Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics
This book grew out of the author’s notes from his course on Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics. The course provides fundamental definitions of radiative processes and serves as a brief introduction to Bremsstrahlung and black body emission, relativistic beaming, synchrotron emission and absorption, Compton scattering, synchrotron self-compton emission, pair creation and emission. The final chapter discusses the observed features of Active Galactic Nuclei and their interpretation based on the radiative processes presented in the book. Written in an informal style, this book will guide students through their first encounter with high-energy astrophysics.
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Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics
This book grew out of the author’s notes from his course on Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics. The course provides fundamental definitions of radiative processes and serves as a brief introduction to Bremsstrahlung and black body emission, relativistic beaming, synchrotron emission and absorption, Compton scattering, synchrotron self-compton emission, pair creation and emission. The final chapter discusses the observed features of Active Galactic Nuclei and their interpretation based on the radiative processes presented in the book. Written in an informal style, this book will guide students through their first encounter with high-energy astrophysics.
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Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics

Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics

by Gabriele Ghisellini
Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics

Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics

by Gabriele Ghisellini

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Overview

This book grew out of the author’s notes from his course on Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics. The course provides fundamental definitions of radiative processes and serves as a brief introduction to Bremsstrahlung and black body emission, relativistic beaming, synchrotron emission and absorption, Compton scattering, synchrotron self-compton emission, pair creation and emission. The final chapter discusses the observed features of Active Galactic Nuclei and their interpretation based on the radiative processes presented in the book. Written in an informal style, this book will guide students through their first encounter with high-energy astrophysics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319006116
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 06/14/2013
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics , #873
Edition description: 2013
Pages: 147
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Gabriele Ghisellini is director of research at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera and a well-known expert on Active Galactic Nuclei.

Table of Contents

Some Fundamental definitions.- Bremsstrahlung and Black Body.- Beaming.- Synchrotron Emission and Absorption.- Compton Scattering.- Synchrotron Self–Compton.- Pairs.- Active Galactic Nuclei.- References.
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