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Radiative processes synchrotron selfabsorptionin astrophysics synchrotron emission is accompanied by absorption in which a photon interacts with the a charge in a magnetic field and is absorbed giving up energy to the charge. Thus all populations atomic, ionic, molecular are described entirely by the local temperature, and given by sahaboltzmann statistics. Sriramkumar department of physics indian institute of technology madras chennai 600036, india april 2014. Shu physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium sun kwok 2. He 22 feb 2012 radiative processes in high energy astrophysics gabrieleghisellini inafosservatorioastronomicodibrera february28,2012. Radiative processes in high energy astrophysics ebook. Radiative processes in astrophysics wiley online books. This clear, straightforward, and fundamental introduction is designed to presentfrom a physicists point of view radiation processes and their applications to.
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