The Chandra X-ray Observatory
Exploring the high energy universe
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory hasushered in a revolution in X-ray astronomy. Over the last two decades Chandrahas captured stunning celestial X-ray images, measured spectra and monitored light curves to reveal and mapthe hottest, most energetic regions of the universe. Written by leading experts in each sub-field to celebrate its 20thanniversary, this book includes current reviews of the major discoveries andscientific results made by Chandra. Documenting the progress, discoveries and developments implementedby the mission, this book provides its readers with a comprehensive review ofthe mission thus far and its potential future implicatio…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Tucker, Wallace (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7503-2163-1
- EAN: 9780750321631
- Produktnummer: 34124126
- Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 500 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 141'192 KB
- Abbildungen: With figures in colour and in black and white
Über den Autor
Belinda Wilkes is a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She has served as a director of theChandra X-ray Center, which operates the Chandra X-ray Observatory on contractwith NASA, since 2014. She is the author or co-author of more than 460 publications,including refereed science papers, book chapters, papers in conferenceproceedings, abstracts, white papers, and ofscience articles in the public media.Wallace Tucker served as the science spokesperson for the Chandra X-ray Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for 20 years. He is the author or co-author of six books on astronomy for the general reader, including The X-ray Universe with Riccardo Giacconi; two textbooks Radiative Processes in Astrophysics and Heath Physical Science; as well as the author or co-author of numerous scientific articles and popular articles on astrophysics.
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