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" Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy "
edited by L. Gratton.
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774510
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edited by L. Gratton.
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Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy\ edited by L. Gratton.
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Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1970
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International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, Symposium No. 37 Held in Rome, Italy, May 8-10, 1969 ;, 37.
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(436 pages)
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9401033110
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: 9401033137
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: 9789401033114
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: 9789401033138
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1. Introductory remarks (Invited discourse) --; 2. A survey of instruments and experiments for X-ray astronomy (Invited discourse) --; 3. General survey of X-ray sources (Invited discourse) --; 4. Techniques for improving the sensitivity of proportional counters used in X-ray astronomy --; 5. Upper-air fluorescence as a tool in X-ray astronomy and searches for X-rays from NP 0532 and other pulsars --; 6. A proposal for an X-ray experiment for Cos-B --; 7. Studies of discrete cosmic X-ray sources at M.I.T. (Invited discourse) --; 8. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse) --; 9. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse) --; 10. Rocket observations of Virgo XR-1 --; 11. Intensities and spectra of several galactic X-ray sources --; 12. X-ray flux from discrete sources --; 13. Energy spectra of several discrete X-ray sources in the 20-120 keV range --; 14. Sudden changes in the intensity of high energy X-rays from Sco X-1 --; 15. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse) --; 16. The flux of hard radiation from M87 --; 17. A rocket observation of cosmic X-rays in the energy range between 0.15 and 20 keV --; 18. Angular size and position of the X-ray source Cyg-X-1 --; 19. Interstellar absorption of X-rays emitted supernova remnants --; 20. The possible detection of iron line emission from Sco X-1 --; 21. Hard X-rays from the southern sky --; 22. X-ray polarization from Sco X-1 and Tau X-1 --; 23. Ionospheric effects of X-rays from discrete galactic sources --; 24. Non-solar Gamma and X-ray astronomy: optical observations (Invited discourse) --; 25. Spectroscopic and statistical properties of X-ray sources (Invited discourse) --; 26. Identification of X-ray sources at Cerro Tololo inter-American observatory --; 27. OAO observations of Sco X-1 --; 28. On the magnitude-color relation for Cygnus X-2 and WX Centauri --; 29. On the nature of the X-ray sources Scorpio X-1 and Centaurus X-2 --; 30. An X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula --; 31. A search for pulsed hard radiation from the Crab Nebula --; 32. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula --; 33. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula --; 34. A search for high-energy?-rays from pulsars --; 35. Radio, optical and X-ray emission from pulsars --; 36. Rotating neutron stars, pulsars, and cosmic X-ray sources --; 37. Emission mechanisms in X-ray sources (Invited discourse) --; 38. Theories of discrete X-ray and?-ray sources (Invited discourse) --; 39. Predicted X-ray fluxes of stellar coronas --; 40. Physical processes in Cyg X-2 --; 41. The electromagnetic spectrum of the Crab Nebula --; 42. A lower limit to the magnetic field in the Crab Nebula from cosmic?-ray experiments at 1011 eV --; 43. Some possible implications of the radio emission of Sco X-1 --; 44. Observational results on diffuse cosmic X-rays (Invited discourse) --; 45. Review of observational results on?-ray background (Invited discourse) --; 46. Evidence for a galactic component of the diffuse X-ray background --; 47. Observations on diffuse cosmic X-rays in the energy range 20-120 keV --; 48. Search for galactic?-rays with energies greater than 500 MeV on board OGO-5 --; 49. Spark-chamber observation of galactic?-radiation --; 50. The low energy diffuse cosmic X-radiation --; 51. 2-20 keV X-ray sky background --; 52.?-ray astronomy balloon results --; 53. Measurement of the cosmic X-ray background in the 25-200 keV range --; 54. Results of two balloon flights for the detection of high energy?-rays --; 55. The cosmic?-ray spectrum near 1 MeV observed by the ERS-18 satellite --; 56. Intensity and galactic absorption of soft back-ground X-rays --; 57. Origin of the cosmic X-ray background (Invited discourse) --; 58. Cosmic background X-rays produced by intergalactic innerbremsstrahlung --; 59. A model of?-ray sources in the Galaxy --; 60. The X-ray emission of a hot dense intergalactic plasma --; 61. Possible initial evidence of extragalactic cosmic-ray protons and the age of extragalactic cosmic-ray sources --; 62. Galactic line emission from 1-10 keV --; 63. Diffuse cosmic X-rays from non-thermal intergalactic bremsstrahlung --; 64. Interactions of non-thermal X-rays and ultraviolet radiation with the intergalactic gas --; 65. Soft X-rays from the Galaxy --; 66. X-ray emission from the solar wind --; 67. Mechanism for X-ray production in extars --; 68. Concluding remarks.
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Physics.
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L Gratton
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Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 87 held in Rome, Italy, May 8-10, 1969
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