Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Introductory remarks (Invited discourse).
• 2. A survey of instruments and experiments for X-ray astronomy (Invited discourse).
• 3. General survey of X-ray sources (Invited discourse).
• 4. Techniques for improving the sensitivity of proportional counters used in X-ray astronomy.
• 5. Upper-air fluorescence as a tool in X-ray astronomy and searches for X-rays from NP 0532 and other pulsars.
• 6. A proposal for an X-ray experiment for Cos-B.
• 7. Studies of discrete cosmic X-ray sources at M. I. T. (Invited discourse).
• 8. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse).
• 9. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse).
• 10. Rocket observations of Virgo XR-1.
• 11. Intensities and spectra of several galactic X-ray sources.
• 12. X-ray flux from discrete sources.
• 13. Energy spectra of several discrete X-ray sources in the 20–120 keV range.
• 14. Sudden changes in the intensity of high energy X-rays from Sco X-1.
• 15. Properties of individual X-ray sources (Invited discourse).
• 16. The flux of hard radiation from M87.
• 17. A rocket observation of cosmic X-rays in the energy range between 0.15 and 20 keV.
• 18. Angular size and position of the X-ray source Cyg-X-1.
• 19. Interstellar absorption of X-rays emitted supernova remnants.
• 20. The possible detection of iron line emission from Sco X-1.
• 21. Hard X-rays from the southern sky.
• 22. X-ray polarization from Sco X-1 and Tau X-1.
• 23. Ionospheric effects of X-rays from discrete galactic sources.
• 24. Non-solar Gamma and X-ray astronomy: optical observations (Invited discourse).
• 25. Spectroscopic and statistical properties of X-ray sources (Invited discourse).
• 26. Identification of X-ray sources at Cerro Tololo inter-American observatory.
• 27. OAO observations of Sco X-1.
• 28. On the magnitude-colorrelation for Cygnus X-2 and WX Centauri.
• 29. On the nature of the X-ray sources Scorpio X-1 and Centaurus X-2.
• 30. An X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.
• 31. A search for pulsed hard radiation from the Crab Nebula.
• 32. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.
• 33. X-ray pulsar in the Crab Nebula.
• 34. A search for high-energy ?-rays from pulsars.
• 35. Radio, optical and X-ray emission from pulsars.
• 36. Rotating neutron stars, pulsars, and cosmic X-ray sources.
• 37. Emission mechanisms in X-ray sources (Invited discourse).
• 38. Theories of discrete X-ray and ?-ray sources (Invited discourse).
• 39. Predicted X-ray fluxes of stellar coronas.
• 40. Physical processes in Cyg X-2.
• 41. The electromagnetic spectrum of the Crab Nebula.
• 42. A lower limit to the magnetic field in the Crab Nebula from cosmic ?-ray experiments at 1011 eV.
• 43. Some possible implications of the radio emission of Sco X-1.
• 44. Observational results on diffuse cosmic X-rays (Invited discourse).
• 45. Review of observational results on ?-ray background (Invited discourse).
• 46. Evidence for a galactic component of the diffuse X-ray background.
• 47. Observations on diffuse cosmic X-rays in the energy range 20–120 keV.
• 48. Search for galactic ?-rays with energies greater than 500 MeV on board OGO-5.
• 49. Spark-chamber observation of galactic ?-radiation.
• 50. The low energy diffuse cosmic X-radiation.
• 51. 2–20 keV X-ray sky background.
• 52. ?-ray astronomy balloon results.
• 53. Measurement of the cosmic X-ray background in the 25–200 keV range.
• 54. Results of two balloon flights for the detection of high energy ?-rays.
• 55. The cosmic ?-ray spectrum near 1 MeV observed by the ERS-18 satellite.
• 56. Intensity and galactic absorption of soft back-ground X-rays.
• 57. Origin of the cosmic X-raybackground (Invited discourse).
• 58. Cosmic background X-rays produced by intergalactic innerbremsstrahlung.
• 59. A model of ?-ray sources in the Galaxy.
• 60. The X-ray emission of a hot dense intergalactic plasma.
• 61. Possible initial evidence of extragalactic cosmic-ray protons and the age of extragalactic cosmic-ray sources.
• 62. Galactic line emission from 1–10 keV.
• 63. Diffuse cosmic X-rays from non-thermal intergalactic bremsstrahlung.
• 64. Interactions of non-thermal X-rays and ultraviolet radiation with the intergalactic gas.
• 65. Soft X-rays from the Galaxy.
• 66. X-ray emission from the solar wind.
• 67. Mechanism for X-ray production in extars.
• 68. Concluding remarks.