in X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy.- Atomic Physics of Hot Plasmas.- The X-Ray Spectral Properties of Photoionized Plasmas and 189 Transient Plasmas.- X-Ray Spectroscopic Observations with ASCA and BeppoSAX.- Future X-Ray Spectroscopy Missions.-New Developments in X-Ray Optics.- Instrumentation for X-Ray Spectroscopy.