High energy radiation from black holes: gamma rays, cosmic rays, and neutrinos
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Main Author: Dermer, Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press c2009
Series:Princeton series in astrophysics
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-530) and index
Relativistic kinematics -- Introduction to curved spacetime -- Physical cosmology -- Radiation physics of relativistic flows -- Compton scattering -- Synchrotron radiation -- Binary particle collision processes -- Photohadronic processes -- [Gamma-gamma] pair production -- Blast-wave physics -- Introduction to Fermi acceleration -- First-order Fermi acceleration -- Second-order Fermi acceleration -- The geometry of spacetime -- Black-hole electrodynamics -- High-energy radiations from black holes
Beginning with Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, the authors give a detailed mathematical description of fundamental astrophysical radiation processes, including Compton scattering of electrons and photons, synchrotron radiation of particles in magnetic fields, and much more
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 538 p.)
ISBN:1400831490
9781400831494

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