Astrophysics Books
Springer Verlag, Singapore Black Holes: A Laboratory for Testing Strong Gravity
Book Synopsis This textbook introduces the current astrophysical observations of black holes, and discusses the leading techniques to study the strong gravity region around these objects with electromagnetic radiation. More importantly, it provides the basic tools for writing an astrophysical code and testing the Kerr paradigm. Astrophysical black holes are an ideal laboratory for testing strong gravity. According to general relativity, the spacetime geometry around these objects should be well described by the Kerr solution. The electromagnetic radiation emitted by the gas in the inner part of the accretion disk can probe the metric of the strong gravity region and test the Kerr black hole hypothesis. With exercises and examples in each chapter, as well as calculations and analytical details in the appendix, the book is especially useful to the beginners or graduate students who are familiar with general relativity while they do not have any background in astronomy or astrophysics.<Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Black Hole Solutions.- Motion around Black Holes.- Astrophysical Black Holes.- Thin Accretion Disks.- Thermal Spectrum of Thin Disks.- Relativistic Iron Line.- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations.- Parametrization of the Background Metric.- Observational Constraints.
£49.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Special Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Approach
Book SynopsisThis textbook expounds the major topics in the special theory of relativity. It provides a detailed examination of the mathematical foundation of the special theory of relativity, relativistic mass, relativistic mechanics, and relativistic electrodynamics. As well as covariant formulation of relativistic mechanics and electrodynamics, the text discusses the relativistic effect on photons. A new chapter on electromagnetic waves as well as several new problems and examples have been included in the second edition of the book. Using the mathematical approach, the text offers graduate students a clear, concise view of the special theory of relativity. Organized into 15 chapters and two appendices, the content is presented in a logical order, and every topic has been dealt with in a simple and lucid manner. To aid understanding of the subject, the text provides numerous relevant worked-out examples in every chapter. The mathematical approach of the text helps students in their independent study and motivates them to research the topic further.Table of ContentsPre-Relativity and Galilean Transformations.- Michelson-Morley Experiment and Velocity of Light.- Lorentz Transformations.- Mathematical Properties of Lorentz Transformations.- More mathematical Properties of Lorentz Transformations.- Geometrical Interpretation of spacetime.- Relativistic Velocity and Acceleration.- Four Dimensional World.- Mass in Relativity.- Relativistic Dynamics.- Photon in Relativity.- Relativistic Lagrangian and Hamiltonian.- Electrodynamics in Relativity.- Electromagnetic waves.- Relativistic Mechanics of Continua.
£49.49
Springer Handbook of Xray and Gammaray Astrophysics
Book SynopsisVolume 1: X-ray Experimental Techniques and Missions.- Section I: Optics for X-ray Astrophysics.- Section II: Detectors for X-ray Astrophysics.- Section III: X-ray Missions.- Volume 2: Gamma-ray Experimental Techniques, Observatories, and Missions.- Section IV: Optics and Detectors for Gamma-ray Astrophysics.- Section V: Space-based Gamma-ray Observatories.- Section VI: Ground-based Gamma-ray Observatories.- Volume 3a: Galactic Sources.- Section VII: Solar System Planets.- Section VIII: The Sun, Stars, and Exoplanets.- Section IX: SNae, SNRs, and Diffuse Emission.- Section X: Compact Objects.- Volume 3b: Extra-Galactic Sources.- Section XI: Galaxies.- Section XII: Active Galactic Nuclei in X and Gamma-rays.- Section XIII: Galaxy Clusters.- Section XIV: Transient Events.- Section XV: Miscellanea.- Volume 4: Analysis Techniques in X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics.- Section XVI: Spectral Analysis.- Section XVII: Imaging Analysis.-Section XVIII: Timing Analysis.- Section XIX: Polarimetry.<
£3,324.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Neutral-atom Astronomy: Plasma Diagnostics From
Book SynopsisAstronomy has been associated with the detection of electromagnetic waves or photons from within and beyond the solar system, ranging from Radio to Gamma-ray Astronomy. Particle Astrophysics, including Neutrino and Dark-Matter Astrophysics today, started with the discovery of cosmic rays in 1911. The Space Age expanded particle observations to in-situ studies of lower energy electrons and ions with a variety of charge states in space plasmas traversed by spacecraft. Remote observation of space plasmas became possible only after the discovery of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) in space in 1950.This book is a primer for those who wish to learn more about the origins of ENAs, related detection techniques, and how ENA images and spectra can be used to study space plasmas beyond the reach of spacecraft. It tells a comprehensive story from the first encounters with ENAs in the Earth's magnetosphere to Neutral-Atom Astronomy of the edge of the heliosphere and the interstellar medium. This story includes how ion mass spectrographs evolved into ENA imagers, overcoming the technical challenges, how to extract information from ENA data, and a variety of diagnostic applications on the magnetosphere, interplanetary space, other solar-system objects, the heliospheric boundary, the local interstellar medium, and a glimpse into the future of Neutral-Atom Astronomy.The authors hope to inform and inspire readers to further enrich this field of study.
£99.00
Springer Primordial Black Holes
Book Synopsis1. The history of PBHs.- 2. - The future of PBHs.- 3. Formation.- 4. Cosmological evolution and astrophysics implications.- 5. PBH scenario in the gravitational-wave era.
£113.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Recent Advances in Dark Matter, Dark Energy,
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£67.99
