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Taylor & Francis Inc Cosmology for Physicists
Book SynopsisWritten by an award-winning cosmologist, this brand new textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with coverage of the very latest developments in the observational science of cosmology. The book is separated into three parts; part I covers particle physics and general relativity, part II explores an account of the known history of the universe, and part III studies inflation. Full treatment of the origin of structure, scalar fields, the cosmic microwave background and the early universe are provided.Problems are included in the book with solutions provided in a separate solutions manual. More advanced extension material is offered in the Appendix, ensuring the book is fully accessible to students with a wide variety of background experience.Features: Incorporates the latest experimental results, at a time of rapid change in the field Explores the origin of structure and the Cosmic Microwave Background<Trade Review"Exploring modern cosmology in depth, from its most basic ideas right up to discussions on cutting-edge research on topics such as inflationary cosmology, Cosmology for Physicists explains the most complex concepts, for example that of the delta N formalism based on the ‘Separate Universe Assumption’, in a simple and understandable manner. This text book is an unprecedented attempt to clearly explain fast-evolving topics in cosmology and is written by one of the most famous cosmologists in the world."—Dr. Kazunori Kohri, Associate Professor, KEK, Japan Table of ContentsThe Universe. Particle Physics. General Relativity. The Present Universe. A First Look at the History. Energy Density of the Universe. The First Stage. Onward to the Present. Cosmological Redshift. The Primordial Curvature Perturbation. Ripples in the Universe. Galaxy Formation. Scalar Fields. Inflation. Generating the Perturbation. Prehistory of the Big Bang. Epilogue.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Quarks Leptons and the Big Bang
Book SynopsisCHOICE: Highly RecommendedQuarks, Leptons and The Big Bang, Third Edition, is a clear, readable and self-contained introduction to particle physics and related areas of cosmology. It bridges the gap between non-technical popular accounts and textbooks for advanced students. The book concentrates on presenting the subject from the modern perspective of quarks, leptons and the forces between them. This book will appeal to students, teachers and general science readers interested in fundamental ideas of modern physics. This edition brings the book completely up to date by including advances in particle physics and cosmology, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson, the LIGO gravitational wave discovery and the WMAP and PLANCK results. Trade Review"This third edition of Allday's excellent text exploring particle physics and astrophysics has been updated to include the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle, massive Neutrinos, and gravitational waves. Allday (Royal Hospital School, UK) begins with a primer on the standard model and relativity in particle physics; a very easily comprehended section explains the Higgs mechanism. Allday writes in a lucid style, making the content accessible even to first-year undergraduates; he also writes engagingly enough that advanced graduate students will be intrigued as well. He occasionally uses clever analogies to everyday situations, such as a game of cricket, to elucidate abstract concepts such as Feynman’s formulation of quantum mechanics using Lagrangian mechanics and minimizing of action. Mathematical calculations are interspersed with plenty of text and explanations to reduce abstraction. What makes the book especially valuable is the inclusion of historical context and philosophical reflections, which tie the material together to present a big picture, helping inspire students to further study. Overall, this is an excellent volume that relates many fields of physics and demonstrates their application in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."—S. Tripathi, University of Wisconsin-Washington County, Review in CHOICE, July 2018"The third edition of the excellent and engaging Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang is both welcome and timely. It provides a comprehensive and well-structured introduction to a range of topics that are amongst the deepest and most fascinating in the whole of physical science. The field continues to develop rapidly, so there is always a need for texts that are clear and authoritative, as well as up-to-date. Allday’s book meets all these requirements admirably but continues to be particularly distinguished by its level of presentation and intent to carry readers with it. Written to be accessible to school students, it provides an account that is as simple as it can be but no simpler than it should be. It is written by an expert teacher who is clearly determined to extend the knowledge and understanding of his readers while continuing to capture their interest and fuel their enthusiasm. Recent breakthroughs such as the discovery of the Higgs boson, the revelation of non-zero neutrino masses, and the direct detection of gravitational waves are well treated but one of the most striking features of the new edition is the revised coverage of quantum field theory ‒ the fundamental language of particle physics. Allday is never afraid to say when a topic is too technical to cover in detail but nor does he leave the reader in any doubt when such detailed treatments are available for more advanced students. In this way, his readers not only get a great introduction to particle physics and cosmology but they are also shown the golden road that can lead them on to further study and deeper insight. This book deserves a wide audience of students, teachers and ambitious general readers. I am sure that users of this third edition of Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang will appreciate its coverage and comprehensibility just as much as readers of the earlier editions have done."—Robert Lambourne, Professor of Educational Physics, The Open University"It is terrific to see a newly updated edition of one of my favourite textbooks. Undergraduates doing first year physics will appreciate this book because it captures much of the excitement of frontier particle physics and astrophysics in a very accessible way. I also think it will be a hit with students who are studying other scientific disciplines who seek a deeper understanding of how fundamental physics relates to their own areas of specialization. For instance, chemists will learn where and when the elements in the Periodic Table are created, and scientists of all persuasions will get some insight into why there is anything at all in the Universe. Allday's book is almost unique in terms of the range of material covered at this level and the new chapters in this edition cover recent discoveries in both particle physics and astrophysics and bring the book nicely up to date."—Prof. Roberto Abraham, University of TorontoTable of ContentsThe Standard Model. Relativity for Particle Physics. Quantum Theory. The Leptons. Antimatter. Hadrons. Hadron Reactions. Particle Decays. The Evidence for Quarks. Experimental Techniques. Exchange Forces. The Big Bang. The Geometry of Space. Contributions to ?. Inflation – a Cure for All Ills. Precision Cosmology. Conclusion. Appendix 1: CERN. Appendix 2: Discovering the Higgs. Appendix 3: A Brief History of Cosmology. Appendix 4: Particle Data Tables.
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Cognella, Inc Conceptual Astrophysics
Book SynopsisConceptual Astrophysics is intended for introductory (non-calculus based) astronomy. It applies our understanding of physics to astronomy and highlights recent developments in the discipline. Readers are provided with a comprehensive exploration of key theories, ideas, and processes, and develop a strong base of knowledge to support further study.The text is intended to cover a two-semester sequence. The first semester includes three parts. Part 1 introduces the origins of solar system astronomy and measurements of space and time. Part II discusses the physics of motion, gravity and light. Part III is an in-depth look at the origin, organization, geology, atmospheres, and magnetic fields of the solar system, culminating with the Sun.The second semester includes two parts. Part IV introduces the origins of stellar astronomy, with another look at light, and depicts stellar life cycles from formation through destruction. Part V expands our view to the Milky Way, galaxies, cosmology, and discusses the possibility of extraterrestrial life.Each chapter incorporates key terms, important individuals, conceptual questions, and suggested activities. Conceptual Astrophysics is an ideal text for courses in introductory astronomy.
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University of Minnesota Press Metaphysical Experiments: Physics and the
Book SynopsisAn engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universe The James Webb Space Telescope, when launched in 2021, will be the premier orbital observatory, capable of studying every phase of the history of the universe, from the afterglow of the Big Bang to the formation of our solar system. Examining the theoretical basis for key experiments that have made this latest venture in astrophysics possible, Bjørn Ekeberg reveals that scientific cosmology actually operates in a twilight zone between the physical and metaphysical. Metaphysical Experiments explains how our current framework for understanding the universe, the Big Bang theory, is more determined by a deep faith in mathematical universality than empirical observation. Ekeberg draws on philosophical insights by Spinoza, Bergson, Heidegger, and Arendt; on the critical perspectives of Latour, Stengers, and Serres; and on cutting-edge physics research at the Large Hadron Collider, to show how the universe of modern physics was invented to reconcile a Christian metaphysical premise with a claim to the theoretical unification of nature.By focusing on the nonmathematical assumptions underlying some of the most significant events in modern science, Metaphysical Experiments offers a critical history of contemporary physics that demystifies such concepts as the universe, particles, singularity, gravity, blackbody radiation, the speed of light, wave/particle duality, natural constants, black holes, dark matter, and dark energy. Ekeberg’s incisive reading of the metaphysical underpinnings of scientific cosmology offers an innovative account of how we understand our place in the universe.Trade Review"In this provocative and sharply written account, Bjørn Ekeberg makes a radical case for the social construction of physics and its truths, urging that the mathematical unification of physical phenomena is not only physics’ goal but also a deeply metaphysical requirement for its progress—progress put into doubt, not to say crisis, by the emergence of mathematical theories (such as multiverse or string theory) that seem ‘untestable in any empirical sense and probably remain beyond the horizon of experimental physics.’"—Brian Rotman, author of Becoming Beside Ourselves: The Alphabet, Ghosts, and Distributed Human Being "What if the basis of contemporary cosmology were false? This stirring question launches Bjørn Ekeberg on a lucid exploration of modern scientific history, leading to the recent marriage of cosmology with experimental particle physics. Well-informed in contemporary philosophy, Ekeberg provides a unique synthesis that will be of interest to philosophers of science and contemplative scientists alike."—Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture "This erudite, idiosyncratic book more than earns a place on the library shelf." —CHOICETable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Cosmic World-Object1. The Metaphysics Experiment: From Particle Collider to the Cosmos2. God, That Is, Nature: The Invention of the Universe3. Probability and Proliferation: The Invention of the Particle4. Big Bang Metaphysics: The Universe of Modern CosmologyConclusion: A Question of RelevanceNotesBibliographyIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the
Book SynopsisFrom Pulitzer Prize nominee Lawrence Weschler, a fascinating profile of Walter Murch, a film legend and amateur astrophysicist whose investigations could reshape our understanding of the universe.For film aficionados, Walter Murch is legendary--a three-time Academy Award winner, arguably the most admired sound and film editor in the world for his work on Apocalypse Now, The Godfather trilogy, The English Patient, and many others. Outside of the studio, his mind is wide-ranging; his passion, pursued for several decades, has been astrophysics, in particular the rehabilitation of Titius-Bode, a long-discredited 18th century theory regarding the patterns by which planets and moons array themselves in gravitational systems across the universe. Though as a consummate outsider he''s had a hard time attracting any sort of comprehensive hearing from professional astrophysicists, Murch has made advances that even some of them find intriguing, including a connection between Titius Bode and earlier notions--going back past Kepler and Pythagorus--of musical harmony in the heavens. Unfazed by rejection, ever probing, Murch perseveres in the highest traditions of outsider science.Lawrence Weschler brings Murch's quest alive in all its seemingly quixotic, yet still plausible, splendor, probing the basis for how we know what we know, and who gets to say. The wholesale rejection of alternative theories has repeatedly held back the progress of vital science, Weschler observes, citing early twentieth-century German amateur Alfred Wegener, whose speculations about continental drift were ridiculed at first, only to be accepted as fact decades later. Theoretical physicist Lee Smolin says It is controversy that brings science alive--and Murch's quest does that in spades. His fascination with the way the planets and their moons are arranged opens up the field of celestial mechanics for general readers, sparking an awareness of the vast and (to us) invisible forces constantly at play in the universe.
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Scribner The Secret Life of the Universe
Book SynopsisOne of the world's leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity's most profound questions: Are we alone in the universe? And how did life on Earth begin?We are in a golden age in astronomy, living on the cusp of breakthroughs that will revolutionize our understanding of our place in the cosmos. Yet a profound question remains: Are we alone in the universe? We have never been closer to answering this question. In The Secret Life of the Universe, celebrated astrobiologist and the director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute Nathalie A. Cabrol takes us to the frontiers of the search for life. The book's odyssey begins by exploring how life began on Earth in order to understand what's necessary for its existence elsewhere. What role did our moon play? And could life on Mars have seeded life on Earth? Cabrol continues this dazzling interplanetary tour, illuminating the
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Apple Academic Press Inc. The Chemical Evolution of Phosphorus: An
Book SynopsisHere is a fascinating reader-friendly exploration of “the phosphorus enigma.” The volume attempts to answer the questions: How did phosphorus atoms, which are produced inside the inner cores of a handful of huge stars, become concentrated in relatively high proportions in the organisms composing Earth’s biosphere? And how did these phosphate derivatives manage to be included in such a great variety of organic molecules playing essential biochemical roles in all known life forms?Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, the volume is arranged in three sections. The first section introduces the fundamental concepts and notions of physics, chemistry, and biology necessary for the proper understanding of the topics discussed within an astronomical framework. The author then focuses on the role of phosphorus and its compounds within the context of chemical evolution in galaxies, considering its relevance in most essential biochemical functions as well as its peculiar chemistry under different physicochemical conditions. The third section provides an overall perspective on the role of phosphorus and its compounds in current areas of research of solid state physics, materials engineering, nanotechnology or medicine.Trade Review“This book beautifully traces the stellar origin of the element phosphorous, its chemical properties, and the observations of phosphorous-based molecules and minerals in the interstellar medium and in the solar system. [The author] then connects the astronomical studies with the role of phosphorous played in living organisms, presenting the biochemistry of biomolecules that incorporate phosphorous, and the roles that these molecules play in the origin of life on Earth. This book presents a comprehensive summary of our current understanding of the astrochemical and astrobiological significance of phosphorous. It is invaluable for researchers and students who are interested in the question of origin of life and the search for extraterrestrial life. ”—From the Foreword by Sun Kwok, President, International Astronomical Union Commission on Astrobiology (2015–2018), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2021 “Barber . . . employs the element phosphorous as a central topic worthy of study in itself, but also as a bridging device through which to trace some of the major tenets of chemical evolution. . . . Intended to accommodate beginning students and experts alike, including several introductory chapters that provide basic orientation to cosmology and physical chemistry. The text continues with more advanced discussions of nucleosynthesis as well as stellar and planetary distribution. . . . Intended for use as a textbook, the book includes keywords, chapter summaries, and exercises, and the graphics are both illustrative and well referenced. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.”--CHOICE, review by P. K. Strother, Boston CollegeTable of Contents1. The Phosphorus Enigma: An Overview 2. The Unfolding Universe 3. Cosmic Distribution of the Main Biogenic Elements 4. Physical and Chemical Properties of Phosphorus Compounds 5. The Nucleosynthesis of Phosphorus 6. From Stellar Atmospheres to the Interstellar Medium and Back Again 7. Phosphorus Compounds in Planetary Systems 8. Prebiotic Chemical Evolution and the Phosphate Problem 9. Phosphorus Technology: Man Made Compounds 10. Outlook and Perspectives
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Oneworld Publications Boom!: The Violent Supernovas, Galactic
Book SynopsisLooking at the night sky, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s all quiet up there in space. But you’d be wrong. Extreme events are forever unfolding: galaxies explode, cosmic debris hurtles through the heavens and our own Milky Way is on a collision course with the giant Andromeda galaxy. Mayhem moulded the cosmos, shaped life on Earth and at times threatened to end it. With an enduring sense of wonder, through cataclysms great and small, Bob Berman presents a destructive history of our universe.Trade Review‘Blithely engaging, a glittering planetarium that is…a stage for astonishing and unnerving spectacles… I greatly admire [Berman’s] ability to lucidly explain astrophysics to the nonscientist. The brio that he brings to cosmic havoc makes much of Boom! a delicious guilty pleasure.’ * Wall Street Journal *‘Fascinating, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure, this is an expert guide to the deadliest hazards in the universe, on Earth and beyond.’ -- Paul Parsons, science journalist and author‘This lively menagerie of astrophysical oddities will entertain any reader who’s ever wondered what the biggest, most dangerous “bangs” in the universe might be.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘Berman writes with verve and vigour…a pleasing excursion into the hows and whys of how the universe – our universe, anyway – took shape and how it works – except when it doesn’t.’ * Kirkus *
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Random House USA Inc Brief Answers to the Big Questions
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Universe Today: Our Current Understanding and
Book SynopsisStarting out from humankind's earliest ideas about the cosmos, this book gives the reader a clear overview of our current understanding of the universe, including big bang theories and the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as addressing open questions. The author shows how our present view gradually developed from observations, and also how the outcome of ongoing research may still change this view. The book brings together concepts in physics and astronomy, including some history in both cases. The text is descriptive rather than technical: the goal is to present things rigorously and without oversimplification, by highlighting the crucial physical concepts. The only prerequisite is a qualitative knowledge of basic physics concepts at high-school level.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Classical Astronomy Chapter 3 - From the Renaissance to Modern Science Chapter 4 - Classical Physics Chapter 5 - The Physics of Relativity Chapter 6 - The Physics of Stars and Galaxies Chapter 7 - The Physics of the Universe Chapter 8 - New frontiers
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Naturalness, String Landscape and Multiverse: A
Book SynopsisThis book presents a string-theoretic approach to new ideas in particle physics, also known as Physics Beyond the Standard Model, and to cosmology. The concept of Naturalness and its apparent violation by the low electroweak scale and the small cosmological constant is emphasized. It is shown that string theory, through its multitude of solutions, known as the landscape, offers a partial resolution to these naturalness problems as well as suggesting more speculative possibilities like that of a multiverse. The book is based on a one-semester course, as such, it has a pedagogical approach, is self-contained and includes many exercises with solutions. Notably, the basics of string theory are introduced as part of the lectures. These notes are aimed at graduate students with a solid background in quantum field theory, as well as at young researchers from theoretical particle physics to mathematical physics. This text also benefits students who are in the process of studying string theory at a deeper level. In this case, the volume serves as additional reading beyond a formal string theory course.Table of ContentsReminder of SM, EFTs and a naive view of the hierarchy and cosmological constant problems.- Basics of SUSY and SUGRA.- A crash course on strings and how to derive the 10d supergravity action for Type IIB.- Kaluza-Klein compactifications.- Calabi-Yau compactifications.- Flux-landscape in a toy-model.- Flux-landscape in Calabi-Yaus.- Moduli-stabilization and uplift.- Landscape-statistics.- Eternal inflation.- The Measure Problem.
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Springer International Publishing AG European Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics
Book SynopsisThis volume contains the proceedings of a conference on laboratory astrophysics, which gathered a broad interdisciplinary community of astrophysicists, physicists, chemists, and geophysicists. It provides an update on outstanding results in this research field, the presentation of new laboratory developments, and the recent and expected to come space missions and other astronomical observatories with their specific needs for laboratory and theoretical studies.Understanding the interplay between dust, ice, and gas during the star lifecycle as well as in planet forming regions and the Solar System is a vast topic in relation with space exploration and astronomical observations. It also strongly relies on laboratory astrophysics activities and chemical modelling in order to simulate the formation and evolution of matter in space. This book provides researchers and graduate students with a valuable account of the current state of this fascinating discipline.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Interstellar Complex Organic Molecules in Solar-Type Star-Forming Regions: From Observations to Laboratory, Theoretical Computations and Models.- Chapter 2: Gas Phase Chemistry Leading to Interstellar Complex Organic Molecules: There is Still Much to Learn.- Chapter 3: Formation of Complex Molecules in the Translucent Phase via “non-energetic” Processing on C2H2 Ice.- Chapter 4: The Nanocosmos Receivers for Laboratory Astrophysics and Radioastronomical Observations: GACELA and QUIJOTE.
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Springer Struttura e Dinamica delle Stelle Compatte
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Springer International Publishing AG Astronomy of the Milky Way: The Observer’s Guide
Book SynopsisThis is the first of a two-volume set that deal with the entire Milky Way. This first volume looks at what can be seen predominantly from the Northern Skies. In addition to the descriptive text, there are many star charts and maps, as well as the latest up-to-date images made by observatories around the world and in space, as well as images taken by amateur astronomers.Trade Review“This updated edition … of Astronomy of the Milky Way is intended as a guide for amateur optical astronomers seeking interesting objects to investigate with their telescopes. … The book is recommended for amateur stargazers. … Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.” (D. E. Hogg, Choice, Vol. 55 (4), December, 2017)Table of Contents2nd Edition Preface.- 1st Edition Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Author's Note.- Chapter 1 The Milky Way.- Chapter 2 The Milky Way: July - August.- Chapter 3 The Milky Way: September - October.- Chapter 4 The Milky Way: November - December.- Appendices. Index of Objects.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Theory of Orbits: Volume 1: Integrable Systems
Book SynopsisHalf a century ago, S. Chandrasekhar wrote these words in the preface to his l celebrated and successful book: In this monograph an attempt has been made to present the theory of stellar dy namics as a branch of classical dynamics - a discipline in the same general category as celestial mechanics. [ ... J Indeed, several of the problems of modern stellar dy namical theory are so severely classical that it is difficult to believe that they are not already discussed, for example, in Jacobi's Vorlesungen. Since then, stellar dynamics has developed in several directions and at var ious levels, basically three viewpoints remaining from which to look at the problems encountered in the interpretation of the phenomenology. Roughly speaking, we can say that a stellar system (cluster, galaxy, etc.) can be con sidered from the point of view of celestial mechanics (the N-body problem with N » 1), fluid mechanics (the system is represented by a material con tinuum), or statistical mechanics (one defines a distribution function for the positions and the states of motion of the components of the system).Trade ReviewFrom the reviews "The book is ... didactically written and contains topics from classical to most modern ones, treated rigorously by indicating where complete proofs are to be found."Zentralblatt für Mathematik, 1999Table of Contents— The Theory of Orbits from Epicycles to “Chaos”.- 1. Dynamics and Dynamical Systems — Quod Satis.- 2. The Two-Body Problem.- 3. The N-Body Problem.- 4. The Three-Body Problem.- 5. Orbits in Given Potentials.- Mathematical Appendix.- A.1 Spherical Trigonometry.- A.2 Curvilinear Coordinate Systems.- A.3 Riemannian Geometry.- Bibliographical Notes.- Name Index.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG The Physics of the Early Universe
Book SynopsisThe Physics of the Early Universe is an edited and expanded version of the lectures given at a recent summer school of the same name. Its aim is to present an advanced multi-authored textbook that meets the needs of both postgraduate students and young researchers interested in, or already working on, problems in cosmology and general relativity, with emphasis on the early universe. A particularly strong feature of the present work is the constructive-critical approach to the present mainstream theories, the careful assessment of some alternative approaches, and the overall balance between theoretical and observational considerations. As such, this book will also benefit experienced scientists and nonspecialists from related areas of research. Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "This is a set of 9 review articles given as part of a 2003 summer school on Syros Island, Greece. … this book provides a solid introduction to current research in early universe physics, which should be useful for PhD students or postdoctoral researchers who want the real thing. … This, then, is a useful book for someone wanting to leap right into modern theoretical ideas of early universe physics." (Douglas Scott, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Issue 24, 2007)Table of ContentsAn Introduction to the Physics of the Early Universe.- Cosmological Perturbation Theory.- Cosmic Microwave Backgrond Anisotropies.- Oberservational Cosmology.- Dark Matter and Dark Energy.- String Cosmology.- Brane-World Cosmology.- Gravitational Wave Astronomy: the High Frequency Window.- Computational Black Hole Dynamics.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies:
Book SynopsisThe idea to hold a workshop on globular clusters in Concepcion emerged during 2005 out of a variety of circumstances. Four years had passed since the IAUSymposium 207 onExtragalactic Globular Clusters inPuc' on, atime span, which we thought to be long enough for justifying a new meeting with theintent toreviewthemostrecentdevelopments inthe?eld of extragalactic stars clusters. Originally intended to be a small-scale workshop, the response from the community was overwhelming so that only a full-scale international conferencewas abletocopewith thenumerousrequestsfortalksandposters. Finally, about 160 participants gathered in Concepci' on on March 6th, 2006. The venue was the university lecture hall located in the facultad de - manidadesyartesoftheUniversidaddeConcepci' on.Posterswereexposedin the lobby of the faculty building. The weather was as good as one can reas- ablyexpectfromalatesummerinConcepci' on.Althoughtheprogrammewas so tight that separate poster sessions other than those during co?ee breaks could not be accomodated, posters received a lot of attention. From the ?rst to the last talk, the atmosphere was inspiring and the conference could keep its tension for ?ve full days. This clearly shows that the attraction which globular clusters exercise on astrophysicists of quite di?erent ?avours, is as strong as ever.Table of ContentsDetailed Studies of Individual Globular Clusters.- Detailed Chemical Abundances of Extragalactic Globular Clusters.- Spectroscopic Abundances and Radial Velocities of the Galactic Globular Clusters 2MASS GC01 and 2MASS GC02: Preliminary Results.- Abundance Anomalies in Galactic Globular Clusters – Looking for the Stellar Culprits.- Globular Clusters in the Direction of the Inner Galaxy.- Globular Cluster Research with Astronomical Archives.- Super-He-Rich Populations in Globular Clusters.- Testing the BH 176 and Berkeley 29 Association with GASS/Monoceros.- New Yonsei-Yale (Y 2) Isochrones and Horizontal-Branch Evolutionary Tracks with Helium Enhancements.- Search for Candle Stars in Globular Clusters: Spectroscopic Analysis of Post-AGB Candidates.- The Lack of Binaries Among Hot Horizontal Branch Stars: M80 and NGC5986.- Semi-Empirical Determination of the Mass Distribution of Horizontal Branch Stars in M3.- The Most Massive Clusters.- Globular Clusters, Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes.- UCDs – A Mixed Bag of Objects.- Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies and Globular Clusters: A Review of Their Spatial and Dynamical Properties.- The Maximum Mass of Star Clusters.- The Stellar Population of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies.- News on Ultra-Compact Dwarfs and Blue Globular Clusters.- UCDs and GCs: Structural Differences from HST Imaging.- Ultra-Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster.- Multi-Colour Imaging of Ultra-Compact Objects in the Fornax Cluster.- Young Star Clusters.- Hierarchical Formation of Galactic Clusters.- Young Massive Clusters – Formation Efficiencies and (Initial) Mass Functions.- The Radii of Thousands of Star Clusters in M51 with HST/ACS.- Extragalactic Star Clusters in Merging Galaxies.- The Environment of Young Massive Clusters.- Star/Cluster Formation in Complexes: Insights from IFUs and HST.- Spectral Evolution of Blue Concentrated Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Young Star Clusters in the SMC.- Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic System by NANTEN.- Two Star Cluster Populations in NGC 45.- Characterization of Open Cluster Remnants.- HST Photometry of the Binary Globular Cluster Sersic 13N-S in NGC5128[1].- Globular Cluster Systems in Dwarf and Irregular Galaxies.- LMC Cluster Abundances and Kinematics.- Globular Clusters in Dwarf Galaxies.- Globular Clusters in Dwarf and Giant Galaxies.- The Age-Metallicity Relation of the SMC.- Integrated Spectroscopic Analysis of Galactic and Small Magellanic Cloud Clusters.- Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dSph Galaxy.- Physical Parameters of Intermediate-Age LMC Clusters from Modelling of HST CMDs.- RGB Properties of the LMC/SMC Clusters in the Infrared.- WLM-1: A Non-Rotating, Gravitationally Unperturbed, Highly Elliptical Extragalactic Globular Cluster.- Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies.- Star Clusters in M33 – Clues to Galaxy Formation and Evolution.- M31 and its Globular Clusters.- IR Integrated Light Colors For Galactic GCs and An Update on Young M31 Globular Clusters.- Nuclear Star Clusters in Edge-on Galaxies.- HST ACS Wide-Field Photometry of the Sombrero Galaxy Globular Cluster System.- Intermediate-Age Globular Clusters in M31.- Metal-Poor Globular Clusters of the Galactic Bulge.- Globular Cluster System and Milky Way Properties Revisited.- RR Lyrae-Based Calibration of the Globular Cluster Luminosity Function.- Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies Using ACS Imaging.- Laser Guide Star Imaging of M31 Globulars.- GALEX UV Observations of M31 Globular Clusters.- Integrated Spectroscopy of Galactic Globular Clusters.- Globular Cluster Systems in Early-Type Galaxies.- Globular Cluster Systems: Do They Really Trace Star Formation? (Or Rather: What Mode of Star Formation Do They Trace?).- Globular Clusters in Early Type Galaxies.- Globular Clusters and Galaxy Formation.- Globular Cluster Systems in Giant Ellipticals: New and Old Patterns.- The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey.- Globular Clusters at the Centre of the Fornax Cluster: Tracing Interactions Between Galaxies.- Globular Cluster Bimodality Revisited (and the Globulars-Galaxy Halo Connection).- Globular Cluster Systems, Diffuse Star Clusters, and Host Galaxies in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey.- Hot Populations in M87 Globular Clusters.- A Subaru/Suprime-Cam Wide-Field Survey of Globular Cluster Populations around M87.- Stellar Populations of Globular Clusters in NGC 1407.- The Globular Cluster System of NGC 5846 Revisited: Colours, Sizes and X-Ray Counterparts.- Globular Cluster Systems in Shell Ellipticals.- GMOS Photometry of Five Globular Cluster Systems: NGC 4649, NGC 3923, NGC 524, NGC 3115 and NGC 3379.- Structural Parameters from Ground-based Observations of Globular Clusters in NGC 5128.- Globular Cluster Populations in Early-Type Galaxies.- The Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Globular Cluster Connection in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey.- The Globular Cluster System of NGC 5128: Combining Broad-Band Color and Lick Index Analysis.- The Galaxy – Globular Cluster Connection in NGC 3115.- Velocity Dispersions of Bright Globular Clusters in NGC 5128.- Evolution of Cluster Systems and their Host Galaxies.- Imprint of Galaxy Formation and Evolution on Globular Cluster Properties.- Formation of Globular Clusters in Hierarchical Cosmology: ART and Science.- Globular Cluster Formation in Mergers.- The Formation Histories of Metal-Rich and Metal-Poor Globular Clusters.- Globular Cluster System Evolution in Early Type Galaxies.- Star Cluster Evolution: From Young Massive Star Clusters to Old Globulars.- A Wide-Field Survey of the Globular Cluster Systems of Giant Galaxies.- IGCs in the Virgo Cluster.- A New Explanation of Globular Cluster Color Distributions.- Formation of Intracluster and Intercluster Globular Clusters.- The Effect of Giant Molecular Clouds on Star Clusters.- Metal-rich Globular Clusters: An Unaccounted Factor Responsible for Their Formation?.- On the Globular Cluster Color Distributions.- Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters.- Dissolution of Globular Clusters.- Dynamical Masses of Young Star Clusters: Constraints on the Stellar IMF and Star-Formation Efficiency.- Dynamical Evolution of Rotating Globular Clusters with Embedded Black Holes.- The Dynamical Evolution of Young Clusters and Galactic Implications.- Simulations of Globular Clusters Merging in Galactic Nuclear Regions.- The Origin of the Gaussian Initial Mass Function of Globular Cluster Systems.- Evolution of Globular Cluster Systems.- Tidal Disruption and the Tale of Three Clusters.- Tidal Tails Around Globular Clusters: Are they Good Tracers of Cluster Orbits?.- Modelling the Tidal Tails of NGC 5466.- The Search for Tidal Tails of Globular Clusters: NGC4147.- Internal Rotation of Young Globular Clusters.- Mass Segregation in Young Star Clusters.- Dynamics of Globular Cluster Systems.- Kinematics of Globular Cluster Systems.- Dark Matter in the Elliptical Galaxies NGC 1399 and NGC 4636.- Ages, Abundances, and Kinematics of Globular Clusters in NGC 3379 and NGC 4649 with Gemini/GMOS.- The Dark Halo of NGC 1399 and MOND.- Dynamics of the Globular Cluster System of NGC 5128.- Open Questions in the Globular Cluster – Galaxy Connection.- Open Questions in the Globular Cluster – Galaxy Connection.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Planetologie extrasolarer Planeten
Book SynopsisAls im Jahre 1995 die Schweizer Astronomen Michel Mayor und Didier Queloz die Entdeckung des ersten extrasolaren Planeten um einen sonnenähnlichen Stern bekanntgaben, konnte noch niemand ahnen, daß sich daraus in den folgenden knapp zwei Jahrzehnten eine neue, nicht nur in ihrer Entwicklung atemberaubende neue Disziplin der Astronomie entwickeln würde. Zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt (2013) findet man in den Katalogen der Astronomen mittlerweile fast 1000 bestätigte und über 3500 „Exoplanetenkandidaten“ – insbesondere Dank der unerwartet erfolgreichen Mission des leider im Frühjahr 2013 ausgefallenen Kepler-Weltraumteleskops. Es zeigt sich immer mehr, daß Planetensysteme im Kosmos etwas ganz normales sind, die ihrer Natur gemäß eine riesige Formenvielfalt aufweisen. „Heiße Jupiter“, Super-Erden und Pulsarplaneten benennen Objekte, die in unserem Sonnensystem völlig unbekannt sind. Diese exotischen Welten, von denen man meist nur ein paar wenige Parameter kennt, regen nicht nur die Phantasie an, sondern sie befeuern auch die Hoffnung, über kurz oder lang in den Weiten der Milchstraße auch einmal einen Pendanten unseres blauen Planeten zu finden.In diesem Buch werden die wichtigsten Methoden und Erkenntnisse der Exoplanetenforschung so vorgestellt, daß der Leser einen profunden Überblick über diesen neuen Zweig der astronomischen Forschung erhält und in die Lage versetzt wird, die entsprechende Fachliteratur mit Gewinn zu verfolgen. Themen sind die verschiedenen Nachweis- und Beobachtungsmethoden von Exoplaneten, ihre Statistik und Klassifizierung, ihr physischer Aufbau sowie ihre Entstehung, wie er sich den Astronomen aus Beobachtungen und theoretischen Überlegungen erschließt.Das Buch wendet sich an interessierte Studenten der Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften, an Abiturienten, Dozenten, Lehrer und nicht zuletzt an Amateurastronomen, die das Wissen über diesen faszinierenden Gegenstand der Forschung mit großer Begeisterung vielen Menschen nahebringen.Mathias Scholz, 1981-1986 Studium der Physik an der Universität Rostock, danach Berechnungsingenieur und ab 1990 freiberuflich auf dem Gebiet der Umweltsimulation sowie im IT-Bereich tätig; Amateurastronom.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen:“… richtet sich an Oberstufenschüler, Lehrer, Studenten und interessierte Amateure, die sich auf durchaus anspruchsvollem Niveau mit diesem Themengebiet auseinandersetzen wollen ...” (Carolin Liefke, in: Sterne Und Weltraum, Heft 4, 2015) "... ein wirklich gelungenes Lehrbuch über den relativ jungen Forschungsbereich der Entdeckung und Erforschung von Exoplaneten. Mit seinen aussagekräftigen Grafiken, dem guten, interessanten Bildmaterial und dem flüssig lesbaren und vor allem gut verständlichen Text ..." (Michael Bahner, in: Buchrezicenter.de, 5. Januar 2015)Table of ContentsVorwort.- 1. Eine kurze Geschichte der Exoplanetenforschung.- 2. Was ist ein Planet?- 3. Nachweismethoden von Exoplaneten.- 4. Statistik, Klassifikation und Diversität von Exoplaneten.- 5. Physischer Aufbau extrasolarer Planeten.- 6. Epilog: SETI – die Suche nach außerirdischen Zivilisationen.- Literatur.- Index.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Gesammelte Werke / Collected Works: Volume 2
Book SynopsisDer bekannte Astronom Karl Schwarzschild (1873-1916) gilt als der Begr}nder der Astrophysik und als hervorragender Forscher mit einer erstaunlichen Bandbreite seiner Interessen. Arbeiten zur Himmelsmechanik, Elektrodynamik und Relativit{tstheorie weisen ihn als vorz}glichen Mathematiker und Physiker seiner Zeit aus. Untersuchungen zur Photographischen Photometrie, Optik und Spektroskopie zeigen den versierten Beobachter, der sein Me~instrument beherrscht. Schlie~lich arbeitete Schwarzschild als Astrophysiker und an Sternatmosph{ren, Kometen, Struktur und Dynamikvon Sternsystemen. Die in seinem kurzen Leben entstandene F}lle von wissenschafltichen Arbeiten ist in drei B{nden der Gesamtausgabe gesammelt, erg{nzt durch biographisches Material und ein Essay des Nobelpreistr{gers S. Chandrasekhar und Annotationen von Fachleuten in jedem der drei B{nde.Table of Contents5. Astronomical Positioning.- 5.1 Ueber photographische Ortsbestimmung / On Photographic Position Determination.- 5.2 Über photographische Breitenbestimmung mit Hilfe eines hängenden Zenitkollimators / On Determining Latitude Using a Suspended Zenith Collimator.- 5.3 Über Breitenbestimmung mit Hilfe einer hängenden Zenitkamera / On Latitude Determination Using a Suspended Zenith Camera.- 5.4 Bestimmung der Polhöhe von Göttingen u. der Deklinationen von 375 Zenithsternen mit der hängenden Zenithkamera / Determination of the Altitude of the Pole at Göttingen and the Declination of 375 Zenith Stars Using the Suspended Zenith Camera (with W. Dziewulski).- 5.5 Über einen Transformator zur Auflösung sphärischer Dreiecke, besonders für Zwecke der Ortsbestimmung im Luftballon / On a Transformer for the Solution of Spherical Triangles, Especially for Position Determination in Air Balloons.- 5.6 Tafeln zur astronomischen Ortsbestimmung im Luftballon bei Nacht, sowie zur leichten Bestimmung der mitteleuropäischen Zeit an jedem Orte Deutschlands / Tables for Astronomical Position Determination in Air Balloons at Night and for Easy Determination of Central-European Time at any Point in Germany (with o. Birck).- 5.7 Künstlicher Horizont and Ballonsextant / Artificial Horizon and Balloon Sextant.- 5.8 Libellenhorizont und Libellensextant / Bubble Horizon and Bubble Sextant.- 6. Photographie Photometry.- 6.1 Die Bestimmung von Sternhelligkeiten aus extrafocalen photographischen Aufnahmen / The Determination of Stellar Magnitudes from Extrafocal Exposures.- 6.2 Beiträge zur photo graphischen Photometrie der Gestirne / Contributions on the Photographic Photometry of Stars.- 6.3 Ueber Abweichungen vom Reciprocitätsgesetz für Bromsilbergelatine / On Departures from the Reciprocity Law for Silver-Bromide Gelatine.- 6.4 Ueber die Wirkung intermittirender Belichtung auf Bromsilbergelatine / On the Effects of Intermittent Exposures on Silver-Bromide Gelatine.- 6.5 Bemerkungen zur Sensitometrie / Remarks on Sensitometry.- 6.6 über die photographische Vergleichung der Helligkeit verschiedenfarbiger Sterne / On the Photographic Comparison of the Magnitudes of Stars of Different Colours.- 6.7 Ueber sensitometrische Regeln und ihre astronomische Anwendung / On Sensitometry Laws and Their Astronomical Application.- 6.8 Professor G. Jägers Theorie des photographischen Prozesses / Professor G. Jäger’sf Theory of the Photographic Process.- 6.9 Plan zur Durchführung einer photographisch-photometrischen Durchmusterung des nördlichen Himmels / Plan for Carrying Out a Photographic-Photometric Survey of the Northern Sky.- 6.10 Über eine Schraffierkassette zur Aktinometrie der Sterne / On a Schraffierkassette for Stellar Actinometry (with Br. Meyermann).- 6.11 Über eine Interpolationsaufgabe der Aktinometrie / On an Interpolation Problem in Actinometry.- 6.12 Aufnahmen des Sternhaufens h Persei mit Spiegeln von sehr großem öffnungsverhältnis / Exposures of the Cluster h Persei Using Mirrors with Very Large Aperture Ratios (with W. Villiger).- 6.13 Über eine neue Schraffierkassette / On a New Schraffierkassette (with Br. Meyermann).- 6.14 Über die Farbentönung der Sterne / On the Colour Tints of the Stars.- 6.15 Remarque sur la determination des grandeurs photographiques absolues / Note on the Determination of Absolute Photographic Magnitudes.- 6.16 Über die Bestimmung absoluter photographischer Helligkeiten / On the Determination of Absolute Photographic Magnitudes.- 6.17 Aktinometrie der Sterne der B.D. bis zur Grösse 7.5 in der Zone 0 ° bis + 20 ° Deklination. Teil A / Actinometry of B.D. Stars down to Magnitude 7.5 in the Zone between Declinations 0 ° and + 20 ° , Part A (with Br. Meyermann, A. Kohlschütter and O. Birck).- 6.18 Aktinometrie der Sterne der B.D. bis zur Grösse 7.5 in der Zone 0 ° bis + 20 ° Deklination. Teil B / Actinometry of B.D. Stars down to Magnitude 7.5 in the Zone between Declinations 0 ° and +20 ° , Part B (with Br. Meyermann, A. Kohlschütter, O. Birck and W. Dziewulski).- 6.19 Buchbesprechung / Book Review: J.A. Parkhurst, Yerkes Actinometry, Zone + 73 ° to + 90 °.- 6.20 Über die Schleierkorrektion bei der Halbgittermethode zur Bestimmung photographischer Sterngrößen / On the Correction for Fogging in the Half-Grating Method of Determining Photographic Stellar Magnitudes.- 6.21 Vorbemerkung zu / Introduction to: W. Dziewulski, Photographische Größen von Sternen in der Nähe des Nordpols / Photographic Magnitudes of Stars Near the North Pole.- 7. Measuring Techniques, Binary Stars, Variable Stars and Spectroscopy.- 7.1 Ueber Messung von Doppelsternen durch Interferenzen / On Measuring Double Stars by Interference Methods.- 7.2 Zur Bestimmung der Theilungsfehler von Maassstäben / On Determining Dividing Errors of Graduated Scales.- 7.3 Beitrag zur Bestimmung von Radialgeschwindigkeiten mit dem Objektivprisma / Contribution on the Determination of Radial Velocities with an Objective Prism.- 7.4 Einige Beobachtungen der Radialgeschwindigkeit von 0: Coronae borealis mit dem Objektivprisma / Some Observations of the Radial Velocity of 0: Coronae borealis with an Objective Prism.- 7.5 über die Radialgeschwindigkeit des Sterns 63 Tauri / On the Radial Velocity of the Star 63 Tauri.- 7.6 Präzisionstechnik und wissenschaftliche Forschung / Precision Engineering and Scientific Research.- 7.7 Spectral Classification of Stars (in German).- 7.8 Ein Verfahren der Bahnbestimmung bei spectroskopischen Doppelsternen / A Procedure for Deterrnining the Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries.- 7.9 Beobachtungen von Veränderlichen Sternen und der Nova Aurigae / Observations of Variable Stars and of Nova Aurigae.- 7.10 Ein neuer Veränderlicher (41.1910 Tauri) in den Hyaden / A New Variable (41.1910 Tauri) in the Hyades.- 7.11 über den Lichtwechsel des Veränderlichen 41.1910 Tauri / On the Variations in Brightness of the Variable 41.1910 Tauri.- 7.12 Nova 18.1912 Geminorum (Bemerkung zum Spektrum der Eneboschen Nova) /Nova 18.1912 Geminorum (Remark on the Spectrum of Enebo’s Nova).- 7.13 Der neue Stern in den Zwillingen / The New Star in the Constellation Gemini.- for Volume 1.- for Volume 3.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Astrophysics of Neutron Stars
Book SynopsisThe existence of neutron stars was not only a brilliant theoretical prediction, but also one of the most unexpected and astonishing discoveries of all heavenly bodies. Twenty-five years after the remarkable event of their discovery, neutron stars, which are the densest, the most strongly magnetized, and the most rapid ly rotating bodies in the Galaxy, remain objects of intense interest. This book is a revised and enlarged version of the original Russian edition. The last five years were marked by the discovery of a supernova in the closest galaxy and dozens of X-ray sources and millisecond pulsars, which apparently confirm the validity of the basic ideas underlying these discoveries. The author has concentrated on the astrophysical manifestations of neutron stars, which are believed mainly to be associated with the nature of their interaction with their surroundings. Naturally, this approach does not leave much room for a detailed description of the internal structure of these stars. Fortunately, there exists an excellent monograph by S. L. Shapiro and S. A. Teukolsky (Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars, Wiley, New York 1985) which deals mainly with the purely physical problems. Moreover, the publication of such a book in the West partly makes amends for the lack of information about the work being done by Soviet scientists in this field.Table of Contents1. Theoretical and Observational Principles of the Astrophysics of Neutron Stars.- 1.1 Prediction.- 1.2 Accretion.- 1.3 Rotation and Magnetic Field.- 1.4 Radiopulsars.- 1.5 New Ideas.- 1.6 X-Ray Pulsars.- 1.7 X-Ray Bursters.- 1.8 Bursts and Other Sources of Gamma Rays.- 1.9 General View.- 2. Structure of Neutron Stars.- 2.1 Equilibrium of Stars.- 2.2 Exact Equilibrium Equations for Cold Stars.- 2.3 Physical Conditions Inside Neutron Stars.- 2.4 Parameters of Neutron Stars.- 2.5 Mass of Neutron Stars.- 2.6 Rotational Effects.- 3. Fluid Dynamics of Accretion.- 3.1 Spherically Symmetric Accretion.- 3.2 The Role of Radiation and Ejection.- 3.3 Spherical Accretion to a Neutron Star Without a Magnetic Field.- 3.4 Capture of Matter by a Moving Star.- 3.5 Fluid Dynamics of Cylindrical Accretion.- 3.6 Disk Accretion.- 3.7 Luminosity and Spectrum of Accretion Disks.- 3.8 Supercritical Disk Accretion.- 3.9 Accretion in Binary Systems.- 3.9.1 Overflow Through the Inner Lagrangian Point.- 3.9.2 Accretion from Stellar Wind.- 3.10 Two-Stream Accretion.- 3.11 Accretion of Magnetic Fields.- 4. Classification of Neutron Stars.- 4.1 Magnetic Dipole.- 4.2 Stopping Radius.- 4.3 Stopping Radius in the Supercritical Case.- 4.4 The Effect of a Magnetic Field.- 4.5 Gravimagnetic Parameter.- 4.6 Corotation Radius.- 4.7 Nomenclature.- 4.8 Critical Periods. The p-y and p-L Diagrams.- 5. Boundaries. Magnetospheres of Slowly Rotating Neutron Stars.- 5.1 Physical Conditions in the Alfvén Zone.- 5.2 Formulation of the Problem.- 5.3 Simple Configurations.- 5.4 Magnetosphere in Spherically Symmetric Accretion.- 5.5 Pascal’s Pressure Law.- 5.5.1 Two-Dimensional Solutions.- 5.5.2 Three-Dimensional Solutions.- 5.6 A Dipole Confined by an Ideally Conducting Disk.- 5.6.1 Two-Dimensional Model.- 5.6.2 Three-Dimensional Problem.- 5.6.3 Dipole Rotation.- 5.7 Magnetosphere in a Plane-parallel Plasma Flow.- 5.7.1 Two-Dimensional Solution.- 5.7.2 Three-Dimensional Solution.- 5.8 Two-Stream Accretion.- 6. Accreting Neutron Stars.- 6.1 Boundary Stability.- 6.1.1 Spherically Symmetric Accretion.- 6.1.2 Disk Accretion onto a Magnetized Neutron Star.- 6.1.3 Torsion of an Accretion Disk by Magnetic Forces.- 6.1.4 Magnetosphere Boundary Stability for Two-Stream Accretion.- 6.2 The Polar Column.- 6.3 Spin-up, Spin-down and Induced Precession of Accreting Stars.- 6.3.1 Spin-up Torque.- 6.3.2 Spin-down Torque.- 6.3.3 Analytical Model of Torques Applied to a Magnetized Accreting Star.- 6.3.4 Equilibrium Period.- 6.4 Observed Properties of X-Ray Pulsars.- 6.5 Energy Parameters of Pulsars and Transport of Matter in Binary Systems.- 6.6 Spectrum and Magnetic Fields.- 6.7 Periods of X-Ray Pulsars and Their Variation.- 6.7.1 Equilibrium of X-Ray Pulsars.- 6.7.2 Magnetic Fields of X-Ray Pulsars.- 6.7.3 Reasons Behind the Average Spin-up of X-Ray Pulsars.- 6.7.4 Rapid Fluctuation of Periods and Internal Structure of Neutron Stars.- 6.8 Variability of X-Ray Sources. Transients.- 6.9 Generation of Relativistic Particles.- 6.10 X-Ray Bursters.- 6.10.1 Localization and Spatial Distribution.- 6.10.2 Periodic Variations of X-Ray Flux. X-Ray Eclipses.- 6.10.3 Luminosity and Spectra of Bursters.- 6.11 Nuclear Burning at the Surface of Neutron Stars. Spherically Symmetric Model.- 6.12 Accretion to X-Ray Bursters.- 6.12.1 Accretion for ? Stars.- 7. The “Propeller” Regime.- 7.1 Quasistatic Shells.- 7.1.1 Supersonic Propeller.- 7.1.2 Subsonic Propeller.- 7.1.3 Very Rapid Propeller.- 7.1.4 Nongravitating Propeller.- 7.2 Spinning-down in the Boundary Layer.- 7.3 Two-Stream Flow Formation due to the Propeller Effect.- 7.3.1 Stationary Flow from Disks.- 7.3.2 Time-Dependent Solution.- 7.4 Dead Disks and Accumulator Disks.- 7.5 Nonstationary Disk Accretion. Model of Transient X-Ray Sources.- 7.6 Relativistic Propeller.- 7.7 Objects That Can Become Propellers.- 7.7.1 Binary Systems.- 7.7.2 Single Neutron Stars.- 8. Ejecting Stars.- 8.1 Observed Characteristics of Radiopulsars.- 8.1.1 Periods and Their Variation.- 8.1.2 Pulse Structure.- 8.1.3 Spectrum and Luminosity.- 8.1.4 Distribution of Pulsars in Space.- 8.1.5 Spatial Velocity of Radiopulsars.- 8.1.6 Pulsars and Binary Systems.- 8.2 Radiopulsars as Ejecting Neutron Stars.- 8.3 Pulsar Electrodynamics and Generation of Relativistic Particles.- 8.3.1 Vacuum Approximation.- 8.3.2 Magnetosphere in the Presence of Plasma.- 8.4 Mechanisms of Radiation.- 8.5 Caverns Around Neutron Stars.- 8.5.1 Caverns in Binary Systems.- 8.5.2 Caverns Around a Single Neutron Star.- 8.5.3 Effect of Relativistic Wind on Accretion Flow Parameters.- 8.6 Change in Radiopulsar Period.- 8.6.1 Spin-down of Pulsars and Their Magnetic Fields.- 8.6.2 Spin-up Episodes and Internal Structure of Neutron Stars.- 8.7 Evolution of Radiopulsars.- 8.7.1 Origin and Age of Pulsars.- 8.7.2 Evolution of the Radiopulsar Period.- 8.8 Spatial Velocities of Radiopulsars.- 8.9 Ejecting Stars in Binary Systems.- 8.9.1 Radiopulsars Forming Pairs with Degenerate Stars.- 8.9.2 “Reflection” Effect.- 8.9.3 Observational Evidence of the Existence of Ejecting Stars in Binary Systems.- 9. Supercritical Regimes.- 9.1 Superaccretor.- 9.1.1 Accretion Pattern.- 9.1.2 Neutrino Pulsar.- 9.1.3 Spin-up and Spin-down.- 9.2 Superejectors and Superpropellers.- 9.3 Is SS 433 a Superaccretor?.- 9.4 Other Candidates.- 10. Stars with an Anomalously Low Value of Gravimagnetic Parameter.- 10.1 Georotators.- 10.2 Binary Magnetic Systems (Magnetors).- 11. Evolution of Stars.- 11.1 Normal Stars.- 11.1.1 Single Stars.- 11.1.2 Binary Stars.- 11.2 Evolution of Neutron Stars.- 11.2.1 Evolution Equation.- 11.2.2 Statistical Description of the Ensemble of Neutron Stars.- 11.3 Neutron Star Tracks.- 11.4 Numerical Simulation of the Joint Evolution of Normal and Neutron Stars.- 11.4.1 Computational Method.- 11.4.2 Evolutionary Tracks.- 11.4.3 Simulation of X-Ray Pulsars (Stage IIA) and the Choice of Optimal Parameters.- 11.4.4 Abundance of Different Types of Systems in the Galaxy.- 11.4.5 Physical Characteristics of Neutron Stars at Various Stages of Evolution.- 11.4.6 Two Types of Radiopulsars.- 11.5 Possible Candidates.- 11.5.1 “Runaway” Stars.- 11.5.2 The SS 433 Object.- 11.5.3 “Single” Wolf-Rayet Stars.- 11.5.4 Collapse Anisotropy.- 11.5.5 Other Numerical Models.- Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities.- Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) Instability.- Commutation Instability.- References.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Wo sind sie alle?: Fünfzig Lösungen für das
Book SynopsisAllein in unserer Galaxie gibt es etwa eine Milliarde erdähnlicher Planeten. Im sichtbaren Universum finden sich etwa 200 Milliarden Galaxien. Liegt es daher nicht nahe, dass sich irgendwo da draußen eine Zivilisation entwickelt hat, die mindestens genauso fortgeschritten ist wie unsere eigene? Die schieren Zahlen verlangen fast danach. Aber: Wieso sind wir dann noch nicht auf Botschaften, Artefakte oder sonstige Hinweise auch nur einer einzigen außerirdischen Zivilisation gestoßen?In diesem Buch führt Stephen Webb durch fünfzig überzeugende und faszinierende Lösungen des berühmten Fermi-Paradoxons, die kurzweilig präsentiert zum Nachdenken und auch Schmunzeln anregen.Table of ContentsGeleitwort von Martin Rees.- Vorwort.- 1 Wo sind die bloß alle?.- 2 Über Fermi ... und über Paradoxe.- 3 Sie sind (oder waren) schon hier.- 4 Es gibt sie, wir haben sie bloß noch nicht gesehen (oder gehört).- 5 Es gibt sie nicht.- 6 Des Paradoxes Lösung
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Astrophysik: Eine Einführung in Theorie und
Book SynopsisVon weißen Zwergen und schwarzen Löchern: Diese Einführung in Grundlagen und Theorie vermittelt anschaulich und kompakt ein Verständnis der Physik des Universums. Dargestellt werden die wichtigen physikalischen Modelle, mit denen die Sterne beschrieben werden können. Viele der faszinierenden Phänomene unseres Universums lassen sich so quantitativ untersuchen.Table of ContentsEinige wichtige physikalische Grundlagen.- Beobachtungsmöglichkeiten.- Kosmische Strahlung.- Sternaufbau und Sternentwicklung.- Endstadien leuchtender Sterne.- Galaxien.- Rechenregeln der ART.- ART-Effekte.- Relativistische Sterndynamik.- Homogene Kosmologie.- Primordiale Nukleosynthese.- Supernovae Surveys.- Kosmische Mikrowellenhintergrundstrahlung.- Inflation.- Inhomogene Kosmologie.- Literaturverzeichnis.- Index.
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Springer Verlag Fisica del Plasma: Fondamenti e applicazioni
Book SynopsisL'opera si propone di introdurre i principi fondamentali della Fisica del Plasma, disciplina che trova applicazione sia nel campo del'energetica (Fusione Termonucleare Controllata), sia dell'Astrofisica (oltre il 90% della materia dell'Universo è sotto forma di plasma). Dopo un capitolo introduttivo, vengono discussi i possibili schemi di descrizione teorica dei plasmi. La parte centrale è dedicata alla discussione della magnetoidrodinamica, con particolare riguardo alla teoria delle onde e delle instabilità. Vengono infine trattati i problemi della riconnessione magnetica e delle onde d'urto nei plasmi. Per ogni argomento trattato vengono illustrate delle applicazioni di carattere astrofisico. I calcoli vengono sempre svolti esplicitamente in modo da permettere allo studente una piena comprensione delle relative tecniche. Una serie di esercizi permette inoltre la verifica delle competenze acquisite. Il libro è destinato agli studenti dei corsi di Laurea Magistrale e di Dottorato .Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This short, self-contained book on plasma physics … is primarily meant for Italian students completing their Laurea. It may be of valuable help to Italian-speaking undergraduates beginning in the field, as a first reading before they tackle more advanced and comprehensive book … .” (Jeremie Unterberger, zbMATH, Vol. 1277, 2014)
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Birkhauser Verlag AG Untwisted affine quantum algebras: the highest
Book SynopsisIn this thesis I study the untwisted affine quantum algebras and their specialization at a primitive l-th root of unity. In particular my goal is the complete description of the center, when l is odd. The center of the specialization of the quantum algebra at odd roots of unity is already known in the finite case, that is for finite dimensional semisimple Lie algebras. In this thesis I prove that analogous results hold in the affine untwisted case.
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Birkhauser Verlag AG Search for neutrinos from stellar gravitational
Book SynopsisLow energy neutrino astrophysics studies the evolutionary life of the stars via the neutrinos emitted during the quiescent phase (solar neutrinos) and during the explosive death of big mass stars (supernova neutrinos). The neutrino mean free path in matter is about twenty orders of magnitude greater than that of light; therefore neutrinos reaching us can be produced also in deep and high-density levels of stars. Since massless neutrinos are unaffected by their travel in the interstellar space, their energies and arrival directions carry information on the star history. The subject of this thesis is the search for neutrino bursts from galactic stellar gravitational collapses performed in the MACRO experiment, a large area modular detector, operating since autumn 1989.
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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.<
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp On the Way to The Man in the Moon
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Independently Published Galactic Whispers
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Impact
Book SynopsisA Short History of Nearly Everything meets Astrophysics for People in a Hurry in this humorous, accessible exploration of how meteorites have helped not only build our planet but steered the evolution of life and human culture.The Solar System. Dinosaurs. Donkey Kong. What is the missing link? Surprisingly enough, it''s meteorites. They explain our past, constructed our present, and could define our future.Impact argues that Earth would be a lifeless, inhospitable piece of rock without being fortuitously assaulted with meteorites throughout the history of the planet. These bombardments transformed Earth’s early atmosphere and delivered the complex organic molecules that allowed life to develop on our planet. While meteorites have provided the raw materials for life to thrive, they have radically devastated life as well, most famously killing off the dinosaurs and paving the way for humans to evolve t
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Oxford University Press Cosmical Magnetic Fields
Book SynopsisThis well known and widely used landmark text explores the universal spontaneous generation of magnetic fields in astronomical bodies and the agitation of the bodies by those fields. The general properties of magnetic fields, their appearance throughout the astronomical universe, and the havoc they wreak are described in simple physical terms so as to define the broad scientific problem presented by magnetic fields. Then, with the physical problems clearly in mind, the theoretical effects are demonstrated with formal mathematical illustrations from the basic electromagnetic equations. Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical SciencesFrom James Clerk Maxwell''s towering achievement Treatise on electricity and magnetism, to today''s ground-breaking research, Oxford University Press has often been regarded as the publisher of first choice for generations of scientists. The legacy of this long publishing tradition is an unrivalled catalogue of past publications, some of which have been unavailable from us for many years.By popular demand, Oxford University Press is now reissuing some of its most celebrated science classics in the Oxford Classic Texts series. The titles to be included have been selected not only for their historic significance, but also for their enduring eloquence and clarity of presentation. Individually, each book in this collection represents a milestone in the development of scientific thought and pedagogy; collectively these books amount to an unparalleled scientific library for the enjoyment of a new generation of readers.Table of Contents1: The Role of Magnetic Fields 2: The Nature of Magnetic Fields 3: Electric and Magnetic Fields 4: The Basic Equations 5: Magnetic Field Stress and Energy 6: Magnetic Equilibrium 7: Propagation of Disturbances 8: The Isolated Flux Tube 9: The Twisted Flux Tube 10: The Isolation and Concentration of Magnetic Flux Tubes 11: The Topology of Magnetic Lines of Force 12: Non-Equilibrium of Invariant Fields 13: The Breakup and Escape of Submerged Magnetic Fields 14: Non-Equilibrium in Field Topologies Lacking Invariance 15: Rapid Reconnection of Magnetic Lines of Force 16: Exclusion of Magnetic Fields from Closed Circulation Patterns 17: Magnetic Fields in Turbulent Fluids 18: The Generation of Large-Scale Fields in Turbulent Fluids 19: The Physical Nature of the Generated Fields 20: The Magnetic Fields of Planets 21: The Magnetic Field of the Sun and Stars 22: The Magnetic Field of the Galaxy 23: Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Activity
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Random House USA Inc My Brief History
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERStephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking’s improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Lavishly illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this concise, witty, and candid account introduces readers to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him Einstein; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a particular black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of physics and cosmology. Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation
Book Synopsis?This is a delightful account of one of the deepest and most fascinating explorations going on today at the frontier of our knowledge.? ?Carlo Rovelli, bestselling author of The Order of Time and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics?Musser knows that the point of popular science is [. . .] to get a sense of what?s at stake, what kinds of answers are being offered to difficult questions, and why it all matters. One could not ask more of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation?on all three counts it delivers.? ?Julian Baggini, The Wall Street JournalA revelatory exploration of how a ?theory of everything? depends upon our understanding of the human mind.The whole goal of physics is to explain what we observe. For centuries, physicists believed that observations yielded faithful representations of what is out there. But when they began to study the subatomic realm, they found that observation often interferes with what is being observed?that the act of seeing changes what we see. The same is true of cosmology: our view of the universe is inevitably distorted by observation bias. And so whether they?re studying subatomic particles or galaxies, physicists must first explain consciousness?and for that they must turn to neuroscientists and philosophers of mind.Neuroscientists have painstakingly built up an understanding of the structure of the brain. Could this help physicists understand the levels of self-organization they observe in other systems? These same physicists, meanwhile, are trying to explain how particles organize themselves into the objects around us. Could their discoveries help explain how neurons produce our conscious experience?Exploring these questions and more, George Musser tackles the extraordinary interconnections between quantum mechanics, cosmology, human consciousness, and artificial intelligence. Combining vivid descriptive writing with portraits of scientists working on the cutting edge, Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation shows how theories of everything depend on theories of mind?and how they might be one and the same.
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Random House USA Inc How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
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WW Norton & Co Packing for Mars
Book SynopsisThe best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.Trade Review"[Her] style is at its most substantial—and most hilarious—in the zero-gravity realm that Packing for Mars explores.… As startling as it is funny." -- Janet Maslin - The New York Times"This is the kind of smart, smirky stuff that Roach does so well." -- Geoff Nicholson - San Francisco Chronicle"Cool answers to questions about the void you didn’t even know you had." -- People"An utterly fascinating account, made all the more entertaining by the author’s ever-amused tone." -- BookPage"An impish and adventurous writer with a gleefully inquisitive mind and stand-up comic’s timing." -- Booklist"The author’s writing comes across as reportorial, but with a clear sense of humor; even the footnotes are used to both informational and comedic effect." -- Time Out New York"Hilarious." -- The New York Times Book Review"A delightful, illuminating grab bag of space-flight curiosities." -- Kirkus Reviews
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US The Janus Point
Book SynopsisIn a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time -- and shapes the destiny of the universe. Time is among the universe's greatest mysteries. Why, when most laws of physics allow for it to flow forward and backward, does it only go forward? Physicists have long appealed to the second law of thermodynamics, held to predict the increase of disorder in the universe, to explain this. In The Janus Point, physicist Julian Barbour argues that the second law has been misapplied and that the growth of order determines how we experience time. In his view, the big bang becomes the 'Janus point,' a moment of minimal order from which time could flow, and order increase, in two directions. The Janus Point has remarkable implications: while most physicists predict that the universe will become mired in disorder, Barbour sees the possibility that order -- the stuff of life -- can grow without bound. A major new work of physics, The Janus Point will transform our understanding of the nature of existence.
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Princeton University Press A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of ideas about the sun and the stars, from antiquity to modern times. Two theoretical astrophysicists who have been active in the field since the early 1960s tell the story in fluent prose. About half of the book covers most of the theoretical research done from 1940 to the close of the tweTrade Review"This is a fascinating story well told. A host of brief biographies, portraits and figures brings the text to life."--David Hughes, New Scientist "The authors have compressed an amazing amount of information into a relatively slender book, and I expect that it will be a standard reference for many years."--William R. Green, The Leading Edge "Appendices and an index round out this excellent resource especially recommended for college library astrophysics shelves."--James A. Cox, Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures vii Preface xi Chapter 1. The Age o Myths and Speculations 1 1.1 Ancient Egypt and the Middle East 2 1.2 Ionia: The Eastern Greek School 4 1.3 Southern Italy: The Western Greek School 6 1.4 The Athenian Period 7 1.5 The Alexandrian Period 12 1.6 From the Dark Age to the Renaissance 16 1.7 The Emergence of Modern Astronomy 22 Chapter 2. Three Centuries of Optical Discoveries: 1610-1910 29 2.1 Distances to the Sun and the Stars 30 2.2 The Beginnings of Spectroscopy 33 2.3 The Sun as a Star 40 2.4 Solar Activity and Rotation 43 2.5 Intrinsic Properties of Stars 47 2.6 Binary Stars and Stellar Masses 56 2.7 Variable and Unusual Stars 59 2.8 The Rise of Astrophysics 64 Chapter 3. The Time of Pioneers: 1840-1910 66 3.1 The Puzzle of the Sun's Energy 67 3.2 The First Solar Models 73 3.3 The Pulsation Theory of Variable Stars (I) 79 3.4 The Double-Star Problem 81 3.5 Early Views of Stellar Evolution 84 3.6 Outline of Solar Activity and Rotation 88 3.7 Retrospect: The Nineteenth-Century Advances 91 Chapter 4. The Formative Years: 1910-1940 94 4.1 The Beginnings of Quantitative Astrophysics 96 4.2 The Stellar-Energy Problem 100 4.3 The Internal Structure of Stars 103 4.4 Pre-1938 Views of Stellar Evolution 110 4.5 White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars 114 4.6 The Pulsation Theory of Variable Stars (II) 120 4.7 The Early Studies of Stellar Rotation 123 4.8 Solar and Stellar Hydrodynamics 128 Chapter 5. The Golden Age: 1940-1970 133 5.1 Nuclear Reactions and Energy Production in Stars 135 5.2 Calculation of Stellar Structure 143 5.3 A Brief Survey of Stellar Evolution 147 5.4 Postgiant Evolution and Stellar Remnants 156 5.5 Evolution of Close Binary Stars 166 5.6 The Pulsation Theory of Variable Stars (III) 173 5.7 Stellar Rotation and Magnetic Fields 177 5.8 The Maturing of Solar Physics 183 Chapter 6. The Era of Specialization: 1970-192 6.1 Single, Double, and Multiple Stars 193 6.2 Early-Type Stars 202 6.3 The Sun 210 6.4 Late-Type Stars 220 6.5 The Pulsation Theory of Variable Stars (IV) 228 6.6 Final Stages of Stellar Evolution 234 Epilogue 247 Appendix A. Lane's Fully Convective Gas Spheres 250 Appendix B. Ritter's Polytropic Gas Spheres 251 Appendix C. Ritter's Theory o Pulsating Stars 252 Appendix D. Radial and Nonradial Stellar Pulsations 254 Appendix E. Bohr's Model of the Atom 257 Appendix F. Einstein's Mass-Energy Relation 260 Appendix G. Three Important Nuclear Reactions 263 General Bibliography 265 Index of Names 269 Index of Subjects 277
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DK The Practical Astronomer Explore the Wonders of
Book SynopsisDiscover the wonders of the Universe with this complete introduction to observing and understanding the night sky.This practical guide explains and demystifies stargazing, teaching you to recognize different kinds of objects and showing you how they move through the sky over the course of the night and the year. It shows you how to understand and enjoy the cosmos, building your practical astronomy skills from the basics to more advanced techniques. Beginning with an explanation of the Universe itself - how big is it, what shape is it, how old is it, and will it end? - it then takes you on a tour around the night sky, building up your knowledge in simple stages. Practical advice begins with naked-eye observations, then illustrated step-by-step instructions show you how to set up and use binoculars and telescopes and how to take your own pictures of the night sky. It also lets you take a closer look at the different objects you can view in the night sky, telling yo
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Running Press Solar System
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Rowman & Littlefield Falling Sky The Science And History Of Meteorites
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Fascinating . . . rich in detail, informative, and entertaining . . . an insightful account.”—Nature magazine “Another scrupulously researched and cleverly assembled gem of explanation and revelation from Ted Nield, who is swiftly consolidating his reputation as the go-to guy for the unraveling of geology’s most fascinating mysteries.” —SIMON WINCHESTER “A fascinating account of how the arrival of extraterrestrial objects has influenced the history of life on Earth.” —Richard Fortey, winner of the Lewis Thomas Prize for science writing and winner of the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Prize for the public communication of science “Nobody writes better on matters geological than Ted Nield, and he has now broadened his scope to include impacts from space and the evolution of life on Earth. His gripping account of how the two seemingly disparate phenomena are related and how we may owe our existence to such impacts is a scientific page-turner of the best kind, rich with personal insights and anecdote as well as with sober (and not so sober) facts.” —John Gribbin, author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat “Science for real at its very best.” —David Bellamy, current or past president of the UK Conservation Foundation, Wildlife Trusts Partnership, National Association for Environmental Education, and the Galapagos Conservation Trust “A witty and lively account not just of the perils of asteroids but also of their many mysteries. A entertaining story, delightfully told.”—Gabrielle Walker, former climate change editor at Nature and former features editor of The New Scientist “A splendid book. Nield recounts the dramatic and often amusing story of our encounters with the `thunderstones’ but goes far beyond this. There is much fascinating science involved in the discovery of where in our solar system meteorites come from and what set them on a collision course with Earth throughout its history.”—Aubrey Manning, professor emeritus of natural history at Edinburgh University, president of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, and winner of the Zoological Society of London Silver Medal for public understanding of science
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Johns Hopkins University Press Dark Side of the Universe Dark Matter Dark Energy
Book SynopsisHe describes techniques that astronomers use to explore the remote recesses of the cosmos in their quest to understand its composition, evolution, and ultimate fate.Trade ReviewA lucid essay on the cosmos-past, present and future-accompanied by clear diagrams, computer graphics and luminous telescopic photos... conveys the excitement of scientists tackling the largest problem yet uncovered. Wall Street Journal 2007 Full of lavish illustrations in beautiful colour-though not of course of dark matter and dark energy-it is a first-class overview for the non-specialist, with enough meaty detail for scientists too. New Scientist 2007 For the general reader and armchair astronomer alike, Nicolson's fascinating account shows how our ideas about the nature and the content of the universe have developed. Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin 2007 Not just for college-level science collections strong in astronomy, but for the general-interest lending library catering to non-scientist readers. Midwest Book Review 2007 I particularly enjoyed how Nicolson explores topics that take a back seat in the mainstream media. -- Monica Bobra Sky and Telescope 2007 Beautifully illustrated... a valuable contribution to popular scientific literature. Choice 2007Table of Contents1. Anatomy of the Cosmos2. Big Bang and Cosmic Destiny3. More than Meets the Eye4. The Rise and Fall of MACHOs5. It's Matter: But Not as we Know it6. The Challenge of MOND: Does Dark Matter Exist at All?7. The WIMP Hunters8. Matter is not Enough9. Runaway Universe: Exploding Stars Point to Accelerating Expansion10. Einstein's Greatest Blunder11. Dark Energy – the Prime Mover12. Testing the New CosmologyEpilogue: A Good Time to be HereEndnotesIndexImage Credits
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Rowman & Littlefield A Case against Accident and SelfOrganization
Book SynopsisIn this study of the origins of life and the universe the author demonstrates that it is mathematically impossible that accidental processes produced the first living matter.Trade ReviewOverman's 'brief' finds implausible the claims that life evolved from nonlife by chance and that the conditions for life in the universe are without cause. . . . As clear and straightforward an argument as one can find. * First Things *The author has provided an eminently readable and interesting book. -- Glenn Wyper * Reformed Review, Fall 98, Vo. 52 N0. 1 *The writing is very clear, with hierarchic organization of numbered sections and subsections. Overman writes for the intelligent layperson, making this fine presentation of the argument for Design accessible to a wide audience. -- Charles E. Chaffey, Universtiy of Toronto * Book Reviews, March 99 *Overman's Brilliant book A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization will demonstrate to any reader that the universe we know could hardly have arisen by chance. * The American Enterprise *For entertainment, Mr. Overman likes to ponder the origins of life on Earth, the mysteries of quantum mechanics and the nuances of particle physics. His mastery of these fields has earned him the respect and admiration of scholars from Cambridge to Harvard. -- Mona Charen * The Washington Times *A valuable contribution to the discussion about the relationship between natural science and theology. -- Wolfhart Pannenberg, University of Munich...impressive work. * Philosophia Christi *
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W. W. Norton & Company Understanding Our Universe
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DK The Planets
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This handy volume packed with the latest scientific observational analysis is a must-have for fans of planetary science." – Library Journal, Starred Review
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Marshall Space Flight Center Images of America
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Beyond Science
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Beyond Science Salvation
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