Author: Yutaka HasegawaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781618964618
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Advances in Astrophysics
Author: Yutaka HasegawaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781618964618
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Advances in Astronomy
Author: J. M. T. ThompsonPublisher: Imperial College Press
ISBN: 1860947131
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
In this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their subject areas within the field of Astronomy. They describe some of their own cutting-edge research and give their visions of the future. Re-written in a popular and well-illustrated style, the articles are mainly derived from scholarly and authoritative papers published in special issues of the Royal SocietyOCOs Philosophical Transactions, the worldOCOs longest running scientific journal. Carefully selected by the journalOCOs editor, topics include the Big Bang creation of the universe, the formation and evolution of the stars and galaxies, cold dark matter, explosive sun-spot events, and humankindOCOs exploration of the solar system. The book conveys the excitement and enthusiasm of the authors for their work at the frontiers of astronomy. All are definitive reviews for people with a general interest in the future directions of science."
Advanced Stellar Astrophysics
Author: William Kenneth RosePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521588331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
This advanced 1998 textbook on stellar astrophysics provides a comprehensive and self-contained introduction for graduate students.
Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author: Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author: Zdeněk KopalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Advances in astronomy and astrophysics
Author: Introduction to Advanced Astrophysics
Author: V. KourganoffPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400994680
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
The purpose of this textbook is to provide a basic knowledge of the main parts of modern astrophysics for all those starting their studies in this field at the undergraduate level. The reader is supposed to have only a high school training in physics and mathematics. In many respects this Introduction to Advanced Astrophysics could represent a volume of the Berkeley Physics Course. Thus, the primary audience for this work is composed of students in astronomy, physics, mathematics, physical chemistry and engineering. It also includes high school teachers of physics and mathematics. Many amateur astronomers will fmd it quite accessible. In the frame of approximations proper to an introductory textbook, the treatment is quite rigorous. Therefore, it is also expected to provide a firm background for a study of advanced astrophysics on a postgraduate level. A rather severe selection is made here among various aspects of the Universe accessible to modern astronomy. This allows us to go beyond simple information on astronomical phenomena - to be found in popular books - and to insist upon explanations based on modern general physical theories. More precisely, our selection of topics is determined by the following considerations: The study of the solar system (the Moon and the planets) has recently progressed at a tremendous rate. However, the very rich harvest of observations provided by space research is mainly purely descriptive and is perfectly presented in review papers of Scien tific American, Science, Physics Today and similar magazines.
Advanced Astrophysics
Author: Nebojsa DuricPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521525718
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This 2003 book develops the basic underlying physics required for a fuller, richer understanding of the science of astrophysics and the important astronomical phenomena it describes. The cosmos manifests phenomena in which physics can appear in its most extreme, and therefore more insightful, forms. A proper understanding of phenomena like black holes, quasars and extrasolar planets requires that we understand the physics that underlies all of astrophysics. Consequently, developing astrophysical concepts from fundamental physics has the potential to achieve two goals: to derive a better understanding of astrophysical phenomena from first principles and to illuminate the physics from which the astrophysics is developed. To that end, astrophysical topics are grouped according to the relevant areas of physics. The book is ideal as a text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students as well as a reference for established researchers.
Astrophysics of Black Holes
Author: Cosimo BambiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662528592
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
This book discusses the state of the art of the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics. It covers all the main topics in this wide field, from the theory of accretion disks and formation mechanisms of jet and outflows, to their observed electromagnetic spectrum, and attempts to measure the spin of these objects. Black holes are one of the most fascinating predictions of general relativity and are currently a very hot topic in both physics and astrophysics. In the last five years there have been significant advances in our understanding of these systems, and in the next five years it should become possible to use them to test fundamental physics, in particular to predict the general relativity in the strong field regime. The book is both a reference work for researchers and a textbook for graduate students.
Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author: Zdeněk KopalPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483224228
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 1 brings together numerous research works on different aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. This book is divided into five chapters and begins with an observational summary of the shock-wave theory of novae. The subsequent chapter provides the properties and problems of T tauri stars and related objects. These topics are followed by discussions on the structure and origin of meteorites and cosmic dust, as well as the models for evaluation of mass distribution in oblate stellar systems. The final chapter describes the methods of polarization measurements of starlight. This book is of value to astronomers, astrophysicists, and researchers in the allied fields.