Foundations of high-energy astrophysics / Mario Vietri.
Series: Theoretical astrophysicsChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: xvii, 554 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226855691 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226855694 (cloth : alk. paper)
- QB468 .V54 2008
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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.