Bambi C. Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics 2024

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This book highlights a comprehensive coverage of X­‐ray and Gamma‐ray astrophysics. The first and the second parts discuss, respectively, X-ray and Gamma-ray experimental techniques and observatories. The third part is devoted to science, including galactic and extragalactic sources. The fourth and last parts are dedicated to analysis techniques in X-ray and Gamma-ray astronomy spectral analysis, imagining analysis, timing analysis, and polarimetric analysis. Presenting the state of the art in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, this is both a valuable book for students and an important reference resource for researchers in the field.
Volume 1
Introduction to X-ray Astrophysics
Optics for X-ray Astrophysics
Volume 2
Detectors for X-ray Astrophysics
X-ray Missions
Volume 3
Optics and Detectors for Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
Volume 4
Space-Based Gamma-Ray Observatories
Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Observatories
Volume 5
Solar System Planets
The Sun, Stars, and Exoplanets
Supernovae, Supernova Remnants, and Diffuse Emission
Volume 6
Compact Objects
Galaxies
Volume 7
Active Galactic Nuclei in X- and Gamma-rays
Galaxy Clusters
Transient Events
Miscellanea
Volume 8
Spectral-Imaging Analysis
Timing Analysis
Polarimetry