LEADER 02983nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910783915503321 005 20230617035652.0 010 $a1-281-87201-6 010 $a9786611872014 010 $a981-256-173-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000334436 035 $a(EBL)227152 035 $a(OCoLC)68194117 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000267170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193749 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10333524 035 $a(PQKB)11363355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227152 035 $a(WSP)00004657 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227152 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10255452 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL187201 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000334436 100 $a20051121d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVery high energy cosmic gamma radiation$b[electronic resource] $ea crucial window on the extreme universe /$fF.A. Aharonian 210 $aSingapore ;$aLondon $cWorld Scientific$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (508 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-02-4573-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 473-491) and index. 327 $aCopyright; Preface; Contents; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Status of the Field; 3 - Gamma Ray Production and Absorption Mechanisms; 4 - Gamma Rays and Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays; 5 - Gamma Ray Visibility of Supernova Remnants; 6 - Pulsars, Pulsar Winds, Plerions; 7 - Gamma Rays Expected from Microquasars; 8 - Large Scale Jets of Radio Galaxies and Quasars; 9 - Nonthermal Phenomena in Clusters of Galaxies; 10 - TeV Blazers and Cosmic Background Radiation; 11 - High Energy Gamma Rays - Carriers of Unique Cosmological Information; Appendix A - Spherically symmetric diffusion from a single source 327 $aAppendix B - Evolution of relativistic electronics in an expanding magnetised mediumBibliography; Index 330 $aGamma ray astronomy, the branch of high energy astrophysics that studies the sky in energetic ?-ray photons, is destined to play a crucial role in the exploration of nonthermal phenomena in the Universe in their most extreme and violent forms. The great potential of this discipline offers impressive coverage of many "hot topics" of modern astrophysics and cosmology, such as the origin of galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays, particle acceleration and radiation processes under extreme astrophysical conditions, and the search for dark matter. 606 $aCosmic rays 606 $aGamma ray astronomy 615 0$aCosmic rays. 615 0$aGamma ray astronomy. 676 $a522.6 676 $a522.6862 700 $aAharonian$b Felix A$0621269 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783915503321 996 $aVery high energy cosmic gamma radiation$91101314 997 $aUNINA