The highly acclaimed first edition of High Energy Astrophysics instantly established itself as a classic in the teaching of contemporary astronomy. Reflecting the immense interest and developments in the subject, Professor Longair has developed the second edition into three texts; in this second volume he provides a comprehensive discussion of the high energy astrophysics of stars, the Galaxy and the interstellar medium. He develops an understanding for the essential physics with an elegance and infectious enthusiasm for which his teaching is internationally renowned, illustrating the issues throughout with results from the forefront of research. This book takes the student with an undergraduate background in physics and mathematics--but not necessarily with training in astronomy--to the point where current astrophysical research can be understood.
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'This excellent textbook is full of enthusiasm and inquisitiveness. Students will love it.' New Scientist
'The author of this review highly appreciates careful description of physical concepts, excellent style, and clarity of arguments ... will be very uesful as a serious introduction to this important subject of contemporary astrophysics.' Vladimir Karas, Earth, Moon and Planets
'The style, typical of Longair, is direct, easy-going and captivating ... Longair's series on High Energy Astrophysics is now a classic: impressive textbooks for the specialist course of study, an indispensable compendium of current topics for the professional astronomer, a goldmine of fascinating information for the science undergraduate.' The Observatory
'The author of this review highly appreciates careful description of physical concepts, excellent style, and clarity of arguments ... will be very uesful as a serious introduction to this important subject of contemporary astrophysics.' Vladimir Karas, Earth, Moon and Planets
'The style, typical of Longair, is direct, easy-going and captivating ... Longair's series on High Energy Astrophysics is now a classic: impressive textbooks for the specialist course of study, an indispensable compendium of current topics for the professional astronomer, a goldmine of fascinating information for the science undergraduate.' The Observatory
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Developed from his highly acclaimed High Energy Astrophysics, in this three-volume second edition Professor Longair presents a text destined to become a classic in the teaching of undergraduate astrophysics. He develops the essential physics to a level where current research can be understood with an elegance and infectious enthusiasm for which his teaching is renowned. In this, the second volume, he covers stars, the Galaxy and the interstellar medium.
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One of the best books about Cosmic Rays Astrophysics,
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This review is from: High Energy Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars, the Galaxy and the Interstellar Medium (Paperback)
The two volumes of "High Energy Astrophysics" by M.S. Longair are amongst my favourite books: I read them several times and every time I found interesting hints for my work. I'm waiting for the third volume for 3 years, but it's still missing from the bookshelf...The first volume ("Particles, Photons and Their Detection") focuses on the interactions between high energy particles and matter, in order to help the reader to understand how detectors work. The theoretical approach is deep enough not to hide the "dirty" steps of the calculations, and some subsection requires good mathematical skills (well, not as much as for Russian books ;-). The second volume ("Stars, the Galaxy and Interstellar Medium") focuses on the Physics of cosmic rays (CR) while they run through the Galaxy. The author takes the occasion to explain several very exciting items, from the proposed mechanisms of CR acceleration and high energy photons emission, to the diffusion through the interstellar medium and the Solar wind, untill the CR reach the Earth. Special emphasis is given to open problems -- only very few of them were solved in the meantime (Nov. 2001). The 2 volumes are well suited for advanced students in Physics or Astronomy, and are a good reference for researchers.
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Good book, but outdated 14 years later,
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This review is from: High Energy Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars, the Galaxy and the Interstellar Medium (Paperback)
We used this book for a graduate course on High Energy Astrophysics. As I recall, there were a fair number of mistakes (like "Fermi's Exclusion Principle"), but overall I found it quite informative. However, modern astrophysics is rapidly changing, and you should not spend money on a book that is so out dated on many topics. Buy something new and borrow this one from the library if you get the urge.
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At last, after the 12 chapters which comprise the whole of Volume 1, we leave the Solar System behind and enter the astronomical domain, where we can no longer detect high energy particles directly but can only infer their presence from the radiations they emit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extragalactic hypothesis, characteristic escape time, polarised radio emission, total energy loss rate, ionisation losses, magnetised neutron star, thin accretion discs, radio emissivity, neutral interstellar gas, strong mass loss, highest energy cosmic rays, confinement volume, doubly ionised oxygen, last stable orbit, general relativistic treatment, ionised hydrogen, radio halo, synchrotron losses, solar modulation, adiabatic losses, limiting luminosity, high energy astrophysics, braking index, local spiral arm, electron energy spectrum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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At last, after the 12 chapters which comprise the whole of Volume 1, we leave the Solar System behind and enter the astronomical domain, where we can no longer detect high energy particles directly but can only infer their presence from the radiations they emit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extragalactic hypothesis, characteristic escape time, polarised radio emission, total energy loss rate, ionisation losses, magnetised neutron star, thin accretion discs, radio emissivity, neutral interstellar gas, strong mass loss, highest energy cosmic rays, confinement volume, doubly ionised oxygen, last stable orbit, general relativistic treatment, ionised hydrogen, radio halo, synchrotron losses, solar modulation, adiabatic losses, limiting luminosity, high energy astrophysics, braking index, local spiral arm, electron energy spectrum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Crab Nebula, Cambridge University Press, Solar System, Large Magellanic Cloud, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Royal Observatory, Cygnus Loop, European Space Agency, Extraterrestrische Physik, International Ultraviolet Explorer, Schmidt Telescope New!
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- The Solar System by Alex Gordon Smith on page 186
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