Astrophysics

It is now a well-established tradition that every four years, at the end of winter, a group of 'celestial mechanicians' from all over the world gather in the Austrian Alps at the invitation of R.

This volume documents the theoretical and observational results and arguments in favour of (or against) the most preferred models of structure formation.

This new, fourth, edition of Allen's classic Astrophysical Quantities belongs on every astronomer's bookshelf.

Research on extrasolar planets is one of the most exciting fields of activity in astrophysics.

E A Milne was one of the giants of 20th century astrophysics and cosmology.

Recent state-of-the-art technologies in fabricating low-loss optical and mechanical components have significantly motivated the study of quantum-limited measurements with optomechanical devices.

A comprehensive summary of what is known about the Local Group, and what this knowledge tells us about the rest of the Universe.

Advances in Machine Learning and Data Mining for Astronomy documents numerous successful collaborations among computer scientists, statisticians, and astronomers who illustrate the application of state-of-the-art machine learning and data mining techniques in astronomy.

Streamlining the extensive information from the original, highly acclaimed monograph, this new An Introduction to the Physics of Interstellar Dust provides a concise reference and overview of interstellar dust and the interstellar medium.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 8th International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IConSpace 2023), held at Penang in Malaysia.

Systems thinking/analysis is widely applied for solving complex problems in engineering and certain other fields.

Presents state-of-the-art sparse and multiscale image and signal processing with applications in astronomy, biology, MRI, media, and forensics.

This book presents recent results on the modelling of space plasmas with Kappa distributions and their interpretation.

In published papers H A Bethe and G E Brown worked out the collapse of large stars and supernova explosions.

The Correspondence of John Flamsteed: The First Astronomer Royal, Volume Two contains the letters Flamsteed wrote and received from June 1682 to the spring of 1703.

A concise introduction to cosmology and how light first emerged in the universeThough astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe.

A 2003 introduction to basic practical tools, methods and phenomena that underlie quantitative astronomy.

America's first successful attempt at unmanned lunar exploration, Project Ranger culminated in close-up television images of the moon's surface.

ESO's new and exciting telescope, the VLT in Chile, will certainly bring a host of new results in optical astronomy for the years to come.

Waves and Oscillations in Plasmas addresses central issues in modern plasma sciences, within the context of general classical physics.

Did the Universe have a beginning?

All stars are born in groups.

A Modern Primer in Particle and Nuclear Physics provides a cohesive introduction to the fundamentals of the field and is designed to be accessible to undergraduate students.

Many astrophysical bodies produce winds, jets or explosions, which blow spectacular bubbles.

To understand the history, accomplishments, failures, and meanings of astronomy requires a knowledge of what has been said about astronomy by philosophers, novelists, playwrights, poets, scientists, and laymen.

Effective field theories have been widely used in nuclear physics.

Audouin Dollfus Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, 92195 Meudon, FRfu~CE The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and, in particular, its Department of Scientific Affairs headed by Dr.

Like no other telescope ever invented, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given us magnificent high resolution views of the gigantic cosmic collisions between galaxies.

Based on the lecture notes of a school titled 'Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics' that brought together students and researchers, this book focuses on the fundamental theories of tides at different scales of the universe-from tiny satellites to whole galaxies-and on the most recent developments.

Cosmology's journey to the present day has been a long one.

A stimulating introduction for undergraduates in astronomy, physics and mathematics, this second edition contains two new chapters and new exercises.

The book is based on research presentations at the international conference, "e;Emerging Trends in Applied Mathematics: In the Memory of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, S.

This book provides the latest achievements and original research work in physics of combustion processes and application of the methods developed in combustion physics for astrophysical problems of stars burning, supernovae explosions and a confined thermonuclear fusion.

An outgrowth of the first Asia-Pacific Regional School on the International Heliophysical Year (IHY), this volume contains a collection of review articles describing the universal physical processes in the heliospace influenced by solar electromagnetic and mass emissions.

Originally published in 1995, Creation and Evolution in the Early American Scientific Affiliation is the tenth volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth Century America, reissued in 2021.

A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them.

The lectures that four authors present in this volume investigate core topics related to the accelerated expansion of the Universe.

First published in 1996, Science as a Questioning Process evaluates scientific theories through from Darwinian evolution to relativity, and from quantum theory to cosmology.

It has been more than a decade since new elementary particles were discovered.

The objective of this book is to contribute to specialized literature with the most significant results obtained by the author in Continuous Mechanics and Astrophysics.

In this book an international group of specialists discusses studies of exoplanets subjected to extreme stellar radiation and plasma conditions.

The SECCHI A and B instrument suites (Howard et al.

With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures.

This year's GIFT Seminar reviewed some recent developments and new perspectives on Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology.

Relativistic hydrodynamics is a very successful theoretical framework to describe the dynamics of matter from scales as small as those of colliding elementary particles, up to the largest scales in the universe.

This book discusses cosmology from both an observational and a strong theoretical perspective.

This book contains written versions of the presentations made at the 4th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM 2002), held in York, UK, in September 2002.

The next major step in millimetre astronomy, and one of the highest-priority items in radio astronomy today, is a large millimetre array with a collecting area 2 of up to 10 000 m .