Principles of Multimessenger Astronomy

This book provides a broad introduction to multimessenger astronomy. The unique physics of each messenger is introduced, as well as the physics of their detection and interpretation. An additional focus is the discussion of techniques and topics that are common to more than one messenger.

About the author

Professor Miroslav D. Filipovic is a scientist, philosopher and philanthropist with over 30 years of experience in astronomy. Since May 2002, Professor Filipovic is affiliated with the Western Sydney University (WSU), and has been responsible for the development of Astronomy at WSU. He is Chair of the largest public Observatory in Australia (the WSU's Penrith Observatory), and has over 200 refereed publications. His research interests centre on supernovae, high-energy astrophysics, planetary nebulae, Milky Way structure and mass extinctions, H II regions, X-ray binaries, active galactic nuclei, deep fields, and stellar content in nearby galaxies. All of this research is closely related to further our understanding of the interactions between galaxies and the processes of stellar formation and star evolution as they affect galaxy evolution.

Product details

• Authors: Miroslav Filipovic, Miroslav D. Filipovic, Professor Miroslav (Western Sydney University Filipovic, Dr Nicholas (Western Sydney University Tothill, Nicholas Tothill, Nicholas F. H. Tothill
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780750323383
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-2338-3
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 263 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 840 g
• Illustrations: With figures in colour and black and white
• Series: Programme: Aas-Iop Astronomy; AAS-IOP Astronomy; IOP ebooks
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy