Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Introductory Remarks
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   Chapter 2 A Survey of Instruments and Experiments for X-ray Astronomy
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   Chapter 3 General Survey of X-ray Sources
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   Chapter 4 Techniques for Improving the Sensitivity of Proportional Counters Used in X-ray Astronomy
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   Chapter 5 Upper-Air Fluorescence as a Tool in X-ray Astronomy and Searches for X-rays from NP 0532 and Other Pulsars
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   Chapter 6 A Proposal for an X-ray Experiment for COS-B
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   Chapter 7 Studies of Discrete Cosmic X-ray Sources at M.I.T.
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   Chapter 8 Properties of Individual X-Ray Sources
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    Chapter 9 Properties of Individual X-ray Sources
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    Chapter 10 Rocket Observations of Virgo XR-1
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    Chapter 11 Intensities and Spectra of Several Galactic X-ray Sources
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    Chapter 12 X-ray Flux from Discrete Sources
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    Chapter 13 Energy Spectra of Several Discrete X-ray Sources in the 20–120 keV Range
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    Chapter 14 Sudden Changes in the Intensity of High Energy X-rays from Sco X-1
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    Chapter 15 Properties of Individual X-ray Sources
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    Chapter 16 The Flux of Hard Radiation from M87
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    Chapter 17 A Rocket Observation of Cosmic X-rays in the Energy Range between 0.15 and 20 keV
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    Chapter 18 Angular Size and Position of the X-ray Source Cyg-X-1
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    Chapter 19 Interstellar Absorption of X-rays Emitted by Supernova Remnants
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    Chapter 20 The Possible Detection of Iron Line Emission from Sco X-1
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    Chapter 21 Hard X-rays from the Southern Sky
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    Chapter 22 X-ray Polarization from Sco X-1 and Tau X-1
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    Chapter 23 Ionospheric Effects of X-rays from Discrete Galactic Sources
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    Chapter 24 Non-Solar Gamma and X-ray Astronomy: Optical Observations
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    Chapter 25 Spectroscopic and Statistical Properties of X-ray Sources
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    Chapter 26 Identification of X-ray Sources at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
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    Chapter 27 OAO Observations of Sco X-1
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    Chapter 28 On the Magnitude-Color Relation for Cygnus X-2 and WX Centauri
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    Chapter 29 On the Nature of the X-ray Sources Scorpius X-1 and Centaurus X-2
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    Chapter 30 An X-ray Pulsar in the Crab Nebula
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    Chapter 31 A Search for Pulsed Hard Radiation from the Crab Nebula
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    Chapter 32 X-ray Pulsar in the Crab Nebula
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    Chapter 33 X-ray Pulsar in the Crab Nebula
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    Chapter 34 A Search for High-Energy γ -Rays from Pulsars
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    Chapter 35 Radio, Optical and X-Ray Emission from Pulsars
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    Chapter 36 Rotating Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and Cosmic X-Ray Sources
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    Chapter 37 Emission Mechanisms in X-Ray Sources
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    Chapter 38 Theories of Discrete X-Ray and γ -Ray Sources
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    Chapter 39 Predicted X-Ray Fluxes of Stellar Coronas
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    Chapter 40 Physical Processes in Cygnus X-2
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    Chapter 41 The Electromagnetic Spectrum of the Crab Nebula
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    Chapter 42 A Lower Limit to the Magnetic Field in the Crab Nebula from Cosmic γ -Ray Experiments at 10 11 eV
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    Chapter 43 Some Possible Implications of the Radio Emission of Sco X-1
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    Chapter 44 Observational Results on Diffuse Cosmic X-Rays
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    Chapter 45 Review of Observational Results on γ -Ray Background
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    Chapter 46 Evidence for a Galactic Component of the Diffuse X-Ray Background
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    Chapter 47 Observations on Diffuse Cosmic X-Rays in the Energy Range 20–120 keV
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    Chapter 48 Search for Galactic γ -Rays with Energies Greater Than 500 MeV on Board OGO-5
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    Chapter 49 Spark-Chamber Observation of Galactic γ -Radiation
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    Chapter 50 The Low Energy Diffuse Cosmic X-Radiation
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    Chapter 51 2–20 keV X-Ray Sky Background
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    Chapter 52 γ -Ray Astronomy Balloon Results
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    Chapter 53 Measurement of the Cosmic X-Ray Background in the 25–200 keV Range
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    Chapter 54 Results of Two Balloon Flights for the Detection of High Energy γ -Rays
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    Chapter 55 The Cosmic γ -Ray Spectrum near 1 MeV Observed by the ERS-18 Satellite
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    Chapter 56 Intensity and Galactic Absorption of Soft Background X-Rays
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    Chapter 57 Origin of the Cosmic X-Ray Background
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    Chapter 58 Cosmic Background X-Rays Produced by Intergalactic Innerbremsstrahlung
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    Chapter 59 A Model of γ -Ray Sources in the Galaxy
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    Chapter 60 The X-Ray Emission of a Hot Dense Intergalactic Plasma
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    Chapter 61 Possible Initial Evidence of Extragalactic Cosmic-Ray Protons and the Age of Extragalactic Cosmic-Ray Sources
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    Chapter 62 Galactic Line Emission from 1–10 keV
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    Chapter 63 Diffuse Cosmic X-Rays from Non-Thermal Intergalactic Bremsstrahlung
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    Chapter 64 Interactions of Non-Thermal X-Rays and Ultraviolet Radiation with the Intergalactic Gas
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    Chapter 65 Soft X-Rays from the Galaxy
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    Chapter 66 X-Ray Emission from the Solar Wind
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    Chapter 67 Mechanism for X-Ray Production in Extars
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    Chapter 68 Concluding Remarks