Galactic high-energy astrophysics after the gamma-ray astronomy mission of the ESΛ COS-B satellite

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Bignami
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (T29A) ◽  
pp. 219-244
Author(s):  
Christine Jones ◽  
Noah Brosch ◽  
Günther Hasinger ◽  
Matthew G. Baring ◽  
Martin Adrian Barstow ◽  
...  

Division XI, the predecessor to Division D until 2012, was formed in 1994 at the IAU General Assembly in The Hague by merging Commission 44 Astronomy from Space and Commission 48 High Energy Astrophysics. Historically, space astrophysics started with the high energy wavelengths (far UV, X-ray, and gamma-ray astronomy) which are only accessible from space. However, in modern astronomy, to study high energy astrophysical processes, almost all wavelengths are used (including gamma-ray, X-ray, UV, optical, infrared, submillimeter and radio). In addition other ground-based facilities, including gravitational wave antennas, neutrino detectors and high-energy cosmic ray arrays are joining in this era of multi-messenger astrophysics, as well as space missions with the primary goals to discover and study exoplanets, are under the umbrella of Division XI.


Author(s):  
Maria Concetta Maccarone ◽  
Giovanni La Rosa ◽  
Osvaldo Catalano ◽  
Salvo Giarrusso ◽  
Alberto Segreto ◽  
...  

AbstractUVscope is an instrument, based on a multi-pixel photon detector, developed to support experimental activities for high-energy astrophysics and cosmic ray research. The instrument, working in single photon counting mode, is designed to directly measure light flux in the wavelengths range 300-650 nm. The instrument can be used in a wide field of applications where the knowledge of the nocturnal environmental luminosity is required. Currently, one UVscope instrument is allocated onto the external structure of the ASTRI-Horn Cherenkov telescope devoted to the gamma-ray astronomy at very high energies. Being co-aligned with the ASTRI-Horn camera axis, UVscope can measure the diffuse emission of the night sky background simultaneously with the ASTRI-Horn camera, without any interference with the main telescope data taking procedures. UVscope is properly calibrated and it is used as an independent reference instrument for test and diagnostic of the novel ASTRI-Horn telescope.


2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 587-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Degrange ◽  
Gérard Fontaine

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego F. Torres ◽  
Felix A. Aharonian ◽  
Werner Hofmann ◽  
Frank Rieger

1985 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Gupta ◽  
P. V. Ramana Murthy ◽  
S. C. Tonwar ◽  
P. R. Vishwanath

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