High-Energy Astrophysics 𓆩⚪𓆪 Table of Contents

High-Energy Astrophysics 𓆩⚪𓆪

• ❪⎇❫ Branches of High-Energy Astrophysics ○
• ❪✺❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Concepts ○
• ❪∂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Math ○
• ❪𖣐❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Tech ○
• ❪○❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Collections ○
• ❪-❫ Floating High-Energy Astrophysics ○

❪⎇❫ Branches of High-Energy Astrophysics ○

❪✺❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Concepts ○

• ❪✺₍₀₎❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Corridors ○
• ❪✺₀❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Portals ○
• ❪✺₁❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Classes ○
• ❪✺₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Domains ○
• ❪✺₃❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Particulars ○
• ❪✺₄❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Sets ○
• ❪✺_❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subs ○
• ❪∂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Math ○
• Accretion ○
• Event Grade ○
• Fe Kα Line ○
• Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO) ○
• Pileup ○
• Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) ○
• Relativistic Reflection ○
• Spectral Hardening ○

❪✺₁❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Classes ○

• ❪✺₁𝑖❫ Classes of Black Holes ○️
• ❪✺₁.❫ Classes of X-Ray Binaries ○
• ❪✺₁₍₀₎❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Class Corridors ○
• ❪𖣐₁;❫ Classes of High-Energy Astrophysics Data ○️
• ❪𖣐₂;❫⁺ Classes of High-Energy Astrophysics Instrumentation ○
• Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) ○꠹
• Black Hole ○꠹
• Event ○꠹ᴴᴱᴬ
• Hardness-Intensity Diagram (HID) ○꠹
• Neutron Star ○꠹
• Response Matrix ○꠹
• X-Ray Binary (XRB) ○꠹

❪✺₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Domains ○

• ❪✺₂ₐ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Methods ○
• Gamma-Ray Astronomy ○𓆪
• X-Ray Astronomy ○𓆪

❪✺₂ₐ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Methods ○

• Spectral Fitting ○𓆪

❪✺₃❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Particulars ○

• ❪✺₃❫ Spectral Fitting Particulars ○
• ❪✺₃ₐ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Hubs ○
• ❪✺₃ₕ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Standards ○
• ❪𖣐❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Tech ○
• Lynx ○˒

❪✺₃ₐ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Hubs ○

• CALDB ○➛
• Chandra Source Catalog (CSC) ○➛
• HEASARC ○➛

❪✺₃ₕ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Standards ○

• ❪𖣐₁ₑ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics File Formats ○️

❪✺₄❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Sets ○

• ❪✺₄❫ Spectral Fitting Sets ○
• ❪✺_ₛₛ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subsets ○
• ❪∈₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Sets ○
• ❪◑❫ X-Ray Binaries ○
• ❪◑❫ X-Ray States ○

❪✺_❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subs ○

• ❪✺_ᵢ❫ Accretion Subs ○
• ❪✺_❫ Spectral Fitting Subs ○
• ❪✺_ₛₛ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subsets ○
• ❪∂_❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subs ○
• Continuous Clocking Mode ○
• High-Frequency QPO (HFQPO) ○
• Low-Frequency QPO (LFQPO) ○
• Photon Counting Mode ○
• Windowed Timing Mode ○
• XSELECT ○›
• XSTAR ○›

❪✺_ₛₛ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subsets ○

• ❪✺_ₛₛ❫ Spectral Fitting Subsets ○
• ❪✺_ₜₛ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Typesets ○
• ❪◑❫ HMXB ○
• ❪◑❫ Intermediate States ○
• ❪◑❫ LMXB ○

❪✺_ₜₛ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Typesets ○

• ❪✺_ₜₛ❫ Spectral Fitting Typesets ○
• ❪𖣐₂’❫ X-Ray Detectors ○

❪∂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Math ○

• ❪∂❫ Spectral Fitting Math ○
• ❪∂₁❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Functions ○
• ❪𝛿❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Quantities ○
• ❪∈❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Structures ○
• ❪∂_❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subs ○

❪∂₁❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Functions ○

• Instrumental Response (R₍I,E₎) ○◂
• Model Spectrum (f₍E, p1, p2, …₎) ○◂
• Point Spread Function ○◂ᴴᴱᴬ
• Source Spectrum (f₍E₎) ○◂

❪𝛿❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Quantities ○

• ❪𝛿❫ Spectral Fitting Quantities ○
• ❪𝛿₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Units ○
• Channel Error (σ₍I₎) ○◂
• Count Rate ○◂
• Disk Fraction (f) ○◂
• Effective Area ○◂ᴴᴱᴬ
• Hardness Ratio ○◂
• Instrument Channel (I) ○◂
• Mass Ratio (q) ○◂
• Photon Counts (C) ○◂
• RMS Amplitude of QPO (a) ○◂
• RMS Power of PDS (r) ○◂
• Viscosity Parameter (α) ○◂

❪𝛿₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Units ○

• Crab ○◂

❪∈❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Structures ○

• ❪∈₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Sets ○

❪∈₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Sets ○

• Good Time Interval (GTI) ○◂

❪∂_❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Subs ○

• ❪∂₌❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Formulations ○
• Observed Counts (C₍I₎) ○◂
• Predicted Counts (Cₚ₍I₎) ○◂

❪∂₌❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Formulations ○

• Channel Error (σ₍I₎≈√C₍I₎) ○￩
• Chi-Squared (χ²=Σ₍C₍I₎-Cₚ₍I₎₎²∕σ₍I₎²) ○￩ᴴᴱᴬ
• Dimensionless Spin (a∗=a∕R𝘨) ○￩
• diskbb-norm (₍R𝘪𝘯∕D₁₀₎²cos₍i₎) ○￩
• Hardness Ratio (HR=₍C₂-C₁₎∕₍C₂+C₁₎) ○￩
• Mass Function (f₍M₎≡P𝘰𝘳𝘣K₂³∕2πG=M₁sin³i∕₍1+q₎²) ○￩
• Mass Ratio (q≡M₂∕M₁) ○￩
• Observed Counts (C₍I₎=∫f₍E₎⋅R₍I,E₎⋅dE) ○￩

❪𖣐❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Tech ○

• ❪𖣐❫ Spectral Fitting Tech ○
• ❪𖣐₁❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Data ○️
• ❪𖣐₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Instrumentation ○
• ❪𖣐₃❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Software ○️

❪𖣐₁❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Data ○️

• ❪𖣐₁ₑ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics File Formats ○️
• ❪𖣐₁;❫ Classes of High-Energy Astrophysics Data ○️

❪𖣐₁ₑ❫ High-Energy Astrophysics File Formats ○️

• ARF ○˒
• PHA ○˒
• PI ○˒
• RMF ○˒

❪𖣐₂❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Instrumentation ○

• ❪𖣐₂’❫ Gamma-Ray Observatories ○
• ❪𖣐₂’❫ X-Ray Detectors ○
• ❪𖣐₂’❫ X-Ray Observatories ○
• ❪𖣐₂;❫⁺ Classes of High-Energy Astrophysics Instrumentation ○

❪𖣐₃❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Software ○️

• ❪𖣐₃❫ Spectral Fitting Software ○
• CIAO ○›
• HEASoft ○›
• ixpeobssim ○›

❪○❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Collections ○

• ❪文❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Vocabulary ○
• ❪📖❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Texts ○
• ❪✽❫ People in High-Energy Astrophysics ○
• ❪🔹❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Fragments ○

❪文❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Vocabulary ○

• ❪✺❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Concepts ○
• ”comptonization” ⚬
• ”diskoseismology” ⚬
• ”Kerr black hole” ⚬
• ”Schwarzschild black hole” ⚬

❪📖❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Texts ○

• ❪📖-❫ Floating High-Energy Astrophysics Texts ○
• ❪📖❫ HEASoft Texts ○
• ❪📖❫ Spectral Fitting Texts ○
• ❪📄❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Papers ○
• Frank, King, & Raine 1985 ┃ Accretion Power in… ⚬𓂃
• Shapiro & Teukolsky 1983 ┃ Black Holes, White… ⚬𓂃

❪📄❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Papers ○

• Bardeen et al. 1972 ┃ Rotating Black Holes… ⚬𓂃
• Cash 1979 ┃ Parameter Estimation in… ⚬𓂃
• Davis et al. 2006 ┃ Testing Accretion Disk… ⚬𓂃
• Gou et al. 2010 ┃ The Spin of… ⚬𓂃
• Kaastra & Bleeker 2016 ┃ Optimal Binning of… ⚬𓂃
• Li et al. 2005 ┃ Multitemperature Blackbody Spectrum… ⚬𓂃
• McClintock & Remillard 2006 ┃ Black Hole Binaries ⚬𓂃
• Remillard & McClintock 2006 ┃ X-Ray Properties… ⚬𓂃
• Shakura & Sunyaev 1973 ┃ Black Holes in… ⚬𓂃
• Steiner et al. 2009 ┃ A Simple Comptonization… ⚬𓂃
• Steiner et al. 2009 ┃ Measuring Black Hole… ⚬𓂃
• Steiner et al. 2010 ┃ The Constant Inner-Disk… ⚬𓂃
• Steiner et al. 2014 ┃ The Low-Spin Black… ⚬𓂃
• Wilms et al. 2000 ┃ On the Absorption… ⚬𓂃

❪✽❫ People in High-Energy Astrophysics ○

• James F. (”Jack”) Steiner ○❜

❪🔹❫ High-Energy Astrophysics Fragments ○