Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of acronyms
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 Birth and childhood of X-ray astronomy
- Chapter 2 X-ray emission and interaction with matter
- Chapter 3 Tools and techniques
- Chapter 4 Solar system X-rays
- Chapter 5 X-ray absorption and scattering in the Interstellar Medium
- Chapter 6 Active stellar coronae
- Chapter 7 Early-type stars
- Chapter 8 Supernova explosions and their remnants
- Chapter 9 Neutron stars, pulsars, pulsar wind nebulae, and more supernova remnants
- Chapter 10 Cataclysmic variable stars
- Chapter 11 X-ray binaries
- Chapter 12 Black-hole X-ray binaries
- Chapter 13 Normal and starburst galaxies
- Chapter 14 Active galactic nuclei
- Chapter 15 Clusters of galaxies
- Chapter 16 The diffuse X-ray background
- Chapter 17 Gamma-ray bursts
- Index
- Plate section
Plate section
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of acronyms
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 Birth and childhood of X-ray astronomy
- Chapter 2 X-ray emission and interaction with matter
- Chapter 3 Tools and techniques
- Chapter 4 Solar system X-rays
- Chapter 5 X-ray absorption and scattering in the Interstellar Medium
- Chapter 6 Active stellar coronae
- Chapter 7 Early-type stars
- Chapter 8 Supernova explosions and their remnants
- Chapter 9 Neutron stars, pulsars, pulsar wind nebulae, and more supernova remnants
- Chapter 10 Cataclysmic variable stars
- Chapter 11 X-ray binaries
- Chapter 12 Black-hole X-ray binaries
- Chapter 13 Normal and starburst galaxies
- Chapter 14 Active galactic nuclei
- Chapter 15 Clusters of galaxies
- Chapter 16 The diffuse X-ray background
- Chapter 17 Gamma-ray bursts
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010