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Foundations of high-energy astrophysics / Mario Vietri.

By: Series: Theoretical astrophysicsChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: xvii, 554 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226855691 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226855694 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB468 .V54 2008
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library CG QB468 .V54 2008 1 Available 50583010329740
Total holds: 0

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.

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