Principles of Multimessenger Astronomy: Book 1 (Programme: Aas-iop Astronomy) - Hardcover

Filipovic, Miroslav; Tothill, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750323388 ISBN 13: 9780750323383

Verlag: IOP Publishing, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Astronomy has traditionally relied on capturing photons from cosmic sources to be able to understand the universe. During the 20th and 21st centuries, different messengers have been added to the astronomer's toolset: cosmic rays, neutrinos, and most recently gravitational waves. Each of these messengers opens a new window on the universe, and a modern astronomer must be familiar with them. The goal of this book is to provide a broad understanding of these messengers and their relationship to each other. The unique physics of each messenger is introduced, as well as the physics of their detection and interpretation. An additional focus is the discussion of techniques and topics that are common to more than one messenger. Principles of Multimessenger Astronomy is designed to be both an introduction and reference to modern astronomy.

Key Features

• Provides a general reference for all astronomers interested in multimessenger observational astronomy and astrophysics, as well as a teaching resource
• Explores foundation topics that are useful across messenger and waveband boundaries
• Includes scientific history, and the operation and use of modern astronomical instrumentation
• Introduces the use of data from multiple messengers

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Professor Miroslav D. Filipovic is a scientist, philosopher and philanthropist with over 30 years of experience in astronomy. Since May 2002, Professor Filipovic is affiliated with the Western Sydney University (WSU), and has been responsible for the development of Astronomy at WSU. He is Chair of the largest public Observatory in Australia (the WSU's Penrith Observatory), and has over 200 refereed publications. His research interests centre on supernovae, high-energy astrophysics, planetary nebulae, Milky Way structure and mass extinctions, H II regions, X-ray binaries, active galactic nuclei, deep fields, and stellar content in nearby galaxies. All of this research is closely related to further our understanding of the interactions between galaxies and the processes of stellar formation and star evolution as they affect galaxy evolution.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: IOP Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0750323388
• ISBN 13: 9780750323383
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 274
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland