Overview
- Up-to-date treatment of some of the most interesting astrophysical phenomena
- Provides a clear introduction to gravitational waves
- Includes end of chapter exercises for students to test their understanding
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This textbook is designed to serve as a link between the basic disciplines of physics and the frontier topics within high energy astrophysics, aiming at a level of difficulty congruent with that of other physics topics studied at undergraduate level. Therefore, this preparatory and introductory text serves as a gateway to a more detailed study of many of the most interesting and complex phenomena being investigated by contemporary astrophysics. Among others, these include: the evolution of stars, supernovae, neutron stars, black holes, solar neutrinos, and - importantly - the exciting new field of gravitational wave astronomy.
The book is supplemented by a collection of problems with which students can test their understanding of the material presented.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: High-Energy Astrophysics
Book Subtitle: A Primer
Authors: Jorge Ernesto Horvath
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92159-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92158-3Published: 02 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92161-3Published: 03 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92159-0Published: 01 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 275
Number of Illustrations: 95 b/w illustrations, 115 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Particle and Nuclear Physics