Astrophysics at Very High Energies : Saas-Fee Advanced Course 40. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

With the success of Cherenkov Astronomy and more recently with the launch of NASA’s Fermi mission, very-high-energy astrophysics has undergone a revolution in the last years. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of the recent advances in gamma-ray astrophysics and of multi-messenger astronomy. Felix Aharonian and Charles Dermer address our current knowledge on the sources of GeV and TeV photons, gleaned from the precise measurements made by the new instrumentation. Lars Bergström presents the challenges and prospects of astro-particle physics with a particular emphasis on the detection of dark matter candidates. The topics covered by the 40th Saas-Fee Course present the capabilities of current instrumentation and the physics at play in sources of very-high-energy radiation to students and researchers alike. This book will encourage and prepare readers for using space and ground-based gamma-ray observatories, as well as neutrino and other multi-messenger detectors. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Gamma Rays at Very High Energies....Pages 1-120 Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Dark Matter....Pages 123-222 Sources of GeV Photons and the Fermi Results....Pages 225-355 Back Matter....Pages 357-361