New Windows on the Universe Advances in multimessenger astronomy

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 studentsFirst book covering all four natural channels of information with historical backgroundCovers a diverse range of topics including stars, planets, radio pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, accretion-powered objects, and dark matter/dark energy


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