Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Multimessenger Astronomy and its Particle Physics Foundations

by Alessandro De Angelis, Mario Pimenta

This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Starting from an experimental perspective, it provides a unified view of these fields that reflects the very rapid advances being made. This new edition has a number of improvements and has been updated to describe the recent discovery of gravitational waves and astrophysical neutrinos, which started the new era of multimessenger astrophysics; it also includes new results on the Higgs particle. Astroparticle and particle physics share a common we still don’t have a description of the main ingredients of the Universe from the point of view of its energy budget. Addressing these fascinating issues, and offering a balanced introduction to particle and astroparticle physics that requires only a basic understanding of quantum and classical physics, this book is a valuable resource, particularly for advanced undergraduate students and for those embarking on graduate courses. It includes exercises that offer readers practical insights. It can be used equally well as a self-study book, a reference and a textbook.

Genres: Science, Mathematics, Physics

763 pages, Paperback

Published June 28, 2018

Reviews

[Matt]

Describes the most recent findings of gravitational wave, neutrino and gamma-ray astrophysics and their implications on particle physics ad astronomy