We present a quick overview of several examples that illustrate the application of quasar microlensing to various problems of great interest in Astrophysics and...
Astrophysical entomology: dissecting the black widow population through multi-band light curve modelling
The population of black widows, binary systems containing a millisecond pulsar and a very low-mass companion star exposed to the high-energy pulsar wind, has...
Astrophysical Implications of Non-Standard Dark Matter
Overwhelming observational evidence suggests that 85% of all the matter in the universe is dark matter, a particle whose microscopic properties remain poorly...
Astrophysical Particle Acceleration in Geospace and Beyond
Natural acceleration of charged particles occurs within a variety of physical contexts and through a range of physical processes.``Cosmic'' charged particle...
The polarization of light is the key to obtaining a wealth of essential information that lies encoded in the electromagnetic radiation from cosmic objects...
This book contains the lectures delivered at the XII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics on Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry. It highlights how recent...
Astrophysics on the Edge: New Instrumental Developments at the ING
Present and future key instruments at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) are introduced, and their corresponding latest scientific highlights are...