TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics: Theory and Observations Presented at the Heidelberg Workshop, October 3–7, 1994

Front Matter....Pages i-XV
The Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique in Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy....Pages 1-15
Differences Between Gamma-Ray and Hadronic Showers....Pages 17-30
Present Status of Very High Energy Gamma Ray Observations....Pages 31-41
Gamma-Ray Bursts and Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy....Pages 43-52
Overview of TeV Gamma Ray Observations....Pages 53-65
The Atmospheric Čerenkov Technique in the Search for PBH....Pages 67-69
Gamma-Hadron Separation at High Energies in View of Recent Cross Section Measurements....Pages 71-82
Future Instrumental Capabilities in the Energy Range of Nuclear Transitions....Pages 83-96
AGATE: A High Energy Gamma-Ray Telescope Using Drift Chambers....Pages 97-108
GLAST....Pages 109-125
Gamma-Ray Astronomy: Extension Beyond the GeV Domain by Ground-Based Observations....Pages 127-136
The Art and Power of Čerenkov Imaging....Pages 137-151
Stereoscopic Measurements of the Čerenkov Radiation Produced by TeV Gamma Rays....Pages 153-167
Wide Angle Air Cerenkov Detectors....Pages 169-183
Low Threshold Particle Arrays....Pages 185-197
Water Cherenkov Detectors:Milagro....Pages 199-212
High Energy Neutrino Telescopes....Pages 213-234
Pulsars as Gamma Ray Sources: Nebular Shocks and Magnetospheric Gaps....Pages 235-255
Inverse-Compton Gamma Rays From Plerions....Pages 257-268
Shell Type Supernova Remnants....Pages 269-277
The Nonthermal Energy Content and Gamma Ray Emission of Starburst Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 279-297
Gamma-Rays from Active Galactic Nuclei: Emission Processes and Particle Acceleration....Pages 299-315
The Hadronic Model of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 317-329
TeV Gamma-Rays from Proton Blazars....Pages 331-340
High Energy Neutrinos From Quasars....Pages 341-355
Possible Episodic Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 357-373
Topological Defects and Highest Energy Cosmic and Gamma Rays....Pages 375-385
Intergalactic Magnetic Fields, and Some Connections with Cosmic Rays....Pages 387-399
Absorption of High Energy Gamma-Rays by Low Energy Intergalactic Photons....Pages 401-412
Probing the Era of Galaxy Formation Via TeV Gamma Ray Absorption by the Near Infrared Extragalactic Background....Pages 413-422
Recent Results From Comptel....Pages 423-434
The cosmic microwave background....Pages 435-450