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Author : Philip A. Charles,Frederick D. Seward
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521437121
The one-stop general book on the whole of X-ray astronomy.
Author : Frederick D. Seward,Philip A. Charles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139491532
Capturing the excitement and accomplishments of X-ray astronomy, this second edition now includes a broader range of astronomical phenomena and dramatic new results from the most powerful X-ray telescopes. Covering all areas of astronomical research, ranging from the smallest to the largest objects, from neutron stars to clusters of galaxies, this textbook is ideal for undergraduate students. Each chapter starts with the basic aspects of the topic, explores the history of discoveries, and examines in detail modern observations and their significance. This new edition has been updated with results from the most recent space-based instruments, including ROSAT, BeppoSAX, ASCA, Chandra, and XMM. New chapters cover X-ray emission processes, the interstellar medium, the Solar System, and gamma-ray bursts. The text is supported by over 300 figures, with tables listing the properties of the sources, and more specialized technical points separated in boxes.
Author : Wallace H. Tucker,Riccardo Giacconi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015017168389
Beyond the range of optical perception--and of ordinary imaginings--a new and violent universe lay undetected until the advent of space exploration. Supernovae, black holes, quasars and pulsars--these were the secrets of the highenergy world revealed when, for the first time, astronomers attached their instruments to rockets and lofted them beyond the earth's x-ray-absorbing atmosphere. The X-Ray Universe is the story of these explorations and the fantastic new science they brought into being. It is a first-hand account: Riccardo Giacconi is one of the principal pioneers of the field, and Wallace Tucker is a theorist who worked closely with him at many critical periods. The book carries the reader from the early days of the Naval Research Laboratory through the era of V-2 rocketry, Sputnik, and the birth of NASA, to the launching of the Einstein X-Ray Observatory. But this is by no means just a history. Behind the suspenseful, sometimes humorous details of human personality grappling with high technology lies a sophisticated exposition of current cosmology and astrophysics, from the rise and fall of the steady-state theory to the search for the missing mass of the universe.
Author : Joachim E. Trümper,Günther Hasinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540344124
With contributions from leading scientists in the field, and edited by two of the most prominent astronomers of our time, this is a totally authoritative volume on X-ray astronomy that will be essential reading for everyone interested – from students to astrophysicists and physicists. All the aspects of this exciting area of study are covered, from astronomical instrumentation to extragalactic X-ray astronomy.
Author : Eric M. Schlegel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198033844
Carl Sagan once noted that there is only one generation that gets to see things for the first time. We are in the midst of such a time right now, standing on the threshold of discovery in the young and remarkable field of X-ray astronomy. In The Restless Universe, astronomer Eric Schlegel offers readers an informative survey of this cutting-edge science. Two major space observatories launched in the last few years--NASA's Chandra and the European Newton--are now orbiting the Earth, sending back a gold mine of data on the X-ray universe. Schlegel, who has worked on the Chandra project for seven years, describes the building and launching of this space-based X-ray observatory. But the book goes far beyond the story of Chandra. What Schlegel provides here is the background a nonscientist would need to grasp the present and follow the future of X-ray astronomy. He looks at the relatively brief history of the field, the hardware used to detect X-rays, the satellites--past, present, and future--that have been or will be flown to collect the data, the way astronomers interpret this data, and, perhaps most important, the insights we have already learned as well as speculations about what we may soon discover. And throughout the book, Schlegel conveys the excitement of looking at the universe from the perspective brought by these new observatories and the sharper view they deliver. Drawing on observations obtained from Chandra, Newton, and previous X-ray observatories, The Restless Universe gives a first look at an exciting field which significantly enriches our understanding of the universe.
Author : Wallace Tucker,Riccardo Giacconi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1987-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674962869
The X-Ray Universe is the story of these explorations and the fantastic new science they brought into being. It is a first-hand account: Riccardo Giacconi is one of the principal pioneers of the field, and Wallace Tucker is a theorist who worked closely with him at many critical periods.
Author : Valerie Neal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112104413312
"The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), an orbital observatory for detailed, longterm study of X-ray emissions and the phenomena that produce them. The AXAF is an essential step in our continuing quest to understand the universe."--P. 1.
Author : Joachim E Trumper,Gunther Hasinger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 366251785X
With contributions from leading scientists in the field, and edited by two of the most prominent astronomers of our time, this is a totally authoritative volume on X-ray astronomy that will be essential reading for everyone interested from students to astrophysicists and physicists. All the aspects of this exciting area of study are covered, from astronomical instrumentation to extragalactic X-ray astronomy."
Author : R. Giacconi,H. Gursky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401021050
It was about fourteen years ago that some of us became intrigued with the idea of searching the sky for X-ray and gamma-ray sources other than the Sun, the only celestial emitter of high-energy photons known at that time. It was, of course, clear that an effort in this direction would not have been successful unless there occurred, somewhere in space, processes capable of producing high-energy photons much more efficiently than the processes responsible for the radiative emission of the Sun or of ordinary stars. The possible existence of such processes became the subject of much study and discussion. As an important part of this activity, I wish to recall a one-day conference on X-ray astronomy held at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1960. The theoretical predictions did not provide much encouragement. While several 'unusual' celestial objects were pin-pointed as possible, or even likely, sources of X-rays, it did not look as if any of them would be strong enough to be observable with instru mentation not too far beyond the state of the art. Fortunately, we did not allow our selves to be dissuaded. As far as I am personally concerned, I must admit that my main motivation for pressing forward was a deep-seated faith in the boundless re sourcefulness of nature, which so often leaves the most daring imagination of man far behind.
Author : Richard F. Hirsh
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1983-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521251214
This book deals with the evolution of X-ray astronomy during the initial phases of its development. Three transformations of astronomy as a discipline are highlighted: the augmentation of purely optical observations; the emergence of federal funding as the dominant source of financial support; and the greatly altered size and structure of the research community.
Author : Eric M. Schlegel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1437963889
An informative survey of the cutting-edge science of X-ray astronomy. Two major space observatories launched recently -- NASA¿s ¿Chandra¿ and the European ¿Newton¿ -- are orbiting the Earth, sending back a gold mine of data on the X-ray universe. Schlegel describes the building and launching of this space-based X-ray observatory. He provides the background a non-scientist would need to grasp the present and follow the future of X-ray astronomy. He looks at the relatively brief history of the field, the hardware used to detect X rays, the satellites that have been or will be flown to collect these data, the way astronomers interpret these data, and, the insights we have already learned as well as speculations about what we may soon discover. Illus.
Author : Kimberly Weaver
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015060881268
"The book includes four-color images of galaxies, quasars, pulsars, and black holes captured by Chandra, an enormous x-ray satellite that orbits Earth from a distance 200 times higher than that of the Hubble Telescope."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Wallace H. Tucker
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781588345882
On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built, was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Since then, Chandra has given us a view of the universe that is largely hidden from telescopes sensitive only to visible light. In Chandra's Cosmos, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra science spokesperson Wallace H. Tucker uses a series of short, connected stories to describe the telescope's exploration of the hot, high-energy face of the universe. The book is organized in three parts: "The Big," covering the cosmic web, dark energy, dark matter, and massive clusters of galaxies; "The Bad," exploring neutron stars, stellar black holes, and supermassive black holes; and "The Beautiful," discussing stars, exoplanets, and life. Chandra has imaged the spectacular, glowing remains of exploded stars and taken spectra showing the dispersal of their elements. Chandra has observed the region around the supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way and traced the separation of dark matter from normal matter in the collision of galaxies, contributing to both dark matter and dark energy studies. Tucker explores the implications of these observations in an entertaining, informative narrative aimed at space buffs and general readers alike.
Author : Belinda Wilkes
Publisher : IOP Publishing Limited
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : X-ray astronomy
ISBN : 075032161X
The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Pennsylvania State University provides information about NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (CX), which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia in July of 1999. The Chandra X-ray Observatory can observe X-rays from high energy regions of the universe.
Author : Wallace H. Tucker,Karen Tucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674004973
Revealing the Universe tells the story of the Chandra X-ray Observatory."--BOOK JACKET.