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New windows on the universe : advances in multimessenger astronomy
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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 ...
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.
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- Creator
- Saeqa Dil Vrtilek
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color)
- ISBNs
- 9780750337311, 0750337311, 9780750337304, 0750337303, 075033729X
- OCLC
- on1353822329
- "Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available in print.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
- Dr. Saeqa Vrtilek is Research Associate at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, MA, where she served as an Astrophysicist for over 30 years. She was awarded a Radcliffe Bunting Fellowship in 1989, a Marie Curie Fellowship from the American Association of University Women in 1991, and elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009.
- 1. Messengers of astrophysics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electromagnetic radiation -- 1.3. Cosmic rays -- 1.4. Neutrinos -- 1.5. Gravitational waves
- 2. From dust ... the birth and death of stars -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Stellar birth -- 2.3. Stellar death
- 3. To dust ... the birth and death of planets -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Our solar system -- 3.3. Exoplanets -- 3.4. Finding earth-like planets
- 4. New characters on the cosmic stage -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Radio pulsars -- 4.3. Gamma-ray bursts
- 5. From matter to energy -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Our sun : the most luminous object in our sky -- 5.3. X-ray binaries : the most luminous objects in our galaxy -- 5.4. Quasars and active galactic nuclei : the most luminous objects in the universe -- 5.5. Ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) : microscopic particles with macroscopic energies
- 6. From energy to matter : cosmology -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The expanding view of our universe -- 6.3. The cosmological principle -- 6.4. Expansion of the universe -- 6.5. The need for dark matter -- 6.6. The need for dark energy : acceleration of the universe -- 6.7. Standard model -- 6.8. The beginning of the universe -- 6.9. The physical limits and contents of the universe -- 6.10. The end of the universe
- 7. The ever expanding horizon -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Electromagnetic waves -- 7.3. Cosmic rays -- 7.4. Neutrinos -- 7.5. Gravitational waves