Overview
- The new edition includes a comprehensive description of gravitational-wave physics written for a student audience
- Provides a modern introduction to astroparticle physics
- Presents the different probes used to study astrophysical phenomena in the multi-messenger strategy
- Offers substantial coverage of the latest experimental techniques and instrumentation, including a comprehensive description of gravitational waves
- Based on materials tested in University lectures over many years
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
"I have taught from and enjoyed the first edition of the book. The selection of topics is the best I've seen. Maurizio Spurio gives very clear presentations using a generous amount of observational data. "
James Matthews (Louisiana State University)
This is the second edition of an introduction to “multi-messenger” astrophysics. It covers the many different aspects connecting particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology and introduces high-energy astrophysics using different probes: the electromagnetic radiation, with techniques developed by traditional astronomy; charged cosmic rays, gamma-rays and neutrinos, with methods developed in high-energy laboratories; and gravitational waves, recently observed using laser interferometers.
The book offers a comprehensive and systematic approach to the theoretical background and the experimental aspects of the study of the high-energy universe. The breakthrough discovery of gravitational waves motivated this new edition of the book, to offer a more global and multimessenger vision of high-energy astrophysics. This second edition is updated and enriched with substantial new materials also deriving from the results obtained at the LIGO/Virgo observatories. For the first time it is now possible to draw the connection between gravitational waves, traditional astronomical observations and other probes (in particular, gamma-rays and neutrinos).
The book draws on the extensive courses of Professor Maurizio Spurio at the University of Bologna and it is aimed at graduate students and post-graduate researchers with a basic understanding of particle and nuclear physics. It will also be of interest to particle physicists working in accelerator/collider physics who are keen to understand the mechanisms of the largest accelerators in the Universe.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Maurizio Spurio is a Professor of Physics at the University of Bologna where he teaches Particle and Astroparticle physics.
With his research he is involved in experimental physics, with particular interest in high-energy physics without particle accelerators and astroparticle physics.
He was member of the MACRO experiment at Gran Sasso underground laboratory, which provided a deep study of the penetrating component of the cosmic radiation including the observation of atmospheric neutrino oscillations. Since 2001 he is member of the ANTARES experiment (the first neutrino telescope in the sea), currently in charge as deputy spokesperson.
Professor Spurio has already co-authored/edited 4 Springer books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Probes of Multimessenger Astrophysics
Book Subtitle: Charged cosmic rays, neutrinos, γ-rays and gravitational waves
Authors: Maurizio Spurio
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96854-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96853-7Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96854-4Published: 07 December 2018
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIX, 591
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 177 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics