Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy: Data Reduction and Analysis

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to X—ray and gamma—ray astronomy. The first part discusses the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics; the optics and the detectors employed in X—ray and gamma—ray astronomy; and past, present, and future X—ray and gamma—ray missions. The second part then describes data reduction and analysis, the statistics used in X—ray and gamma—ray astronomy, and demonstrates how to write a successful proposal and a s...