Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Gamma-Ray Bursts and Blazars (Space Sciences Series of Issi)

Bykov, Andrei (EDT)/ Amato, Elena (EDT)/ Arons, Jonathan (EDT)

Springer（2018/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 360 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789402412918
• DDC分類 500.5

Full Description

Relativistic objects in astrophysics present a diverse set of phenomena and cover vast ranges of time scales and spatial scales, but their descriptions rely on a similar backbone: production of a relativistic outflow in a central compact object and dissipation of the outflow at large radii, accompanied by acceleration of particles up to very high energies and production of secondary non-thermal electromagnetic radiation. This book provides a timely and comprehensive review of the main physical processes involved in the formation and dissipation of relativistic outflows. It will be particularly useful to postgraduate students and researchers active in various areas of astrophysics and space science​. Originally published in Space Science Reviews, Volume 207, Issue 1-4, July 2017

Contents

Editorial: Topical Collection on Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Gamma-Ray Bursts and Blazars.- Relativistic Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei and Microquasars.- Gamma-Ray Bursts and Fast Transients.- Photospheric Emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts.- Electrodynamics of Pulsar Magnetosphere.- Modelling Jets, Tori and Flares in Pulsar Wind Nebulae.- Pulsar-Wind Nebulae and Magnetar Outflows: Observations at Radio, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Wavelengths.- Pulsar Wind Nebulae with Bow Shocks: Non-thermal Radiation and Cosmic Ray Leptons.- Magnetoluminescence.- Towards Understanding the Physics of Collisionless Relativistic Shocks.