Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy

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Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy is written by Cosimo Bambi and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9811563373 (ISBN 10) and 9789811563379 (ISBN 13).

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. The first part discusses the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics; the optics and the detectors employed in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy; and past, present, and future X-ray and gamma-ray missions. The second part then describes data reduction and analysis, the statistics used in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, and demonstrates how to write a successful proposal and a scientific paper. Data reduction in connection with specific X-ray and gamma-ray missions is covered in the appendices. Presenting the state of the art in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, this is both a valuable textbook for students and an important reference resource for researchers in the field.