{"product_id":"highenergy-astrophysics-9780691140292","title":"HighEnergy Astrophysics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHigh-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. This title introduces topics at the forefront of research, including relativistic particles, and energetic radiation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2009 PROSE Award in Cosmology \u0026amp; Astronomy, Association of American Publishers \"The well-written work provides an excellent balance between relevant graduate physics and observational summaries of key high-energy astrophysical phenomena, such as pulsars, black holes, and active galactic nuclei. The explanations are lucid and concise, and the mathematical detail is well suited to the intended audience, primarily graduate students in astrophysics.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix      Chapter 1: Introduction and Motivation 1  1.1 The Field of High-Energy Astrophysics 1  1.2 Energies, Luminosities, and Timescales 3  1.3 Atmospheric Absorption 8  1.4 Experimental Tools of High-Energy Astrophysics 12  1.5 High-Energy Telescopes 23      Chapter 2: The High-Energy Sky 31  2.1 X-ray Maps Up to 10 keV 32  2.2 The Sky Between 10 keV and 1MeV 34  2.3 Surveys up to 30MeV 36  2.4 The Highest Energy Maps Produced in Earth Orbit 36      Chapter 3: Relativity 39  3.1 Special Relativity 39  3.2 Relativistic Transformation of Physical Laws 48  3.3 General Relativity 51  3.4 Static Spacetimes 56      Chapter 4: Particle Acceleration 67  4.1 Gravity 67  4.2 Electromagnetic Fields 70  4.3 Fermi Acceleration 76      Chapter 5: Radiative Processes 84  5.1 The Radiation Field 84  5.2 Intensity 89  5.3 Thermal Bremsstrahlung 91  5.4 Single-Particle Synchrotron Emissivity 96  5.5 Thermal Synchrotron 107  5.6 Nonthermal Synchrotron 108  5.7 Compton Scattering 111      Chapter 6: Accretion of Plasma 118  6.1 Hydrodynamics 118  6.2 Bondi-Hoyle Accretion 123  6.3 Roche Lobe Geometry in Binaries and Accretion from a Companion Star 130  6.4 Formation of a Disk 134      Chapter 7: Accretion Disk Theory 137  7.1 Viscosity and Radial Disk Structure 137  7.2 Standard Thin-Disk Theory 139  7.3 Accretion Columns 153  7.4 Two-Temperature Thin Disks 158      Chapter 8: Thick Accretion Disks 164  8.1 Thick-Disk Structure 165  8.2 Radiatively Inefficient Flows 169      Chapter 9: Pulsing Sources 182  9.1 Radio Pulsars 182  9.2 X-ray Pulsars 195  9.3 Cataclysmic Variables 199      Chapter 10: Black Holes in Binaries 210  10.1 Early Discovery of Black Holes 211  10.2 The Archetypal HMXB Cygnus X-1 217  10.3 X-ray Novae 223  10.4 QPOs in Black-Hole Binaries 226      Chapter 11: Bursting Stars 233  11.1 X-ray Burst Sources 233  11.2 Gamma-Ray Burst Sources 240      Chapter 12: Supermassive Black Holes 259  12.1 Their Discovery and Identification 259  12.2 Nearby Objects 270  12.3 Supermassive Black Holes in AGNs 285      Chapter 13: The High-Energy Background 303  13.1 Cosmic Rays 303  13.2 Galaxy Clusters 312  13.3 Diffuse Emission 316      Bibliography 327  Index 351","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403766276439,"sku":"9780691140292","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/highenergy-astrophysics-9780691140292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}