Overview
- Presents a comprehensive, structured view of current knowledge in the broad field of supernovae
- Collates the latest research on supernovae from across many subdisciplines
- Serves as a starting point for all scholars interested in supernova study
- Includes contributions from nearly 120 of the most prominent supernova researchers
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Table of contents (109 entries)
Keywords
- Cosmology from Supernovae
- Explosion Mechanisms of Supernovae
- Formation of Pulsars, Neutrons Stars and Black Holes
- Historical Supernovae
- ISM and Supernovae Remnants
- Light Curves and Spectra of Supernova
- Neutrinos and Supernovae
- Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae
- Supernovae Handbook
- Supernovae Reference
- Supernovae and Stellar Evolution
- Types of Supernovae
About this book
There is a great deal of primary and specialist literature on supernovae, with a great many scientific groups around the world focusing on the phenomenon and related subdisciplines, but what is missing is a comprehensive and balanced reference work that presents the current state of knowledge in the broad field of supernovae, to be used as a basis for further work and study by graduate students, astronomers and astrophysicists working in close/related disciplines, and established groups. This handbook closes that gap at last.
At present the study of supernovae encompasses a number of distinct subdisciplines including stellar types, progenitors, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis of elements, supernova types, neutron stars and pulsars, black holes, swept up interstellar matter, cosmic rays, neutrinos from supernovae, supernova observations in different wavelengths, interstellar molecules and dust. All of the latest research in these areas is gathered in this collection to create a definitive source book on supernovae, their remnants and related topics.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
He has been an active member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 1973, and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). In the IAU, he is a member of the Advanced Development Projects Group. Dr. Alsabti is also a member of the World Space Observatory Committee, and a consultant to the Cornwall Observatory and Planetarium Project. <
Paul Murdin is a distinguished internationally known British astronomer with a track record of well-written books and eloquent lectures about astronomy. He has been honored with an OBE from the Queen in 1988, the Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for Services to [professional] Astronomy in 2011, the Eric Zucker Award of the Federation of Astronomical Societies for outreach to amateur astronomers, in 2012, and the name of asteroid 128562 Murdin.
Educated at the Universities of Oxford and Rochester, NY, Paul has worked as an astronomer in the USA, Australia, England, Scotland and in Spain, where he led the operation of the Anglo-Dutch Isaac Newton Group of telescopes in the Canary Islands. He has been a research scientist (studying supernovae, neutron stars and black holes – in 1972 Paul discovered the nature of the first black hole known in our galaxy, Cygnus X-1) and a science administrator for the UK Government and the Royal Astronomical Society. He works at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, England, and is Visiting Professor at John Moores University, Liverpool.
He has a secondary career as a broadcaster and commentator for the BBC and CNN, as well as a lecturer and writer on astronomy, including repeat appearances on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time and at a number of literary and science festivals, like those at Hay-on-Wye and Edinburgh, and on the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2. His most recent books include Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Universe (Thames and Hudson, 2009), Mapping the Universe (Carlton, 2011), and Are We Being Watched? The Search for Life in the Cosmos (Thames and Hudson, 2013).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Supernovae
Editors: Athem W. Alsabti, Paul Murdin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20794-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Physics and Astronomy, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20794-0Due: 26 February 2018
Number of Pages: 1400
Number of Illustrations: 200 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Nuclear Chemistry