Astrophysics

Covering topics of radio astronomy, this book contains graduate-level problems with carefully presented solutions.

All theoretical and observational topics relevant to the understanding of the thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernova phenomenon are thoroughly and consistently reviewed by a panel including the foremost experts in the field.

The series of books discusses the physics of laser and matter interaction, fluid dynamics of high-temperature and high-density compressible plasma, and kinetic phenomena and particle dynamics in laser-produced plasma.

This textbook provides an introduction to gravitational lensing, which has become an invaluable tool in modern astrophysics, with applications that range from finding planets orbiting distant stars to understanding how dark matter and dark energy conspired to form the cosmic structures we see today.

This exhaustive survey is the result of a four year effort by many leading researchers in the field to produce both a readable introduction and a yardstick for the many upcoming experiments using heavy ion collisions to examine the properties of nuclear matter.

This book provides a detailed, state-of-the-art overview of key observational and theoretical aspects of the rapidly developing and highly interdisciplinary field of exoplanet science, as viewed through the lenses of eight world-class experts.

Magnetism, when extended beyond normal frameworks into cosmic space is characterized by an enormous spatial scale.

Have you ever stopped at a construction project on the way to your office and the day's astrophysics?

This monograph is based on four papers which have been published in Astrophysics and Space Sciences 1970--1974.

Get ready to embark on the exciting search for dark matter-the invisible mass that dominates our universe.

This book presents the astrophysical concepts behind astronomical spectroscopy, covering both theoretical and practical elements.

Solar and stellar photospheres constitute the layers most accessible to observations, forming the interface between the interior and the outside of the stars.

General relativity and quantum mechanics have become the two central pillars of theoretical physics.

A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality.

The ENAM2001 Conference was held on July 2-7, 2001 at the Rantasipi Aulanko Hotel in Hameenlinna in southern Finland.

From 12 April to 14 April 1988, 120 of Gerard and Antoinette de Vaucouleurs's friends and colleagues gathered at the Institut d' Astrophysique in Paris to cel- ebrate Gerard's 70th birthday and his remarkable career in Astronomy.

Nonlinear dynamo theory is central to understanding the magnetic structures of planets, stars and galaxies.

An insider's look at the cutting-edge science of today's planet huntersIn Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets-and alien life-beyond our solar system.

This book clears up some confusion in the field of star formation and proposes a solution to a problem that remains unsolved for more than a decade.

Die Sonne ist ein ziemlich durchschnittlicher Stern, der sich vor allem durch seine geringe Entfernung zur Erde auszeichnet.

This book is an updated and modified translation of the Russian edition of 1984.

Based on lectures given at a CNRS summer school in France, this book covers many aspects of stellar environments (both observational and theoretical) and offers a broad overview of the field.

This volume contains original material and fresh ideas from the world's leading specialists on a wide range of topics in general relativity, astrophysics and cosmology.

This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Astronomy explores the exciting hunt for low frequency gravitational waves by using the extraordinary timing precision of pulsars.

The purpose of this volume is to present the latest planetary studies of an international body of scientists concerned with the physical and chemical aspects of terrestrial planets.

Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars is a complete guide to practical astronomy, written for beginners, intermediate-level astronomers, and even people who have not yet turned their gaze to the night sky.

When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze.

This thesis sheds valuable new light on the second-order cosmological perturbation theory, extensively discussing it in the context of cosmic microwave background (CMB) fluctuations.

The origin of stars is one of the principle mysteries of nature.

Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good `back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result.

This volume gathers the content of the courses held at the Third IDPASC School, which took place in San Martino Pinario, Hospederia and Seminario Maior, in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galiza, Spain, from January 21st to February 2nd, 2013.

This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V.

ROCKET PROPULSION ELEMENTS THE DEFINITIVE INTRODUCTION TO ROCKET PROPULSION THEORY AND APPLICATIONSThe recent upsurge in global government and private spending and in space flight events has resulted in many novel applications of rocket propulsion technology.

The ultimate proofs that black holes exist have been obtained very recently thanks to the detection of gravitational waves from their coalescence and due to material orbiting at a distance of some gravitational radii imaged by optical interferometry or X-ray reverberation mapping.

The winner of UCL's annual HEP thesis prize, this work describes an analysis of the data from the second flight of the Antarctica Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA).

Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate.

This thesis focuses on the theoretical foundation of the Standard Model valid up to the Planck scale, based on the current experimental facts from the Large Hadron Collider.

Several of the very foundations of the cosmological standard model - the baryon asymmetry of the universe, dark matter, and the origin of the hot big bang itself - still call for an explanation from the perspective of fundamental physics.

Cosmology is a relatively new science, but cosmological questions are as old as mankind.

How planets form is one of the long-standing questions in astrophysics.

This book concentrates on some of the odd aspects of comets and asteroids.

This volume treats various facets of the dark matter problem.

This volume contains the talks presented at the International Workshop on Aspects of Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics (DARK '96).

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics.

In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics.