High-Energy Astrophysics
Abstrak
During a dramatic development of the field over the last decade, German groups and institutions have played central, often decisive, roles in high-energy astrophysics. Both spatially resolved and temporal studies of gamma-ray sources are conducted with unprecedented sensitivity, deciphering the physical processes in Galactic and extragalactic sources of high-energy emission, and providing new insights into fundamental physics. Radio observations of compact objects, especially black holes and neutron stars, permit exploring physics under extreme conditions and testing for fundamental properties such as the existence of event horizons around black holes. Observations of ultra-high energy cosmic rays provide information on particle acceleration at the highest energy. The first detection in 2013 of cosmic high-energy neutrinos was named the Physics World breakthrough of the year.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
F. Melia
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2009
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 811×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.5860/choice.47-0244
- Akses
- Open Access ✓