ENIGMA Winter School 2004

Jerisjärvi, Finland, 19-25 April 2004

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Student Reading Material

Theoretical lectures:

John Kirk and Alan Marscher:

Lightman and Rybicki "Radiative processes in astrophysics", especially Chapters 5, 6, and 7

Longair "High Energy Astrophysics" Vol 2, Chapters 18 and 20

Gamma-ray (TeV) astronomy:

Eckart Lorenz:

1) R. Murthy, W. Wolfendale: Gamma Ray Astronomy (1993) Cambrige University Press
2. V. Schoenfelder: The Universe in Gamma Rays. Springer Verlag ISBN 3-540-67874-3
3. General Cosmic Rays: T. Gaisser: Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics. Cambrige University Press ISBN 0 521 339316
4) T. Weekes: Very High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy. IOP. ISBN 0750306580 (expensive)

Shorter review articles

5) C. Hoffman et al.: Gamma-Ray Astronomy at High Energies. Los Alamos Report LA-UR-98-1160
6) M. Catanese, T. Weekes: Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (1999) Harvard Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics, preprint Serie No 4811

Radio and mm-astronomy:

Merja Tornikoski:

B. F. Burke and F. Graham-Smith: "An Introduction to Radio Astronomy", Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521005175 (paperback, second edition, but first edition is also OK). -- Read at least chapters 1-4, 7, 13

+ Web links to radio-to-submm telescopes and observing manuals:

Metsähovi radio observatory (unfortunately no observing manuals etc. on-line)

SEST telescope
SIMBA bolometer array

JCMT telescope
SCUBA bolometer array home page
SCUBA bolometer array observing page

IRAM
APEX

Last updated: 27 January 2004 by Rami T. F. Rekola