The High Energy Universe
Ultra-High Energy Events in Astrophysics and Cosmology

An up-to-date overview of high energy, particle and gravitational astrophysics, suitable for undergraduate and graduate students and the general reader.

Péter Mészáros (Author)

9780521517003, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 September 2010

222 pages, 73 b/w illus. 4 tables
25.3 x 17.9 x 1.4 cm, 0.6 kg

'Whatever branch of astronomy or physics you are engaged in, at whatever level and whether you are playing with spanners, software packages, or mathematics on a blackboard, you are likely to find something new and stimulating in The High Energy Universe.' The Observatory

In the last two decades, cosmology, particle physics, high energy astrophysics and gravitational physics have become increasingly interwoven. The intense activity taking place at the intersection of these disciplines is constantly progressing, with the advent of major cosmic ray, neutrino, gamma ray and gravitational wave observatories for studying cosmic sources, along with the construction of particle physics experiments using beams and signals of cosmic origin. This book provides an up-to-date overview of the recent advances and potential future developments in this area, discussing both the main theoretical ideas and experimental results. It conveys the challenges but also the excitement associated with this field. Written in a concise yet accessible style, explaining technical details with examples drawn from everyday life, it will be suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as other readers interested in the subject. Colour versions of a selection of the figures are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521517003.

1. Introduction
2. The nuts and bolts of the Universe
3. Cosmology
4. Cosmic structure formation
5. Active galaxies
6. Stellar cataclysms
7. Gamma ray bursts
8. GeV and TeV gamma rays
9. Gravitational waves
10. Cosmic rays
11. Neutrinos
12. Dark dreams, Higgs and beyond.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB], Particle & high-energy physics [PHP], Nuclear physics [PHN]