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This book provides examples of multi-wavelength and multimessenger studies within astronomical research. The examples range widely over topics at the forefront of contemporary research and include colliding black holes and neutron stars, the discovery of planetary systems around stars other than our own, and the determination of the Hubble constant which sets the size and age scales of our universe.
The book provides a good overview of the multiple paths through which we gain physical information about the universe and relates some of the most important contemporary results. The key readership for this book is an interested general audience as well as students interested in an overview of multimessenger astronomy.
Key Features:
- Provides a broad survey of recent advances in multimessenger astronomy for a scientifically literate general audience as well as an initial survey for students
- First book covering all four natural channels of information with historical background
- Covers a diverse range of topics including stars, planets, radio pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, accretion-powered objects, and dark matter/dark energy
This book is an introduction and overview of astrophysics as it is practised today, aimed especially at students with some background who want to learn their way into the subject. The book is well produced, the text is clear, and the illustrations are appropriate. The book would be a good choice for libraries.
John Beckman, The Observatory, December 2023
Chapter 1 (Getting the Whole Picture): - The Electromagnetic Spectrum - Cosmic rays - Neutrinos - Gravitational waves - Resolution
Chapter 2. From Dust...The Birth and Death of Stars
Chapter 3: To Dust...The Birth and Nature of planets
Chapter 4: New Beasts in the Astronomical Zoo
Chapter 5: From Matter to Energy Chapter 6: From Energy to Matter (Cosmology)
Chapter 7: Windows for the Future (Cutting Edge Instrumentation)