Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introductory Remarks....Pages 1-4
A Survey of Instruments and Experiments for X-ray Astronomy....Pages 5-33
General Survey of X-ray Sources....Pages 34-34
Techniques for Improving the Sensitivity of Proportional Counters Used in X-ray Astronomy....Pages 35-40
Upper-Air Fluorescence as a Tool in X-ray Astronomy and Searches for X-rays from NP 0532 and Other Pulsars....Pages 41-49
A Proposal for an X-ray Experiment for COS-B....Pages 50-53
Studies of Discrete Cosmic X-ray Sources at M.I.T.....Pages 54-58
Properties of Individual X-Ray Sources....Pages 59-80
Properties of Individual X-ray Sources....Pages 81-81
Rocket Observations of Virgo XR-1....Pages 82-86
Intensities and Spectra of Several Galactic X-ray Sources....Pages 87-87
X-ray Flux from Discrete Sources....Pages 88-93
Energy Spectra of Several Discrete X-ray Sources in the 20–120 keV Range....Pages 94-103
Sudden Changes in the Intensity of High Energy X-rays from Sco X-1....Pages 104-106
Properties of Individual X-ray Sources....Pages 107-115
The Flux of Hard Radiation from M87....Pages 116-120
A Rocket Observation of Cosmic X-rays in the Energy Range between 0.15 and 20 keV....Pages 121-129
Angular Size and Position of the X-ray Source Cyg-X-1....Pages 130-133
Interstellar Absorption of X-rays Emitted by Supernova Remnants....Pages 134-137
The Possible Detection of Iron Line Emission from Sco X-1....Pages 138-143
Hard X-rays from the Southern Sky....Pages 144-144
X-ray Polarization from Sco X-1 and Tau X-1....Pages 145-145
Ionospheric Effects of X-rays from Discrete Galactic Sources....Pages 146-150
Non-Solar Gamma and X-ray Astronomy: Optical Observations....Pages 151-161
Spectroscopic and Statistical Properties of X-ray Sources....Pages 162-172
Identification of X-ray Sources at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory....Pages 173-175
OAO Observations of Sco X-1....Pages 176-176
On the Magnitude-Color Relation for Cygnus X-2 and WX Centauri....Pages 177-179
On the Nature of the X-ray Sources Scorpius X-1 and Centaurus X-2....Pages 180-182
An X-ray Pulsar in the Crab Nebula....Pages 183-184
A Search for Pulsed Hard Radiation from the Crab Nebula....Pages 185-189
X-ray Pulsar in the Crab Nebula....Pages 190-190
X-ray Pulsar in the Crab Nebula....Pages 191-191
A Search for High-Energy γ -Rays from Pulsars....Pages 192-195
Radio, Optical and X-Ray Emission from Pulsars....Pages 196-201
Rotating Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and Cosmic X-Ray Sources....Pages 202-207
Emission Mechanisms in X-Ray Sources....Pages 208-215
Theories of Discrete X-Ray and γ -Ray Sources....Pages 216-237
Predicted X-Ray Fluxes of Stellar Coronas....Pages 238-241
Physical Processes in Cygnus X-2....Pages 242-246
The Electromagnetic Spectrum of the Crab Nebula....Pages 247-249
A Lower Limit to the Magnetic Field in the Crab Nebula from Cosmic γ -Ray Experiments at 10 11 eV....Pages 250-256
Some Possible Implications of the Radio Emission of Sco X-1....Pages 257-259
Observational Results on Diffuse Cosmic X-Rays....Pages 260-268
Review of Observational Results on γ -Ray Background....Pages 269-279
Evidence for a Galactic Component of the Diffuse X-Ray Background....Pages 280-288
Observations on Diffuse Cosmic X-Rays in the Energy Range 20–120 keV....Pages 289-296
Search for Galactic γ -Rays with Energies Greater Than 500 MeV on Board OGO-5....Pages 297-299
Spark-Chamber Observation of Galactic γ -Radiation....Pages 300-305
The Low Energy Diffuse Cosmic X-Radiation....Pages 306-308
2–20 keV X-Ray Sky Background....Pages 309-314
 γ -Ray Astronomy Balloon Results....Pages 315-320
Measurement of the Cosmic X-Ray Background in the 25–200 keV Range....Pages 321-324
Results of Two Balloon Flights for the Detection of High Energy γ -Rays....Pages 325-334
The Cosmic γ -Ray Spectrum near 1 MeV Observed by the ERS-18 Satellite....Pages 335-341
Intensity and Galactic Absorption of Soft Background X-Rays....Pages 342-351
Origin of the Cosmic X-Ray Background....Pages 352-371
Cosmic Background X-Rays Produced by Intergalactic Innerbremsstrahlung....Pages 372-373
A Model of γ -Ray Sources in the Galaxy....Pages 374-376
The X-Ray Emission of a Hot Dense Intergalactic Plasma....Pages 377-381
Possible Initial Evidence of Extragalactic Cosmic-Ray Protons and the Age of Extragalactic Cosmic-Ray Sources....Pages 382-384
Galactic Line Emission from 1–10 keV....Pages 385-391
Diffuse Cosmic X-Rays from Non-Thermal Intergalactic Bremsstrahlung....Pages 392-401
Interactions of Non-Thermal X-Rays and Ultraviolet Radiation with the Intergalactic Gas....Pages 402-405
Soft X-Rays from the Galaxy....Pages 406-407
X-Ray Emission from the Solar Wind....Pages 408-412
Mechanism for X-Ray Production in Extars....Pages 413-423
Concluding Remarks....Pages 424-425