Description: Astrophysical Techniques, Hardcover by Kitchin, C. R., ISBN 1138590169, ISBN-13 9781138590168, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "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. Th 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"--
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Book Title: Astrophysical Techniques
Number of Pages: 456 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Astrophysical Techniques
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Physics / Astrophysics, Sensors, Physics / General, Astronomy
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10 in
Author: C. R. Kitchin
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Hardcover
