Concept information
Preferred term
High energy astrophysics
Definition
- A branch of astrophysics that deals with objects emitting highly energetic radiation, such as X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, and extreme ultraviolet astronomy, as well as neutrinos and cosmic rays. (en)
Narrower concepts
- Active galactic nuclei (en)
- Black hole physics (en)
- Black holes (en)
- Burst astrophysics (en)
- Dark matter (en)
- Intracluster medium (en)
- Jets (en)
- Neutrino astronomy (en)
- Particle astrophysics (en)
- Plasma astrophysics (en)
- Relativistic binary stars (en)
- Seyfert galaxies (en)
- Transient sources (en)
- Warm-hot intergalactic medium (en)
Entry terms
- High energy astronomy (en)
- High-energy astronomy (en)
- High-energy astrophysics (en)
- High energy process (en)
- High-energy process (en)
Belongs to group
- ESA Data Discovery Portal (en)
- Space Science (en)
- Space Science thematic area (en)
- Space Science Widgets (en)
- Thematic Area (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/739
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