FrontiersofX-RayAstronomy(CambridgePlanetaryScience)

作者 A. C. Fabian著A. C. Fabian编K. A. Pounds编R. D. Blandford编
出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
出版时间 2004年8月
ISBN 9780521534871
定价 747.50

内容简介

X-rayastronomyhasundergonearevolutioninrecentyears.Withthelaunchoftwoneworbitingobservatories,ChandraandXMM-Newton,astronomersarenowabletoobtainspectraandimagesatahigherresolutionthaneverbefore.Newobservationshavehadamajorimpactontopicsrangingfromprotostarstocosmology.Thecontributionsinthiswork,byleadingauthoritiesinthefield,originatefromaRoyalSocietyDiscussionMeetingthatwasheldtoreviewthemostrecentresultsfromthecurrentgenerationofX-raytelescopes,andsetthemincontext.Thisbookisavaluablereferenceforresearchastronomersandgraduatestudentswishingtounderstandthelatestdevelopmentsinthisexcitingfield.

作者简介

AndrewFabianisaRoyalSocietyResearchProfessorattheInstituteofAstronomy,UniversityofCambridge.KennethPoundsisProfessorofSpacePhysicsattheUniversityofLeicester.RogerBlandfordiscurrentlyRichardChaceTolmanProfessorofTheoreticalAstrophysicsatCaltech,California.

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