Note: COSMIC GAMMA-RAY SOURCES -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF GAMMA-RAY ASTROPHYSICS -- CHAPTER 3 GALACTIC GAMMA-RAY SOURCES -- CHAPTER 4 EXTRAGALACTIC GAMMA-RAY SOURCES -- CHAPTER 5 NON-THERMAL EMISSION FROM EARLY-TYPE BINARIES -- CHAPTER 6 GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM SUPERNOVA REMNANTS -- CHAPTER 7 GAMMA RAY PULSARS -- CHAPTER 8 THEORIES OF GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM PULSARS -- CHAPTER 9 HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM MICROQUASARS -- CHAPTER 10 GAMMA-RAY BURSTS -- CHAPTER 11 CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES AT HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAYS -- CHAPTER 12 DIFFUSE GAMMA RAYS -- CHAPTER 13 MULTIFREQUENCY STRATEGIES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF GAMMA-RAY SOURCES -- CHAPTER 14 FUTURE GROUND-BASED TEV GAMMA-RAY TELESCOPES -- CHAPTER 15 GLAST: UNDERSTANDING THE HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY SKY -- Author Index -- Object Index.

Note: Preliminaries -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PARTICIPANTS -- The Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources -- Regular Particle Acceleration in Relativistic jets -- The Converter Mechanism of Particle Acceleration and its Applications to the Unidentified EGRET Sources -- An Examination of Candidate AGN Counterparts to Unidentified EGRET Sources -- A Search for TeV Emission from X-ray Selected AGN with Milagro -- Beaming Effects inGRBsand Orphan Afterglows -- Pulsar Slot Gaps and Unidentified EGRET Sources -- Radio-Loud and Radio-Quiet Gamma-Ray Pulsars from the Galaxy and the Gould Belt -- Gamma-Ray Emission from Pulsar Outer Magnetospheres -- Pulsar Wind Nebulae in EGRET Error Boxes -- Unidentified γ -Ray Sources off the Galactic Plane as Low-Mass Microquasars? -- On the Nature of the Variable Gamma-Ray Sources at Low Galactic Latitudes -- Spectral Properties of Black Holes in Gamma Rays -- Towards a Population of Towards a Population -- The Large-Scale, Decelerating X-ray Jets from the Microquasar XTE J1550−564 -- Gamma-Ray Emission from Be/X-ray -- Low-Mass Quark Stars -- The Spiral ARM -- Cosmic Ray Acceleration Inside Molecular Clouds -- Methanol Masers as Precursors of Gamma-Ray Sources -- Variable γ -Ray Sources Through Radio Observations -- Revealing the Nature of the Obscured High -- Status and First Results of the Magic Telescope -- The Neutrino Telescope Antares -- Identification of Shocks in the Spectra from Black Holes -- An Overview of the Veritas Prototype Telescope and Camera -- Comptel Constraints on Unidentified EGRET Sources -- On the Multiplicity of the O-Star Cyg OB2 #8A and its Contribution to the γ -Ray Source 3EG -- the UnidentifiedEGRETSources Trace Annihilating Dark Matter -- Coherent Synchrotron Radiation of Gamma-Ray Bursts. , Constraints on Extra-Dimensions and Variable Constants from Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts -- Search for TeV Gamma-Rays from 3EG -- Multiwavelength Study of Two Unidentified γ -Ray Sources -- A NewTeVSource Confirmed in Whipple Archival Data -- The Prompt Ultraviolet/Soft X-Ray Emission of GRBs -- Periodicity Search in the X-ray Data of RX -- The Klein-Nishina Effects in Blaza Jets -- Detectivity of Unidentified EGRET Sources as Gamma-Ray Pulsars with the Magic Telescope -- On the Nature of the Unidentified X-ray/γ -Ray -- Status of the Connection Between UnidentifiedEGRETSources and Supernova Remnants -- Spectral Constraints for Millisecond Pulsars Due to General Relativistic Frame Dragging -- X-ray Lines in Gamma-Ray Bursts and Cerenkov Line Mechanism -- Line Emission from Conical Jets Around Rotating Black Holes -- A Survey of Unidentified EGRET Sources at TeV Energies.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- THE DYNAMO EFFECT IN STARS -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MAGNETICALLY DRIVEN Q-EFFECTS -- 3. SIMULATIONS -- 4. THE INVERSE MAGNETIC CASCADE -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgements -- References -- DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION, MERIDIONAL FLOW AND A HIGH-PRANDTL NUMBER SOLAR/STELLAR DYNAMO -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION -- 3. DISTRIBUTED DYNAMOS WITHMERIDIONAL CIRCULATION -- References -- GENERATION OF THE ANGULAR VELOCITY SHEAR NEAR THE SOLAR SURFACE -- Abstract -- Keywords: -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS -- 3. BEHAVIOR OF THE MEAN ZONALFLOW -- 4. DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS ANDASPECT RATIOS -- 5. MEAN HORIZONTAL MOMENTUMBALANCE -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2D NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF STELLAR CONVECTION -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HYDRODYNAMICAL MODELING -- 3. STATE-OF-THE-ART RESULTS -- 3.1 SOLAR-TYPE SURFACE CONVECTION -- General properties. -- Comparison with MLT. -- Spectral line formation. -- Calibration of Mixing-Length Theory. -- 3.2 CONVECTION IN A-TYPE STARS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgements -- References -- THE ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS IN 2D AND 3D SIMULATIONS OF STELLAR SURFACE CONVECTION -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE MODELS SET -- 3. 2D TO 3D TRANSITION -- 4. HORIZONTAL SCALES ANDATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- ROTATING TURBULENT COMPRESSIBLECONVECTION IN A SHELL -- Abstract -- Keywords: -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OVERALL SETUP -- 3. RESULTING MEAN FLOW -- 4. WHAT PRODUCES THE DIFFERENTIALROTATION? -- 5. CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS WITHRADIOACTIVE BEAMS -- Abstract -- 1. RADIOACTIVE BEAMS -- 2. RADIATIVE PROTON CAPTURE ON 7BE -- 3. S-FACTOR FOR 12C(a,,),) 16 0 REACTION -- 4. HOT CNO CYCLE AND RP-PROCESS. , 5. BIG-BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS -- 6. CONCLUSION -- References -- PULSARS AT PARKES -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PULSE TIMING -- 3. INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM STUDIES -- 4. RECENT PULSAR SEARCHES -- 5. CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- SPARK MODEL FOR DRIFTINGSUBPULSES IN PULSARS -- Abstract -- Keywords: -- Introduction -- Polar gap sparking discharge -- Polar cap structure and pulsar beams -- PSR B0943+ 10 -- Summary -- Acknow ledgements -- References -- THE OBSERVATION OF PULSARS ATURUMQI ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE TIMING OBSERVATION OFPULSARS AT 1500MHZ -- 3. THE OBSERVATIONS AT 92 eM(327MHZ) -- 4. THE MULTI-FREQUENCY OBSERVATION OF PSR 0329+54 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- THERMAL X-RAY PULSES RESULTINGFROM PULSAR GLITCHES -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. COMPARISON OF 'SHELL', 'RING' AND 'SPOT' CASES -- 3. THERMAL X-RAY MODULATION -- 4. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK -- References -- STARQUAKE-INDUCED GLITCHES IN PULSARS -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STARQUAKES AND SPIN-DOWN OFFSETS -- 3. THE ORIGIN OF GLITCHES -- 4. SUMMARY -- Acknowledgements -- References -- THERMAL EVOLUTION OF NEUTRON STARS -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OBSERVATIONAL BACKGROUND -- 3. THERMAL EVOLUTION MODELS -- 4. EFFECTS OF SUPERFLUIDITY AND HEATING -- 5. EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC FIELDS -- 6. COMPARISON WITH OBSERVATION -- 7. CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgements -- FOOTNOTES -- References -- PROBING THE NEUTRON STAR INTERIOR WITH GLITCHES -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. REGULARITY OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM TRANSFER -- 3. THE GLITCH RESERVOIR'S MOMENT OF INERTIA -- 4. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DENSE MATTER EQUATION OF STATE -- 5. DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- PHYSICS OF NEUTRON STAR KICKS -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HYDRODYNAMICALLY DRIVEN KICKS -- 3. NEUTRINO DRIVEN KICKS. , (i) Effect of Parity Violation -- (ii) Effect of Asymmetric Field Topology -- (iii) Exotic Neutrino Physics -- 4. EM RADIATION DRIVEN KICKS -- 5. DISCUSSION -- References -- COLLAPSING STRANGE QUARK MATTER IN VAIDYA GEOMETRY-A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF GAMMA RAY BURSTS -- Abstract -- References -- CONVERSION OF NEUTRON STARS INTO STRANGE STARS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- DO STRANGE STARS EXIST IN THEUNIVERSE? -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE EQUATION OF STATE FOR STRANGE QUARK MATTER -- 3. STRANGE STAR CANDIDATES -- 3.1 SAX JI808.4-3658 -- 3.2 4U 1728-34 -- 4. FINAL REMARKS -- Acknowledgements -- In memory of Bhaskar Datta -- References -- OSCILLATIONS OF QUARK STARS -- Abstract -- References -- A NEW INDICATOR FOR THE SPECTRALSTATES AND STATE TRANSITIONS INCYGNUS X-I -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OBSERVATION AND DATA -- 3. ANALYSIS AND RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- DOES ROTATION ALONE DETERMINEWHETHER AN A-TYPE STAR'SSPECTRUM IS ABNORMAL ORNORMAL? -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE A5-FO STARS -- 3. THE A2-A4 STARS -- 4. THE AO-AI STARS -- References -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEPARATIONSOF BINARIES. -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OFBINARIES -- 3. THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEPARATIONSOF WIDE BINARIES -- (a) The IDS Catalogue. -- (b) The Solar Vicinity. -- (c) The Youngest Systems -- (d) High-Velocity, Metal-Poor Binaries -- 4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- Acknow ledgements -- References -- CORONAL ACTIVITY OF NEAR-CONTACTBINARIES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. X-RAY OBSERVATIONS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. LIGHT CURVES -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- ISO-SWS STUDIES OF WOLF-RAYETSTARS: NEON ABUNDANCES -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 THE WN STAR WR 147 -- 1.2 WC STARS -- 2. RESULTS FOR THE WN STAR WR 147. , 3. RESULTS FOR THE we STARS -- Acknowledgements -- References -- SHORT TIME SCALE VARIATION OF ANEAR-CONTACT BINARY SYSTEM, GRTAURI -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OBSERVATIONS: -- 3. LIGHT CURVE ANALYSIS: -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- References -- GENERAL RELATIVISTIC HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATION IN MULTIPLE SYSTEM -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PN HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATION OF PERFECT FLUID -- 3. THE TOPICS ON PN HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATION IN NONPERFECT FLUID -- 4. CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- EXPLANATION OF THE O'CONNELL EFFECT OF A CLOSE BINARY -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL MODEL -- 3. TEST BY MEANS OF OBSERVATIONS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- EFFECTS OF THE BLANDFORD-ZNAJEK PROCESS ON EVOLUTION OF RADIAL STRUCTURE OF BLACK HOLE ACCRETION DISKS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. A CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION DESCRIBING THE BZ EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF BH ACCRETION DISKS -- 3. EVOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIUS OF INNER EDGE OF BH ACCRETION DISKS -- 4. EVOLUTION OF RADIUS OF INNER EDGE OF BH ACCRETION DISKS AND RUNAWAY INSTABILITY -- References -- THEORY OF ACCRETION DISKS AND APPLICATIONS IN ASTROPHYSICS -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BASIC EQUATIONS OF THIN DISKS -- 3. α -MODEL -- 4. EMITTED SPECTRUM AND RADIATION MECHANISM -- 5. GEOMETRICALLY THICK DISK/TORUS -- 6. SELF-GRAVITATING ACCRETIONDISKS -- 7. ADVECTION DISKS -- 8. STABILITY OF ACCRETION DISKS -- 8.1 SOME CRITERIA -- 8.2 PULSATIONAL OVERSTABILITY -- 8.3 A LOCAL STABILITY ANALYSIS OF AN ISOTHERMAL DISK WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETICFIELDS -- 8.4 RUNAWAY INSTABILITY -- 9. SUMMARY -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODEL FOR THE POWER LAW NOISE OF AN ACCRETION DISC -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MINESHIGE ET AL.'S MODEL -- 3. OUR NEW MODEL. , 4. DISCUSSIONS -- Acknowledgements -- References -- X-RAY SPECTRAL VARIATIONS OF X-RAY NOVA XTE J1550-564 DURING THE RISING PHASE OF THE 1998 OUTBURST -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AND RADIATIONTRANSFER CORRECTION -- 3. DISCUSSION -- References -- A NEW PARAMETER IN ACCRETION DISKMODEL -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ROLE OF OBC IN OPTICALLYTHIN ACCRETION FLOWS -- 3. AN ILLUSTRATIVE APPLICATION TOSGRA* -- 4. DISCUSSION -- References -- PHOTOMETRIC PROJECT FOR ZERO-AGECONTACT AND NEAR CONTACT BINARYSYSTEMS -- 1. OBSERVATIONS NEEDED -- 2. POTENTIAL CANDIDATES -- References -- BALMER DECREMENT AND THESTRUCTURE OF BE-STAR ENVELOPES -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OBSERVATIONAL MATERIALS -- 3. CALCULATION OF BALMERDECREMENT D34 -- 4. DISCUSSIONS -- Acknowledgements -- References -- SYMBIOTIC STARS WITH HIGHLYRESOLVED EMISSION LINE PROFILES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ANALYSES ON HIGHLY RESOLVEDEMISSION-LINES -- 3. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION -- LONG-TERM X-RAY VARIABILITY IN XRAYBINARIES: RXTE/ ASM AND BATSEDATA -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OBSERVATIONS -- 3. PERIOD ANALYSIS AND RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- X-RAYS FROM MILLISECOND PULSARS -- Abstract -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER PULSAR1821-24 IN M28 -- 3. PSR 1937+21 -- 4. PSR J0218+3242 -- 5. PSR 0437-4715 AND J2124-3358 -- 6. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- LONG-TERM VARIABILITY PROPERTIESAND PERIODICITY ANALYSIS FORBLAZARS -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Variation Property -- Periodicity Analysis Methods -- Jurkevich Method -- DCF Method -- Results and Discussion -- Acknow ledgements -- References -- THE OPTICAL, X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAYLIGHT CURVES AND SPECTRA OF PSRB0540-69 AND PSR B1509-58 -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction. , 3D Outer Gap Model of Crab-like Pulsars The Structure of the Outer Gap.

Note: Biotransformations -- Contents -- Key Functional Groups -- An Overview -- Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- Alkenes, Halogenalkanes and Halogenoalkenes -- Acyclic Functional Compounds -- Substituted Aromatic Compounds -- Miscellaneous, Alicyclics, Aromatics and Macrocyclics -- Heterocycles -- Functional Nitrogen Compounds -- Nitrosamines -- Amino Acids and Peptides -- Steroids -- Miscellaneous -- Compound Index -- Key Functional Group Index -- Reaction Type Index.