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Handbook of Astrophysics
Tadayuki Takahashi, Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
| Fumiro Takahara, Masanori Iye, Hideo Kodama and Tadayuki Takahashi, ed. |
| Handbook of Astrophysics |
| Asakura Shoten (2020) |
| isbn 978-4-254-13127-7 |
Astrophysics is a field that attempts to understand the universe from the standpoint of physics. It covers an extremely wide range of topics, from cosmology, which deals with the evolution and structure formation of the universe, to relativistic astronomical objects such as neutron stars and black holes. Astrophysics, which was born from the theory of stellar evolution based on nuclear physics, is now closely related to a wide range of fields in physics, including gravity theory, cosmic rays, elementary particles and nuclei, and plasma and fluids. In addition, modern observational instruments developed to understand the universe, such as radio waves, visible and infrared, X-rays and gamma rays, cosmic rays, and more recently neutrinos and gravitational waves, have been deployed above ground, underground, and in outer space.
This book has been compiled as a handbook to help researchers and students interested in the universe to understand the big picture of astrophysics and to obtain a concise and accurate knowledge of the subject. The topics selected to represent contemporary astrophysics are compactly explained by experts, including the latest research results. The history and characteristics of astrophysics are first summarized, followed by sections on "Physics of Objects," "Cosmology," "Relativistic Objects and High Energy Astrophysics," and finally, in the last chapter, various methods of space observation and supporting observational instruments are summarized as "Observations of the Universe. The book assumes a basic knowledge of physics at the third-year undergraduate level, and introduces academic papers and books that will help students who need more detailed knowledge.
We hope that through this book you will understand how the universe is currently understood and how the frontiers of space observation are developing.
Published in Faculty of Science News, January 2022