Long used in undergraduate and introductory graduate courses,
Astrophysical Techniques, Seventh Edition provides an accessible yet
comprehensive account of the innovate instruments, detectors, and
techniques employed in astronomy and astrophysics. Emphasizing the
underlying unity of all astronomical observations, this popular textbook
provides a coherent state-of-the-art account of the instruments and
techniques used in current astronomy and astrophysics.
Fully updated throughout, this seventh edition builds upon the sixth
edition, covering improved techniques and cutting-edge methods in the
field, as well as other exciting new developments in gravitational
waves, dark matter and energy, the use of photonics, and astronomy
education and outreach, in addition to further detailed discussions on
the latest scientific instruments and individual detectors.
The book is written in a very accessible manner, and most of the
mathematics is accessible to those who have attended a mathematics
course in their final years at school. Nevertheless, the treatment of
the topics in general is at a sufficiently high level to be of use to
those professionals seeking technical information in areas of astronomy
with which they might not be completely familiar.
Key Features:
Details the instrumentation and theory of astronomical observations,
including radio waves, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational
waves and dark matter and energy and more
Presents the background theory and operating practice of
state-of-the-art detectors and instruments
Fully updated to contain the latest technology and research developments
