Frontier Research in Astrophysics: An Updated Review

Abstract

This article is a summary of the updated version of the review article “The impact of the space experiments on our knowledge of the physics of the Universe” (Giovannelli & Sabau-Graziati 2004: GSG2004) and subsequent slow updating (Giovannelli 2013; Giovannelli & Sabau-Graziati 2012a, 2014a,b, 2015, 2016a,b). We will go along different stages of the evolution of our Universe discussing briefly several examples of results that, in accordance with our opinion, are the pillars carrying the Bridge between the Big Bang and Biology. A significant part of these results come from great experiments in Earth or from space. Similarly, small experiments on Earth or in space have provided—and will provide—significant results. Due to the limited extension of this work and according to our knowledge, we have made a strict selection of the topics.

High Energy Astrophysical Techniques

“…Smaller telescopes will still play a role, since they are able to provide long term monitoring of sources and prompt response to new transients [93]. The detection of transients relevant for high energy or gravitational astrophysics is performed by time domain facilities that rely on telescopes or network of telescopes with relatively small apertures.…”