The Multi-Messenger Approach to High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

The Multi-Messenger Approach to High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources
Author: Josep M. Paredes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2007-11-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 140206117X

This book provides a theoretical and observational overview of the state of the art of gamma-ray astrophysics, and their impact and connection with the physics of cosmic rays and neutrinos. With the aim of shedding new and fresh light on the problem of the nature of the gamma-ray sources, particularly those yet unidentified, this book summarizes contributions to a workshop that continues today.

Gamma-Ray Bursts

Gamma-Ray Bursts
Author: Gilbert Vedrenne
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2009-03-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 354039088X

Since their discovery was first announced in 1973, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been among the most fascination objects in the universe. While the initial mystery has gone, the fascination continues, sustained by the close connection linking GRBs with some of the most fundamental topics in modern astrophysics and cosmology. Both authors have been active in GRB observations for over two decades and have produced an outstanding account on both the history and the perspectives of GRB research.

Science With The New Generation Of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments - Proceedings Of The Third Workshop

Science With The New Generation Of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments - Proceedings Of The Third Workshop
Author: Oriana Mansutti
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2006-05-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981447794X

The contributions in this volume provide a snapshot of the latest research and future plans for space-borne and ground-based experiments dedicated to the observation of the gamma-ray sky. The articles are authored by both seasoned veterans of the first dedicated gamma-ray missions, and young scientists entering the fascinating field of gamma-ray astrophysics.With the advent of gamma-ray instrumentation on spacecraft and large and sensitive ground-based detectors, new and unexpected phenomena have been discovered, such as gamma-ray bursts and gamma-ray emission from blazars. The immense vitality of the field in the current “post-EGRET era” is witnessed by the numerous ongoing and forthcoming gamma-ray experiments documented here, complementary to various cosmic-ray, neutrino, astroparticle and X-ray projects.

The Nature of Unidentified Galactic High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

The Nature of Unidentified Galactic High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources
Author: Alberto Carramiñana
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401010072

The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) instru ment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory left as a legacy its Third Catalog of High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, whose detections include a large number of blazars, some pulsars, the Large Magellanic Cloud and a solar flare. Most of the newly discovered objects - a majority of the catalog -are unidentified sources, with a clearly predominant Galactic population. Are all these radio-quiet pulsars, like Geminga, or is there a novel type of celestial object, awaiting identification? In spite of the limited angular resolution provided by EGRET and COMPTEL, there is still much to learn about unidentified ,-ray sources: correlation studies, multiwavelength observations and theoretical work can provide valuable clues, specially if these efforts are carried out in a coordinated manner. The aim of this workshop, held from October 9 to 11, 2000, at the Instituto N acional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica, at Tonantzintla, Mexico, was to gather experts on the subject, including observational as tronomers specialized in other regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, in an effort to address the question of the Nature of Galactic high-energy gamma-ray sources, both from the theoretical and observational perspec tive, and elaborate schemes for future identification studies which can make use of existing and forthcoming facilities.

Astronomy with Radioactivities

Astronomy with Radioactivities
Author: Roland Diehl
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2010-10-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642126979

This book introduces the reader to the field of nuclear astrophysics, i.e. the acquisition and reading of measurements on unstable isotopes in different parts of the universe. The authors explain the role of radioactivities in astrophysics, discuss specific sources of cosmic isotopes and in which special regions they can be observed. More specifically, the authors address stars of different types, stellar explosions which terminate stellar evolutions, and other explosions triggered by mass transfers and instabilities in binary stars. They also address nuclear reactions and transport processes in interstellar space, in the contexts of cosmic rays and of chemical evolution. A special chapter is dedicated to the solar system which even provides material samples. The book also contains a description of key tools which astrophysicists employ in those particular studies and a glossary of key terms in astronomy with radioactivities.

Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-Ray Experiments

Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-Ray Experiments
Author: Marco Maria Massai
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2007
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9812709649

The research program in gamma-ray astronomy focuses on increasing our knowledge of the nature and origin of galactic and extragalactic gamma rays, and understanding high-energy processes in the Sun, celestial objects, interstellar medium, and extragalactic space.This book not only provides an overview of the latest research and future plans for space-borne and ground-based experiments dedicated to the observation of the gamma-ray sky, but also addresses the topic of variable gamma-ray sources from the perspective of their identification and counterparts at different wavelengths. It further gives an overview of the theory related to the most qualified emission processes that take place in these sources and of the nature of their variability.

TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics

TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
Author: Heinrich J. Völk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400901712

The `International Heidelberg Workshop on TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics' brought together astrophysicists from the various fields which play a role in the formation of high energy gamma-ray emission. In particular, theoretical and observational aspects of the physics and astrophysics of pulsars and quasars, the acceleration of particles at Supernova Remnants and other strong astrophysical shock fronts, and cascade processes in universal background photon fields were comprehensively discussed in more than thirty reviews by leading experts. In their entirety these reviews describe the birth of a new field of astronomy. This field concerns cosmic gamma-rays of very high energy which are observed with ground-based optical telescopes due to the Cherenkov emission of the secondary particles created by the interaction of these gamma-rays with atoms in the Earth's atmosphere. Beyond that, the workshop encompassed the latest developments and trends in theory and observation of cosmic gamma-ray sources of all energies, from nuclear gamma-ray lines in the MeV-region, through the Bremsstrahlung, Inverse Compton, and pion decay continuum emission, to gamma-rays due the decay of exotic relics from the early Universe. Audience: Specialists as well as students in physics and astrophysics and young research workers.

Imaging in High Energy Astronomy

Imaging in High Energy Astronomy
Author: L. Bassani
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401104077

An almost complete collection of the papers given at the International Workshop on Imaging in High Energy Astronomy (Anacapri, Italy, 1994). These proceedings, which concentrate on imaging above 10 keV, represent the state of the art in the field, resulting from the success of many missions (I.C. Granat and CGRO) carrying detectors for high energy astronomy with imaging capabilities. The main topics of the book are Bragg concentrators, coded mask-modulation collimators, double Compton telescopes, the occultation method, tracking chambers, and new experimental techniques. The book also contains some papers dealing with image reconstruction and processing, with an emphasis on the above techniques.

Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Author: T.C. Weekes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2003-04-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420033190

High energy gamma-ray photons are the prime probes of the relativistic or high-energy universe, populated by black holes, neutron stars, supernovae, quasars, and matter-antimatter annihilations. Through studying the gamma-ray sky, astrophysicists are able to better understand the formation and behavior of these exotic and energetic bodies. V

Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments

Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments
Author: Alessandro De Angelis
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9812568131

The contributions in this volume provide a snapshot of the latest research and future plans for space-borne and ground-based experiments dedicated to the observation of the gamma-ray sky. The articles are authored by both seasoned veterans of the first dedicated gamma-ray missions, and young scientists entering the fascinating field of gamma-ray astrophysics.With the advent of gamma-ray instrumentation on spacecraft and large and sensitive ground-based detectors, new and unexpected phenomena have been discovered, such as gamma-ray bursts and gamma-ray emission from blazars. The immense vitality of the field in the current ?post-EGRET era? is witnessed by the numerous ongoing and forthcoming gamma-ray experiments documented here, complementary to various cosmic-ray, neutrino, astroparticle and X-ray projects.