Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation

by Shapiro, Maurice M.; Stanev, Todor; Wefel, John P.

• ISBN13: 9781402001734
• ISBN10: 1402001738
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

A wide range of topics are covered, ranging from supernovae to active galactic nuclei, cosmic gamma rays to neutrinos and dark matter. The basic emphasis is on physics / astrophysics and experimental / observational techniques, scientific implications of current results, and prospects for future advances. The fields surveyed are in rapid development and the exploration of our high energy universe is proceeding rapidly, with exciting new discoveries. What unifies much of the new data is the idea of particle acceleration to enormous energies and the subsequent interactions of the particles with the local medium. It this focus that makes the book both timely and an important contribution to the field.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
M. M. Shapiro
I. HIGH ENERGY PROCESSES
Theory of Cosmic Ray and High-Energy Gamma-Ray Production in Supernova Remnants	1	(18)
E. G. Berezhko
Hadronic Collisions at Very High Energies	19	(6)
I. Kurp
Electron Acceleration by Quasi-Parallel Shock Waves	25	(6)
Y. Uvarov
Magnetohydrodynamic Wind Driven By Cosmic Rays in a Rotating Galaxy	31	(12)
V.N. Zirakashvili
D. Breitschwerdt
V.S. Ptuskin
H.J. Volk
II. SOURCES IN OUR GALAXY
Supernovae, Superbubbles, Nonthermal Emission & Light Element Nucleosynthesis in the Galaxy	43	(22)
A. M. Bykov
Cosmic Ray Interactions in the Galactic Center Region	65	(16)
P.L. Biermann
S. Markoff
W. Rhode
E.-S. Seo
Dark Matter Halo of Our Galaxy	81	(12)
R. Cowsik
A New Model for the Thermal X-Ray Composites and the Proton Origin γ-Rays from Supernova Remnants	93	(8)
O. Petruk
Evolution of Isolated Neutron Stars	101	(10)
S. Popov
High Energy Outburst of Recurrent Transient Pulsar A0535+26	111	(4)
T. N. Dorokhova
N. I. Dorokhov
III. EXTRA-GALACTIC SOURCES AND COSMOLOGICAL CONNECTIONS
High Energy Particles in Active Galactic Nuclei	115	(20)
P. L. Biermann
Galactic Clues About the High-Energy Processes in Bl Lac (AGN) Jets	135	(8)
S. Markoff
H. Falcke
P. L. Biermann
R. P. Fender
Nonthermal Phenomena in Clusters of Galaxies	143	(8)
Y. Rephaeli
Correlation and Clustering: Statistical Properties of Galaxy Large Scale Structures	151	(10)
F. S. Labini
A. Gabrielli
The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect and Its Cosmological Significance	161	(12)
Y. Rephaeli
IV. COSMIC PHOTONS: X-RAYS AND γ-RAYS
An Overview on Gev-Tev Gamma Ray Astronomy: Past-Present-Future	173	(18)
V. Fonseca
A Brief Introduction to the Study of Afterglows of Gamma Ray Bursts	191	(12)
R. Cowsik
Searches for Tev γ-Ray Emission with the Hegra Cherenkov Telescopes	203	(16)
N. Gotting
F. Lucarelli
M. Tluczykont
Variables Gamma Ray Sources, 1: Interactions of Flare Energetic Particles with Solar and Stellar Winds	219	(12)
Lev I. Dorman
Variable Gamma Ray Sources,2: Interactions of Galactic Cosmic Rays with Solar and Stellar Winds	231	(14)
Lev I. Dorman
Comets As X-Ray Objects	245	(6)
S. Ibadov
V. COSMIC RAY PARTICLES
Cosmic Ray Origin: General Overview	251	(12)
V. S. Ptuskin
Galactic Cosmic Ray Composition: From the Anomalous Component to the Knee	263	(12)
M. I. Panasyuk
Low Energy Cosmic Ray Nuclei and Their Propagation in the Galaxy	275	(30)
M. Giller
Reacceleration of Galactic Cosmic Rays: Secondary Electron Capture Isotopes Measured by the Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer	305	(6)
S. M. Niebur
The Astrophysics of Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Rays (and How We Can Detect Them)	311	(6)
J. T. Link
Eas: Nμ - Ne Measurements with the Eas-Top Array	317	(8)
S. Valchierotti
L3+Cosmics: An Atmospheric Muon Experiment at Cern	325	(6)
T. Chiarusi
VI. FUTURE PROSPECTS
Nuclear Paleoastrophysics: Prospects and Perspectives	331	(14)
G. Kocharov
P. Damon
H. Jungner
I. Koudriavtsev
M. Ogurtsov
H.E.S.S. - The High Energy Stereoscopic System	345	(4)
I. Jung
Development of Atmospheric Cherenkov Detectors at Milagro	349	(6)
R. Atkins
NEMO: Neutrino Mediterranean Observatory	355	(8)
G. Riccobene
Subject Index	363	(6)
Participants	369