High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas
High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas
Martin V. Zombeck, Harvard University, Massachusetts
Out of Print
This book gives an account of the proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Colloquium 115: High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas. This was the first IAU meeting dedicated to high resolution X-ray spectroscopy of objects outside the solar system. A broad range of objects and astrophysical conditions are discussed. Results from the first generation of satellites with spectroscopic capability, i.e. the Einstein Observatory, EXOSAT, and Tenma, are reviewed from a perspective of a more precise interpretation allowed by improved theoretical models and plasma diagnostics. Laboratory and solar X-ray results that model or are relevant to conditions found in cosmic X-ray sources are also presented. The colloquium presents a forum for discussion of scientific objectives of new international missions in high resolution X-ray spectroscopy.
Product details
April 1990Hardback
9780521370189
408 pages
247 × 174 × 25 mm
0.908kg
Unavailable - out of print July 2010
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Colloquium photograph
- List of participants
- 1. X-rays from a hot plasma
- 2. Magnetic effects
- 3. Stellar coronae
- 4. Supernova remnants, soft x-ray background
- 5. Compact binaries
- 6. Clusters of galaxies, cooling flows
- 7. Active galactic nuclei, cosmic X-ray background
- 8. Future X-ray observatories
- 9. Future X-ray observatories, detectors and instrumentation
- Subject index
- Object index.
