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" Cosmic Radiation in Contemporary Astrophysics "
edited by Maurice M. Shapiro.
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BL
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579953
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b409172
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Shapiro, Maurice M.
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Cosmic Radiation in Contemporary Astrophysics\ edited by Maurice M. Shapiro.
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Dordrecht :: Springer Netherlands,, 1986.
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NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences,; 162
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9789400954885
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: 9789401089227
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I. Composition -- Cosmic Ray Abundances, Elemental and Isotopic -- II. Acceleration -- Stochastic Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Objects -- Cosmic Ray Acceleration by Binary Neutron Stars -- Particle Acceleration by Pulsars -- Particle Acceleration by Magnetic Reconnection -- III. Origin and Propagation -- Energetics of Cosmic Ray Origin -- The Composition, Propagation and Origin of High Energy Cosmic Rays (E ? 1012 eV/u) -- Nuclear Cross Sections, Cosmic Ray Propagation and Source Composition -- Synthesis of Ideas on Cosmic Ray Origin and Propagation -- IV. Anisotropies -- Anisotropies of High Energy Cosmic Rays -- V. Gamma Rays, Cosmic Rays, and the Interstellar Medium -- New Evidence on the Galactic Cosmic Ray Distribution from Cos-B Gamma-Ray Data -- Interdisciplinary Effort Towards Understanding the Galactic Gamma-Ray Source Population -- Ultra High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy -- Cosmic Rays and the Interstellar Medium -- VI. Cosmic X-Rays; Quasars -- Pulsating X-Ray Sources -- X-Ray Burst Sources -- X-Ray Sky Surveys and the Rosat Mission -- Quasars: Cosmological Evolution and X-Ray Background Contribution -- Author Index.
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This volume is the product of Lecturers in the fourth Course of the International School of Cosmic-Ray Astrophysics held at the Ettore Majorana Center in Erice, Sicily in November, 1984. The Course, devoted to "Cosmic Radiation in Contemporary Astrophysics," was concurrently a NATO-sponsored Advanced Study Institute (ASI). Cosmic-ray research is in a state of ferment. Precise measure ments - some made with instruments aboard sattelites and space probe- have been confronting models and theories with severe constraints. The observations of gamma-ray sources, notably Cyg X-3, at energies up to 16 10 eV, have opened up tantalizing possibilities of direct source iden tification. This ASI was devoted largely to interdisciplinary phenomena in cosmic-ray astrophysics whose understanding requires input from the other channels in astronomy. It explored the ways in which progress in cosmic-ray science might clarify phenomena observed in related disciplines. In trying to achieve this aim, we assembled a staff of lecturers representing various astrophysical specialties, such as radio astronomy, optical astronomy, X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, and of course, particle astronomy (i.e., cosmic radiation). Students and other participants were likewise drawn from diverse backgrounds. Vigorous discussions enlivened almost every session.
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Physics.
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SpringerLink (Online service)
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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Sicily, Italy, November, 1984
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