Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy [electronic resource] /

1. Introductory remarks (Invited discourse) -- 2. A survey of instruments and experiments for X-ray astronomy (Invited discourse) -- 3. General survey of X-ray sources (Invited discourse) -- 4. Techniques for improving the sensitivity of proportional counters used in X-ray astronomy -- 5. Upper-air fluorescence as a tool in X-ray astronomy and searches for X-rays from NP 0532 and other pulsars -- 6. A proposal for an X-ray experiment for Cos-B -- 7. Studies of discrete cosmic X-ray sources at M.I.T. (Invited discourse) -- 8. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse) -- 9. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse) -- 10. Rocket observations of Virgo XR-1 -- 11. Intensities and spectra of several galactic X-ray sources -- 12. X-ray flux from discrete sources -- 13. Energy spectra of several discrete X-ray sources in the 20–120 keV range -- 14. Sudden changes in the intensity of high energy X-rays from Sco X-1 -- 15. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse) -- 16. The flux of hard radiation from M87 -- 17. A rocket observation of cosmic X-rays in the energy range between 0.15 and 20 keV -- 18. Angular size and position of the X-ray source Cyg-X-1 -- 19. Interstellar absorption of X-rays emitted supernova remnants -- 20. The possible detection of iron line emission from Sco X-1 -- 21. Hard X-rays from the southern sky -- 22. X-ray polarization from Sco X-1 and Tau X-1 -- 23. Ionospheric effects of X-rays from discrete galactic sources -- 24. Non-solar Gamma and X-ray astronomy: optical observations (Invited discourse) -- 25. Spectroscopic and statistical properties of X-ray sources (Invited discourse) -- 26. Identification of X-ray sources at Cerro Tololo inter-American observatory -- 27. OAO observations of Sco X-1 -- 28. On the magnitude-color relation for Cygnus X-2 and WX Centauri -- 29. On the nature of the X-ray sources Scorpio X-1 and Centaurus X-2 -- 30. An X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula -- 31. A search for pulsed hard radiation from the Crab Nebula -- 32. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula -- 33. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula -- 34. A search for high-energy ?-rays from pulsars -- 35. Radio, optical and X-ray emission from pulsars -- 36. Rotating neutron stars, pulsars, and cosmic X-ray sources -- 37. Emission mechanisms in X-ray sources (Invited discourse) -- 38. Theories of discrete X-ray and ?-ray sources (Invited discourse) -- 39. Predicted X-ray fluxes of stellar coronas -- 40. Physical processes in Cyg X-2 -- 41. The electromagnetic spectrum of the Crab Nebula -- 42. A lower limit to the magnetic field in the Crab Nebula from cosmic ?-ray experiments at 1011 eV -- 43. Some possible implications of the radio emission of Sco X-1 -- 44. Observational results on diffuse cosmic X-rays (Invited discourse) -- 45. Review of observational results on ?-ray background (Invited discourse) -- 46. Evidence for a galactic component of the diffuse X-ray background -- 47. Observations on diffuse cosmic X-rays in the energy range 20–120 keV -- 48. Search for galactic ?-rays with energies greater than 500 MeV on board OGO-5 -- 49. Spark-chamber observation of galactic ?-radiation -- 50. The low energy diffuse cosmic X-radiation -- 51. 2–20 keV X-ray sky background -- 52. ?-ray astronomy balloon results -- 53. Measurement of the cosmic X-ray background in the 25–200 keV range -- 54. Results of two balloon flights for the detection of high energy ?-rays -- 55. The cosmic ?-ray spectrum near 1 MeV observed by the ERS-18 satellite -- 56. Intensity and galactic absorption of soft back-ground X-rays -- 57. Origin of the cosmic X-ray background (Invited discourse) -- 58. Cosmic background X-rays produced by intergalactic innerbremsstrahlung -- 59. A model of ?-ray sources in the Galaxy -- 60. The X-ray emission of a hot dense intergalactic plasma -- 61. Possible initial evidence of extragalactic cosmic-ray protons and the age of extragalactic cosmic-ray sources -- 62. Galactic line emission from 1–10 keV -- 63. Diffuse cosmic X-rays from non-thermal intergalactic bremsstrahlung -- 64. Interactions of non-thermal X-rays and ultraviolet radiation with the intergalactic gas -- 65. Soft X-rays from the Galaxy -- 66. X-ray emission from the solar wind -- 67. Mechanism for X-ray production in extars -- 68. Concluding remarks.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Gratton, L. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1970
Subjects:	Physics., Observations, Astronomical., Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3311-4
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