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The Standard Model of the microcosm, which includes the theory of electroweak interaction and quantum chromodynamics for strong interaction, explains all available experimental results in particle physics quite well. On the other hand, few physicists believe that the Standard Model is the ultimate theory. Some considerations show that the model is incomplete and represents a sort of low energy limit of a more fundamental theory, which should reveal itself at higher energies. The threshold for this higher energy limit could be so high that no accelerator on Earth, or even in the far future, will be able to reach it. On the other hand, the study of the evolution and history of our Universe, has produced an equivalent Standard Model of the macrocosm. This chapter describes the connections among particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology and introduces the content of the book: the use of different probes to test the status of our knowledge on the microcosm and macrocosm.
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The term “fluorescence” refers to the process by which atoms absorb photons of one wavelength and emit photons at a longer wavelength.
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Spurio, M. (2018). An Overview of Multimessenger Astrophysics. In: Probes of Multimessenger Astrophysics. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96854-4_1
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