Astrophysics

This book addresses all scientists and others interested in the origins, development and fate of intelligent species in the observable part of our universe.

This book introduces readers to scattering from a practical/numerical point of view.

This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity.

Our knowledge of the heliosphere in three dimensions near solar minimum has advanced significantly in the last 10 years, largely as a result of the on-going ESAINASA Ulysses mission.

A rigorous and scientific analysis of the myriad possibilities of life beyond our planet.

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.

This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics,  cosmology and planetary science.

A coherent introduction for researchers in astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology on the formation and evolution of galaxies.

Most texts on electromagnetic theory follow the classical approach of steady state solutions of Maxwell's equations.

Observations of the solar magnetic field are largely confined to the radiation emitted from the photosphere, the thin layer of the solar atmosphere which we call "e;the solar surface"e;.

This book combines, for the first time, the topics of radar polarimetry and interferometry.

The study of dust in the universe is an exciting area in current astronomy.

This book contains the lecmres presented at the Summer Advanced Study Institute, 'Physics and Chemistry of Upper Atmospheres' which was held at the University of Orleans, Orleans, France, during the period July 31 through August 11,1972.

In most circumstances atmospheric pressure is closely approximated by the hydrostatic pressure caused by the weight of air above the measurement point.

A survey of the most recent developments in general relativity and in the theory of the unification of Fundamental Interactions is presented in this book.

Dieses Buch bietet eine ausführliche Darstellung der Astroteilchenphysik und der kosmischen Strahlung mit den dazugehörigen Messmethoden in der Forschung.

Now in its fourth edition, Pulsar Astronomy provides a thoroughly revised and updated introduction to the field of pulsar astronomy.

Magnetism in binary stars is an area of central importance in stellar astrophysics.

This is the first book to give a comprehensive overview of recent observational and theoretical results on solar wind structures and fluctuations and magnetohydrodynamic waves and turbulence, preference being given to phenomena in the inner heliosphere.

This book deals with special relativity theory and its application to cosmology.

Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars?

Beginning from first principles and adopting a modular structure, this book develops the fundamental physical methods needed to describe and understand a wide range of seemingly very diverse astrophysical phenomena and processes.

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.

Here is a comprehensive guide for every amateur astronomer who hopes to do more than just star-gaze.

Owing to the increased accuracy requirements in fields such as astrometry and geodesy the general theory of relativity must be taken into account for any mission requiring highly accurate orbit information and for practically all observation and measurement techniques.

Mit diesem Buch begeben Sie sich auf die spannende Suche nach der Dunklen Materie, die nach dem aktuellen Stand der Forschung den Großteil der Masse unseres Universums ausmacht.

This book deals with an effect in celestial mechanics that has become quite important in exoplanet research.

Magnetized plasmas in the universe exhibit complex dynamical behavior over a huge range of scales.

This new book is a thorough but short review of the history and present status of ideas in cosmology.

Strangeness nuclear physics bears a broad impact on contemporary physics since it lies at the intersection of nuclear and elementary particle physics, having, moreover, significant implications to the astrophysics of compact objects.

This volume marks the transition to a fresh paradigm in the study of stellar explosions.

Symbiotic stars were identified spectroscopically as M giants with a very strong He II 4686 emission line.

How did life originate on Earth?

Neutron stars are the smallest denses stars known, with densities some 1014 times that of the Earth.

Il volume è un'introduzione alla Fisica Solare che si propone lo scopo di illustrare alla persona che intende avvicinarsi a questa disciplina (studenti, dottori di ricerca, ricercatori) i meccanismi fisici che stanno alla base della complessa fenomenologia osservata sulla stella a noi più vicina.

The discovery of the earth's radiation belts in 1957 marked the beginning of what is now known as magnetospheric physics.

The book collects a series of articles to review the advances that have been made in the field of gravitational collapse in general relativity and alternative theories of gravity in the past few years.

It has always been ESO's aim to operate the VLT in an interferometric mode (VLTI) which allows the coherent combination of stellar light beams col- lected by the four 8-m telescopes and by several smaller auxiliary telescopes.

The Pacific Rim Conference originally started with one research concentration only - binary star research.

The huge amount of data obtained by surveys in all wavebands, from radio to X-rays, has allowed major progress in the understanding of Active Galactic Nuclei and of their cosmic evolution.

A quantitative introduction to planetary science for advanced undergraduates, including planet formation, exoplanets and planetary habitability.

After decades of painstaking planning, NASA's first dedicated exoplanet detection mission, the Kepler space telescope, was launched in 2009 from Cape Canaveral.

This book presents a direct measurement of quantum back action, or radiation pressure noise, on a macroscopic object at room temperature across a broad bandwidth in the audio range.

The success of the standard model in explaining low energy ( 100GeV) physics within the framework of spontaneously broken Yang-Mills theory has given physicists the hope that the Einstein dream of a unified theory of fundamental interactions might be achieved using geometrical methods of local symmetry principles supplemented by consistency requirements such as renormalization, unitarity and, most crucially, compatibility with present low energy data.

In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given two years to live.

Magnetism is one of the most pervasive features of the Universe, with planets, stars and entire galaxies all having associated magnetic fields.

A journey into Einstein''s world of gravity and its captivating objects: black holes, neutron stars, and gravitational waves.

These proceedings provide a summary of the state-of-the-art in the understanding of physical processes which control galaxy formation.