Overview
- Presents three complementary lectures on very-high-energy astrophysics given by worldwide leaders in the field
- Reviews the recent advances in and prospects of gamma-ray astrophysics and of multi-messenger astronomy
- Prepares readers for using space and ground-based gamma-ray observatories, as well as neutrino and other multi-messenger detectors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course (SAASFEE, volume 40)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
Keywords
- Cosmic Particle Accelerator
- Dark Matter Detection
- Fermi Satellite Results
- Gamma-ray Astronomy Lectures
- Gamma-ray Astrophysics Lectures
- ICECUBE Detector
- Multi-messenger Astronomy
- Neutrino Astronomy
- Non-thermal Emission Processes
- Overview Blazar Properties
- Saas-Fee Lecture Notes
- Sees-Fee Advanced Course 40
- TEV Astronomy
- Very-high-energy Astrophysics
About this book
With the success of Cherenkov Astronomy and more recently with the launch of NASA’s Fermi mission, very-high-energy astrophysics has undergone a revolution in the last years. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of the recent advances in gamma-ray astrophysics and of multi-messenger astronomy. Felix Aharonian and Charles Dermer address our current knowledge on the sources of GeV and TeV photons, gleaned from the precise measurements made by the new instrumentation. Lars Bergström presents the challenges and prospects of astro-particle physics with a particular emphasis on the detection of dark matter candidates. The topics covered by the 40th Saas-Fee Course present the capabilities of current instrumentation and the physics at play in sources of very-high-energy radiation to students and researchers alike. This book will encourage and prepare readers for using space and ground-based gamma-ray observatories, as well as neutrino and other multi-messenger detectors.
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
for Advanced Studies, Dublin Ireland, and
Head of High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group,
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany.
He is Member of several high-energy astrophysics collaborations and working groups.
Lars Bergström is professor in theoretical physics in the Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden. Together with Ariel Goobar he is author of the successful book Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics.
Dr. Charles Dermer is a researcher in the HIGH ENERGY SPACE RADIATIONS department of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA. He is co-author of the book High Energy Radiation from Black Holes, by Charles D. Dermer and Govind Menon.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Astrophysics at Very High Energies
Book Subtitle: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 40. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
Authors: Felix Aharonian, Lars Bergström, Charles Dermer
Editors: Roland Walter, Marc Türler
Series Title: Saas-Fee Advanced Course
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36134-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-36133-3Published: 17 April 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42713-8Published: 20 May 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-36134-0Published: 04 April 2013
Series ISSN: 1861-7980
Series E-ISSN: 1861-8227
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 361
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)