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Malcolm S. Longair
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Machine generated contents note: Part I. Astronomical Background: 1. High energy astrophysics - an introduction; 2. The stars and stellar evolution; 3. The galaxies; 4. Clusters of galaxies; Part II. Physical Processes: 5. Ionisation losses; 6. Radiation of accelerated charged particles and bremsstrahlung of electrons; 7. The dynamics of charged particles in magnetic fields; 8. Synchrotron radiation; 9. Interactions of high energy photons; 01. Nuclear interactions; 11. Aspects of plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics; Part III. High Energy Astrophysics in our Galaxy: 21. Interstellar gas and magnetic fields; 31. Dead stars; 41. Accretion power in astrophysics; 51. Cosmic rays; 61. The origin of cosmic rays in our galaxy; 71. The acceleration of high energy particles; Part IV. Extragalactic High Energy Astrophysics: 81. Active galaxies; 91. Black holes in the nuclei of galaxies; 02. The vicinity of the black hole; 12. Extragalactic radio sources; 22. Compact extragalactic sources and superluminal motions; 32. Cosmological aspects of high energy astrophysics; Appendix; References; Index