New Century of X-ray Astronomy: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Yokohama, Japan, 6-8 March 2001Hajime Inoue, Hideyo Kunieda Annotation These proceedings from the March 2001 conference in Yokohama, Japan feature 47 papers and 181 posters. Papers address the status of new missions, our galaxy and others, accretion and outflow in compact objects, evolution of clusters and distant universes, and future programs. Posters discuss these topics and plasma diagnostics of stellar corona and SNR. Black and white graphs, diagrams, and other images support the findings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
Contents
A General Description and Current Status of the Chandra Xray | 4 |
Status of the XMMNewton Mission Invited | 10 |
Discovery of Xrays from Class 0 Protostar Candidates | 18 |
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absorption abundance accretion disk analysis ASCA ASP Conference Series Astro-E Astrophysics black hole bright cD galaxy Center Chandra clusters of galaxies component Constellation-X cooling core density detected detector effective area electrons emission lines energy band Energy keV energy resolution evolution Figure flares Galactic gamma-ray hard X-ray hypernova Inoue and H ionization ISAS ISBN Japan Japan Abstract keV band Koyama Kunieda Kyoto light curves magnetic field Makishima mass measured mirror mission MNRAS neutron star Observatory optical orbit parameters PASJ phase photon pixel plasma power-law pulsar quasars radio radius ratio redshift region ROSAT RXTE Sagamihara Seyfert shows simulation soft solar spectroscopy spectrum stellar supernova survey temperature thermal Tokyo University variability X-ray astronomy X-ray binary X-ray emission X-ray imaging X-ray luminosity X-ray sources X-ray spectra X-ray telescope XEUS XMM-Newton