In order to assist you in gaining a better understanding of the course material, we have compiled a list of web-based resources that will help give background to the topics discussed in lecture.Introduction
History of X-ray Astronomy (Harvard University)Instrumentation 1&2
Astronomiae Historia/History of Astronomy
A Brief History of High-Energy Astrophysics (NASA/GSFC)
High-Energy and Low-Energy Proportional Counters (Harvard University)Data Analysis
Introduction to Scientific Imaging CCDs (Scientific Imaging Technologies, Inc.)
Microchannel Plate Principles of Operation (Harvard University)
Proportional Counters (NASA/GSFC)
Microchannel Plates (NASA/GSFC)
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics: Statistics (Harvard University)Stars 1&2
X-ray Sources: Normal Stars (Harvard University)Stars 3: Stellar Evolution
X-ray Sources: Stellar Evolution (Harvard University)Compact Objects
Stellar Evolution and Death (NASA)
X-ray Sources: White Dwarfs (Harvard University)Black Holes
X-ray Sources: Neutron Stars (Harvard University)
X-ray Sources: Black Holes (Harvard University)Accretion Processes
Cambridge Relativity: Black Holes (Cambridge University)
Example of a Roche LobeAccreting Binaries
Towards Understanding AGN: Accretion Disk Model (CalTech)
X-ray Binaries (NASA/GSFC)
Supernovae
X-ray Sources: Supernovae and Supernovae Remnants (Harvard University)Supernova Remnants
X-ray Sources: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants (Harvard University)Cosmic Rays
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics: Cosmic Rays (Harvard University)Gamma-Ray Bursts
X-ray Sources: Gamma-ray Bursts (Harvard University)Normal & Starburst Galaxies
X-ray Sources: Normal & Starburst Galaxies (Harvard University)Active Galactic Nuclei 1,2, &3
An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei (CalTech)Galaxy Clusters and X-ray Background
X-ray Sources: Quasars and AGN (Harvard University)
Active Galactic Nuclei (Cambridge University)
Towards Understanding AGN (CalTech)
X-ray Sources: Galaxy Clusters (Harvard University)Cosmology
X-ray Sources: X-ray Background/Deep Fields (Harvard University)
Galaxy Clusters and Large-Scale Structures (Cambridge University)
Clusters of Galaxies (Cambridge University)
Soft X-ray Diffuse Background (NASA/GSFC)
Cambridge Cosmology (Cambridge University)
Cosmology Models
Structure and Evolution of the Universe (NASA/GSFC)
Other Pages of Interest
If you'd like to read more about information on current and past missions in high-energy astrophysics, as well as current events and research in astronomy and physics, you might be interested in the following:
- High-Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC)
- GSFC Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory
- The XMM-Newton Science Operations Center
- The SWIFT Observatory
- Gamma-Ray Astrophysics @ National Space Science and Technology Center
- American Astronomical Society
- American Physical Society
Questions? Email the professors at gwu_usra@olegacy.gsfc.nasa.gov
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