Table Of ContentPrinciples of Multimessenger
Astronomy
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Principles of Multimessenger
Astronomy
Miroslav D Filipovic´ and Nicholas F H Tothill
School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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I dedicate this book to my dearest Filipović family: Tatjana, Sofija, Jana, Miloš
Koviljka,andDragoslav.IalsodedicatethisbooktomylategrandfatherMilanPere
Filipović(1878–1959)whocourageouslyfoughtintheGreatWarforthefreedomand
prideofallies.Finally,Idedicatethisbooktoafantasticchildhoodmemoryofmylate
aunt Milka Polovina (1918–1996) who is my inspirational hero from World War II.
In Serbian: Ovu knjigu posvećujem mojoj divnoj Filipović porodici: Tatjani, Sofiji,
Jani, Milošu, Koviljki, i Dragoslavu. Takođe, ponosno je posvećujem i mom pradedi
Milan-uPereFilipović-u(1878–1959)zanjegovoherojstvouVelikomratu.Nakraju,
povećujem ovu knjigu i mojoj tetki—Milka Polovina (1918–1996)—mom
inspirativnom heroju iz II svetskog rata.
To Megan, Aidan, and Callum, who put up with the writing of this book; and to the
many colleagues, teachers, and students who have given up their time to explain its
contents to me over the years.
Contents
Preface xiv
Acknowledgements xvi
Author Biographies xvii
Foreword xix
1 Introduction to Multimessenger Astronomy: Fusing Intellect 1-1
and Technology Through Telescopes
1.1 Dream Big 1-1
1.2 Four Astrophysical Messengers 1-2
1.3 A Brief History of Telescopes: From 1608 to Neutrino and 1-4
Gravitational Wave Telescopes
1.3.1 Optical Telescopes 1-4
1.3.2 Infrared Telescopes and Observatories 1-20
1.3.3 Radio Telescopes 1-25
1.3.4 X-ray Telescopes 1-30
1.3.5 Cosmic Rays, Extensive Air Showers, and Čerenkov Radiation 1-31
Telescopes
1.3.6 Gamma-ray Telescopes 1-33
1.3.7 Neutrino Astronomy: The Early Days 1-35
1.3.8 Brief History of Gravitational Wave Astronomy 1-37
1.4 Locations: From City to Space 1-40
1.4.1 What Gets in the Way? 1-40
1.4.2 Observatories and Experiments 1-43
1.4.3 Logistics 1-44
References 1-45
2 Electromagnetic Radiation 2-1
2.1 Understanding Light—A Brief History 2-1
2.1.1 Optics—Explaining Light 2-1
2.1.2 Electromagnetic Radiation—The Nature of Light 2-3
2.1.3 Photons—Quantized Light 2-4
2.2 The Physics of Electromagnetic Radiation 2-7
2.2.1 Wave Terminology 2-7
2.2.2 Maxwell’s equations 2-8
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