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Vietri, Mario.

Foundations of high-energy astrophysics / Mario Vietri. - xvii, 554 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Theoretical astrophysics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-542) and index.

The most thorough and engaging survey of high-energy astrophysics available today, Foundations of High-Energy Astrophysics is an introduction to the mathematical and physical techniques used in the study of high-energy astrophysics. Here, Mario Vietri approaches the basics of high-energy astrophysics with an emphasis on underlying physical processes as opposed to a more mathematical approach. Alongside more traditional topics, Vietri presents new subjects increasingly considered crucial to understanding high-energy astrophysical sources, including the electrodynamics of cosmic sources, new developments in the theory of standard accretion disks, and the physics of coronae, thick disks, and accretion onto magnetized objects.

ISBN: 9780226855691 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226855694 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007030145

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA817468 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014519159 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Astrophysics--Textbooks.
Infrared astronomy--Textbooks.
X-ray astronomy--Textbooks.
Gamma ray astronomy--Textbooks.
Particles (Nuclear physics)--Textbooks.

LC Class. No.: QB468 / .V54 2008