High-Energy Astrophysics / / Fulvio Melia.
High-energy astrophysics involves the study of exceedingly dynamic and energetic phenomena occurring near the most extreme celestial objects known to exist, such as black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, and supernova remnants. High-Energy Astrophysics provides graduate and advanced undergraduate...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Series in Astrophysics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 26 color illus. 52 halftones. 59 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction and Motivation
- Chapter 2. The High-Energy Sky
- Chapter 3. Relativity
- Chapter 4. Particle Acceleration
- Chapter 5. Radiative Processes
- Chapter 6. Accretion of Plasma
- Chapter 7. Accretion Disk Theory
- Chapter 8. Thick Accretion Disks
- Chapter 9. Pulsing Sources
- Chapter 10. Black Holes in Binaries
- Chapter 11. Bursting Stars
- Chapter 12. Supermassive Black Holes
- Chapter 13. The High-Energy Background
- Bibliography
- Index