Astrophysics

On behalf of the IAU Commission 48 "e;High Energy Astrophysics"e; a special session on "e;CNO Isotopes in Astrophysics"e; was held at the General Assembly of IAU in Grenoble on August 30, 1976.

This book provides an introduction, from the astronomical point of view of the author, to the exciting search for extra-terrestrial life, and an overview of the current status of research into 'alien' life in the Solar System and beyond.

The European Workshop on White Dwarfs was initiated by Prof.

Mars is about one-eighth the mass of the Earth and it may provide an analogue of what the Earth was like when it was at such an early stage of accretion.

These words are written on the SOOth anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World.

This proceedings contains the talks delivered at plenary and parallel sessions by leading researchers in both classical and quantum general relativity and in astrophysics.

,This is the updated, widely revised, restructured and expanded third edition of Lena et al.

The inaugural Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows was held at The Pennsylvania State University in 1977.

Astrophysical dynamos are at the heart of cosmic magnetic fields of a wide range of scales, from planets and stars to entire galaxies.

Star clusters are at the heart of astronomy, being key objects for our understanding of stellar evolution and galactic structure.

A concise introduction to modern astrophysics, with a focus on galaxy dynamics and the discovery of dark matter halos.

This book addresses the fascinating subject of astrophysics from its theoretical basis to predominant research conducted in the field today.

The Relativists and Cosmologists in India organized an international conference in Goa, India, in 1987, known as the International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC-87).

This book summarizes the lectures given at the 162.

Since the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a main sequence star in 1995, nearly 500 planets have been detected, with this number expected to increase dramatically as new ground-based planetary searches begin to report their results.

This thesis develops the dispersive optical model into a tool that allows for the assessment of the validity of nuclear reaction models, thereby generating unambiguous removal probabilities of nucleons from valence orbits using the electron-induced proton knockout reaction.

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A lens into the unexplored and unseen cosmosA beautiful book showcasing the most stunning images from the first years of the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful infrared space observatory, along with expert insights into their revelations.

A Practical Guide to Observational Astronomy provides a practical and accessible introduction to the ideas and concepts that are essential to making and analyzing astronomical observations.

With over 150 alphabetically arranged entries about key scientists, concepts, discoveries, technological innovations, and learned institutions, the Oxford Guide to Physics and Astronomy traces the history of physics and astronomy from the Renaissance to the present.

All of science springs from the observation of nature.

This book provides detailed calculated values for the thermal radiative and thermodynamic functions of black-body radiation in finite spectral ranges.

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.

The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Beppo Occhialini, the cosmic-ray physicist associated among other things to the fundamental discoveries of the electron-positron pairs and of the pion thanks to his contributions to the development of the controlled cloud chamber and of new nuclear emulsions, is the occasion to publish his memoirs on the main events of his scientific life, which he dictated shortly before his death.

In May 1998 a hundred renowned scientists from 20 different countries met at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Aeronomie to communicate their latest results and ideas in astrophysical and space plasma, as a follow-up to previous similar meetings which were held in Varenna, Abastumai, Potsdam, Toki and Guaruja.

An introduction to the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence through the lens of Fermi''s paradox, discussing methodology and potential solutions.

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, which has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969, is de- voted to the recording, summarizing and indexing of astronomical publications throughout the world.

This book is a collection of original papers presented at the International Conference on Computational Mathematics in Nanoelectronics and Astrophysics (CMNA 2018) held at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, from 1 to 3 November 2018.

According to a long-standing astronomical tradition, the naming of minor planets in the solar system is the privilege of the discoverers.

This book introduces needed theoretical instruments and offers an up-to-date discussion on fundamental physics as well as the experimental tools used and developed for the construction and exploitation of gravitational wave antennae (resonant bars, ground-based and space interferometric detectors).

The fundamental and very important property of inertia has never been well understood.

This book covers metal-rich stars for researchers and graduate students in extragalactic astronomy.

"e;[Manly] has succeeded in creating a succinct introduction to multiple universes within the historic context of theoretical physics.

The hydrogen Lyman-alpha line is of utmost importance to many fields of astrophysics.

Presenting detailed papers and broad reviews, this volume provides a complete view of X-ray polarimetry for researchers in astrophysics.

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

This third edition of Malcolm Longair's highly acclaimed textbook is an up-to-date text on astrophysical cosmology expounding the structure of classical cosmological models from a contemporary viewpoint.

As evidenced by five Nobel Prizes in physics, radio astronomy in its 80-year history has contributed greatly to our understanding of the universe.

This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity.

It is said that a typical astronomer of the 19th century spent seven hours working at a desk for every hour spent at the telescope.

Explore spectacular advances in contemporary physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einstein''s discovery of general relativity.

The study of white dwarfs has been steadily growing during the last years and now is a mature field extending its influence over many others.

Since the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a main sequence star in 1995, nearly 500 planets have been detected, with this number expected to increase dramatically as new ground-based planetary searches begin to report their results.

This thesis provides new insights into the seemingly anomalous ubiquity of lithium-rich red giant stars.

The year 1998 marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the neutron monitor, a key research tool in the field of space physics and solar-terrestrial relations.