Research Catalog

Title

The gamma ray sky with Compton GRO and SIGMA / edited by M. Signore, P. Salati, and G. Vedrenne.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Signore, Monique, 1935-
• Salati, Pierre.
• Vedrenne, G.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Gamma Ray Sky with COMPTON GRO and SIGMA (1994 : Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France)

Description

xiv, 417 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; vol. 461

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; no. 461.

Subjects

• Gamma ray astronomy > Congresses
• Gamma rays > Congresses

Note

• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
• "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Gamma Ray Sky with Compton GRO and SIGMA, Les Houches, France January 25-February 4, 1994"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• The COMPTON Gamma Ray Observatory : Highlights from the First Three Years of the Mission / N. Gehrels, C. Shrader and D. A. Kniffen -- Overview of the SIGMA Results / J. Paul -- TEV Gamma Ray Astronomy, Techniques / T. C. Weekes -- High-Energy Radiation from Active Galactic Nuclei : Implications for AGN Unification Scenarios / C. D. Dermer -- Modelling the High Energy Spectra of AGN / G. Henri -- Multi-wavelength Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei / T. J.-L. Courvoisier -- OSSE Observations of Galactic Nuclei / J. D. Kurfess, W. N. Johnson and K. McNaron-Brown -- EGRET Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei / R. C. Hartman -- TEV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Extragalactic Sources / T. C. Weekes -- Diffuse Gamma Rays from WIMP Decay and Annihilation / M. Kamionkowski -- The Diffuse [gamma] Ray from Cosmic Ray Interactions in the Galaxy / P. Chardonnet -- Diffuse Galactic Continuum Emission / A. W. Strong --
• EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Galactic and Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Backgrounds / P. F. Michelson -- The Equation of State of Dense Matter / D. Vautherin -- Binary Pulsar Shock Emission as Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources / M. Tavani -- TEV Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Galactic Sources / T. C. Weekes -- EGRET Observations of Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources / G. Kanbach -- BATSE Observations of Galactic Black Hole Candidates / W. S. Paciesas, B. A. Harmon, B. C. Rubin, C. A. Wilson and S. N. Zhang -- Observations of Discrete Galactic Sources with OSSE / J. D. Kurfess, M. S. Strickman and J. E. Grove -- SIGMA Observations of the Galactic Center in the Hard X-Ray and Soft [gamma] Ray Regime / B. Cordier -- Balloon Observations of the Galactic Center 511keV line and their Relationship to Satellite Results / B. J. Teegarden -- Gamma-Ray Producing Radioactivities from Supernova Explosions / R. D. Hoffman, S. E. Woosley, T. A. Weaver, F. X. Timmes, R. G. Eastman and D. H. Hartmann --
• Astrophysical Gamma-Ray Lines from Accelerated Particle Interactions / R. Ramaty -- Gamma-Ray Line Observations with the COMPTEL Imaging Telescope / R. Diehl -- Gamma-Ray Line Observational Results from OSSE / J. D. Kurfess, R. J. Murphy, M. D. Leising and W. R. Purcell -- Gamma-Ray Bursts: Theoretical Considerations / D. Hartmann -- Statistics of the Gamma-Ray Burst Population / J.-L. Atteia -- Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts / G. J. Fishman -- Inquisitive Correlations in the BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst Data / N. J. Shaviv -- Gamma Ray Bursts, Inverse Compton Scatterring and the precessing jets in galactic halo / D. Fargion and A. Salis -- Summary / A. W. Strong.

ISBN

079233440X (acid-free paper)

LCCN

95009888

OCLC

• 32166432
• ocm32166432

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries