TY - BOOK ID - 5303304 TI - The universe in gamma rays PY - 2001 SN - 3540678743 3642087450 3662045931 PB - Berlin ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Gamma ray astronomy KW - Astronomie gamma KW - Astronomy. KW - Astrophysics. KW - Space sciences. KW - Nuclear physics. KW - Heavy ions. KW - Elementary particles (Physics). KW - Quantum field theory. KW - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. KW - Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). KW - Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. KW - Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Elementary particles (Physics) KW - High energy physics KW - Nuclear particles KW - Nucleons KW - Nuclear physics KW - Ions KW - Atomic nuclei KW - Atoms, Nuclei of KW - Nucleus of the atom KW - Physics KW - Science and space KW - Space research KW - Cosmology KW - Science KW - Astronomy KW - Astronomical physics KW - Cosmic physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5303304 AB - Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the tree satellite missions SIGMA, Compton, and Beppo-Sax gave a completely new picture of our Universe and made gamma-ray astronomy an integral part of astronomical research. This book, written by well-known experts, gives the first comprehensive presentation of this field of research, addressing both graduate students and researchers. Gamma-ray astronomy helps us to understand the most energetic processes and the most violent events in the Universe. After describing cosmic gamma-ray production and absorption, the instrumentation used in gamma-ray astronomy is explained. The main part of the book deals with astronomical results, including the somewhat surprising result that the gamma-ray sky is continuously changing. ER -