Multimessenger astronomy

by Beckman, John Etienne

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Full title :Multimessenger astronomy / John Etienne Beckman.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:copyright 2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:copyright 2021

Notes

Written by a professional astronomer who has worked on a wide spectrum of topics throughout his career, this book gives a popular science level description of what has become known as multimessenger astronomy. It links the new with the traditional, showing how astronomy has advanced at increasing pace in the modern era. In the second decade of the twenty-first century astronomy has seen the beginnings of a revolution. After centuries when all our information about the Universe has come via electromagnetic waves, now several entirely new ways of exploring it have emerged. The most spectacular has been the detection of gravitational waves in 2016, but astronomy also uses neutrinos and cosmic ray particles to probe processes in the centres of stars and galaxies. The book is strongly oriented towards measurement and technique. Widely illustrated with colourful pictures of instruments their creators and astronomical objects it will also be backed with descriptions of the underlying theories and concepts, linking predictions, observations and experiments. The thread is largely historical, although obviously it cannot be encyclopaedic. Its point of departure is the beginning of the twentieth century and it aims at being as complete as possible for the date of completion at the end of 2020. The book addresses a wide public whose interest in science is served by magazines like Scientific American: lively, intelligent readers but without university studies in physics.

The Physical Object

Description:1 vol. (xxiv-390 p.) : : ill., couv. ill. en coul. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030683719 (br), 3030683710 (br)
oclc:on1287232597
LC Classification:QB461
Dewey Decimal:523.01

Subjects

astrophysics Astrophysique des neutrinos Electromagnetic waves Gravitational waves Neutrino astrophysics Ondes électromagnétiques Rayonnement gravitationnel