Cosmic Gamma Rays, Neutrinos, and Related Astrophysics

by M.M. Shapiro (Editor), John P. Wefel (Editor)

Overview

I. COSIIIC GAMMA RAYS AIm COSIIIC DUnmos L. Scarsi GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE GALACTIC DIFFUSE EMISSION: THE ORIGIN AND CONFINEMENT OF COSMIC RAyS ------------ 1 P. L. Biermann PHOTON AND NEUTRINO-EMISSION FROM SHOCKWAVES IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLE I ------------------------------------------------- 21 T. Stanev PRODUCTION OF ENERGETIC GAMMA-RAYS AND NEUTRINOS AT BINARY SySTEMS ----------------------------------------------- 3 9 F. W. Stecker COSMIC GAMMA-RAYS AND COSMIC-RAY NEUTRINOS FROM GALACTIC AND SOLAR DARK MATTER ANNIHILATION ------------------------------ 49 E. P. Liang GAMMA RAYS FROM CYGNUS X-I: NEW DIAGNOSTICS FOR A BLACK HOLE -------- 73 F. W. Stecker GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY AND THE HOLISTIC GALAXY ------------------------- 85 A. W. Wolfendale THE NEUTRINO SIGNAL FROM SNI987A ----------------------------------- 12I A. E. Chudakov, Ya. S. Elensky and S. P. Mikheyev ON THE SPECTRUM OF NEUTRINOS FROM SNI987A -------------------------- 13I L. V. Volkova A COMMENT ON v Iv RATIO IN ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINO FLUXES ------------ 139 e 1I L. V. Volkova FLUXES OF MUONS AND NEUTRINOS GENERATED BY PRIMARY RADIATION IN THE MOON ------------------------------------------ 141 viii P. I. Krastev and S. T. Petcov THREE-NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN THE EARTH: RESONANCE AMPLIFICATION AND T-VIOLATION EFFECTS -------------------------- 145 A. E. Chudakov VHE AND UHE GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY: HISTORY AND PROBLEMS -------------- 163 G. B. Yodh ULTRA HIGH ENERGY ASTRONOMY ---------------------------------------- 183 A. E. Chudakov, G. Navarra and V. A. Tizengauzen ON THE 100 TeV UHE GAMMA-RAY DATA FROM CYGNUS X-3 AND HERCULES X-1 IN 1986 --------------------------------------- 211 G. B.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789401069038
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/22/2011
Series:	Nato Science Series C: , #270
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.06(d)

Table of Contents

I. Cosmic Gamma Rays and Cosmic Neutrinos.- Gamma Ray Astronomy — An Overview of the Galactic Diffuse Emission: The Origin and Confinement of Cosmic Rays.- Photon and Neutrino-Emission from Shockwaves in Active Galactic Nuclei.- Production of Energetic Gamma-Rays and Neutrinos at Binary Systems.- Cosmic Gamma-Rays and Cosmic-Ray Neutrinos from Galactic and Solar Dark Matter Annihilation.- Gamma Rays from Cygnus X-1: New Diagnostics for a Black Hole.- Gamma-Ray Astronomy and the Holistic Galaxy.- The Neutrino Signal from SN1987a.- On the Spectrum of Neutrinos from SN1987a.- A Comment on ve/v µ Ratio in Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes.- Fluxes of Muons and Neutrinos Generated By Primary Radiation in the Moon.- Three-Neutrino Oscillations in the Earth: Resonance Amplification and T-Violation Effects.- VHE and UHE Gamma Ray Astronomy: History and Problems.- Ultra High Energy Astronomy.- On the 100 TeV UHE Gamma-Ray Data from Cygnus X-3 and Hercules X-1 in 1986.- Ultra High Energy Radiation from Hercules X-1: New Physics Above 100 TeV?.- UHE Gamma Ray Observations with the KGF Air Shower Array.- Observation of TeV Gamma-Rays from the Crab Nebula.- Search for Pulsed TeV Emission from PSR0531+21.- Constraints On The Production Mechanism Of TeV Gamma-Rays in X-Ray Binaries.- Galactic Gamma Ray Line Spectroscopy — An Observational Overview.- Gamma-Ray Lines from Nucleosynthesis and from Cosmic-Ray and Solar-Flare Particle Interactions.- Gamma-Ray Lines from Supernova 1987a.- Solar Abundances Using Gamma-Ray Line Spectroscopy of a Solar Flare.- Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts.- Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Physical Perspective.- The Gamma Ray Observatory GRO in Perspective.- Grande: An Experiment to Search for Cosmic Gamma Rays and Cosmic Neutrinos.- Cosmic Ray Tracking — A New Approach ToHigh Energy Gamma-Astronomy.- ASGAT — A High Resolution Gamma Ray Telescope.- Themisle: A High Angular Resolution Cerenkov Light Detector.- Ultrashort Electromagnetic Showers in Single Crystals: Applications in High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy?.- II. Cosmic Radiation and Related Topics in Astrophysics.- Low-Energy Antiprotons in the Cosmic Rays.- The Leap Experiment: Another Look at the Cosmic-Ray Low-Energy Antiproton Flux.- Cosmic Ray Elemental Abundances at High Energy.- Origin, Propagation and Distributed Acceleration of Cosmic Rays.- The Origin and Propagation of Cosmic Rays.- Pulsars as Particle Accelerators—Some Features of the Machine Become Visible.- Electron Acceleration in Impulsive Solar Flare.- High Energy Behaviour of Secondary to Primary Ratio.- The Effect of a Variable Diffusion Coefficient on the Cutoff Spectra of Shock Accelerated Particles.- The Search for Gravitational Waves.- Neutron Stars, X-Rays, and Gravitational Waves.- Possible New X-Ray Sources: Soliton Stars.- Analysis of the Data Recorded by the Mont Blanc Neutrino Detector and by the Maryland and Rome Gravitational Wave Detectors During SN1987A.- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.- AUTHOR INDEX.