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15298341 |
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20191104145423.0 |
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080520s2009 njua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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2008022287 |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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GBA907836 |
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bnb |
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014888864 |
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Uk |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691140292 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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(OCoLC)ocn228632818 |
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DLC |
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| Classification number |
QB464 |
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.M45 2009 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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523.01/97 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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US 2000 |
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rvk |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Melia, Fulvio. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
High-energy astrophysics / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Fulvio Melia. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Princeton, N.J. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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x, 360 p., [16] p. of plates : |
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ill. (some col.) ; |
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24 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Princeton series in astrophysics |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction and motivation. The field of high-energy astrophysics -- Energies, luminosities, and timescales -- Atmospheric absorption -- Experimental tools of high energy astrophysics -- High-energy telescopes -- The high-energy sky. X-ray maps up to 10 keV -- The sky between 10 keV and 1 MeV -- Surveys up to 30 MeV -- The highest energy maps produced in earth orbit -- Relativity. Special relativity -- Relativistic transformation of physical laws -- General relativity -- Static spacetimes -- Particle acceleration. Gravity -- Electromagnetic fields -- Fermi acceleration -- |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Radiative processes. The radiation field -- Intensity -- Thermal Bremsstrahlung -- Single particle synchrotron emissivity -- Thermal synchrotron -- Nonthermal synchrotron -- Compton scattering -- Accretion of plasma. Hydrodynamics -- Bondi-Hoyle accretion -- Roche lobe geometry in binaries and accretion from a companion star -- Formation of a disk. Accretion disk theory -- Viscosity and radial disk structure -- Standard thin disk theory -- Accretion columns -- Two-temperature thin disks -- Thick accretion disks. Thick-disk structure -- Radiatively inefficient flows -- |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Pulsing sources. Radio pulsars -- X-ray pulsars -- Cataclysmic variables -- Black holes in binaries. Early discovery of black holes -- The archetypal HMXB Cygnus X-1 -- X-ray Novae -- QPOs in black-hole binaries -- Bursting stars. X-ray burst sources -- Gamma-ray burst sources -- Supermassive black holes in AGNs. Their discovery and identification -- Nearby objects -- Supermassive black holes in AGNs -- The high-energy background. Cosmic rays -- Galaxy clusters -- Diffuse emission. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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This textbook covers all the essentials, weaving together the latest theory with the experimental techniques, instrumentation, and observational methods astronomers use to study high-energy radiation from space. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Nuclear astrophysics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Astrophysics. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Princeton series in astrophysics. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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Table of contents only |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008022287.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008022287.html</a> |
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Publisher description |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2008022287-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2008022287-d.html</a> |
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