Astrophysics

This book presents timely work on the nature of the physical processes underpinning two of the basic characteristics of the gas structure in the innermost region of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN): ionized outflows and emission line regions.

This book addresses the peculiarities of nonlinear wave propagation in waveguides and explains how the stratification depends on the waveguide and confinement.

This book highlights a major advance in low-energy scattering theory: the Multi-Channel Algebraic Scattering (MCAS) theory, which represents an attempt to unify structure and reaction theory.

This book serves as both a primer to astronomical polarimetry and an authoritative overview of its application to various types of astronomical objects from AGN, compact stars, binary systems, stars across the HR diagram, transients, the interstellar medium and solar system bodies.

In the late 20th and beginning 21st century high-precision astronomy, positioning and metrology strongly rely on general relativity.

Regarding his discoveries, Sir Isaac Newton famously said, "e;If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Dark matter is a frequently discussed topic in contemporary particle physics.

This Festschrift is a tribute to Susan Stepney's ideas and achievements in the areas of computer science, formal specifications and proofs, complex systems, unconventional computing, artificial chemistry, and artificial life.

In 2008, the European FP6 JETSET project ended.

This is a follow-on book to the introductory textbook "e;Physics of the Solar Corona"e; previously published in 2004 by the same author, which provided a systematic introduction and covered mostly scientific results from the pre-2000 era.

These peer-reviewed NIC XV conference proceedings present the latest major advances in nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmochemistry and neutrino physics, which provide the necessary framework for a microscopic understanding of astrophysical processes.

This textbook introduces the reader to the basic concepts and equations that describe stellar structure.

These lecture notes are intended for starting PhD students in theoretical physics who have a working knowledge of General Relativity.

There are several billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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

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 book contains everything you need to know about variable stars -- stars whose brightness varies noticeably over time.

Black holes are the largest stores of energy in the universe, they rule the universe.

The New York Times bestseller about the strange history of NASA and its cover-ups regarding its origins and extraterrestrial architecture found on the moon and Mars is even more interesting in its new edition.

Galaxies, along with their underlying dark matter halos, constitute the building blocks of structure in the Universe.

Astrophysics is the physics of the stars, and more widely the physics of the Universe.

This book discusses the methods used in helio- and asteroseismology for the collection, analysis and interpretation of data.

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development of the theory of scale relativity and fractal space-time.

The book begins with a historical review of four major theories for the origin of the Solar System in particular, or of planets in general, which highlight the major problems that need to be solved by any plausible theory.

This book presents a new approach to the subject of cosmology.

The present well-established study of planets orbiting stars other than our Sun, the exoplanets, was reviewed by the author in his earlier book Wandering Stars.

Written in an informal manner, this account tells the incredible story of the birth of an entirely new field of science called Astrobiology-a field that is now investigating whether life might exist on other worlds.

This current updated and expanded text reflects the large number of scientific advances, both theoretically and experimentally, within the discipline of cosmoparticle physics in the last 10 years.

This book presents the first comprehensive exploration of the state of this well studied and thus unsolved mystery of the value of the Hubble constant.

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

In a brilliant flash about fourteen billion years ago, time and matter were born in a single instant of creation.

'A gripping exploration of one of the most fundamental, but also perplexing aspects of existence.

Whether searching for extra-terrestrial life, managing the effects of space weather or learning about dark matter, the study astrophysics has profound implications for us all.

'This is a nicely produced book which should appeal to a wide readership.

Discover the story of the people who see beyond the stars SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - known simply as Chandra throughout the scientific world - has become a legendary figure for his prolific contributions to physics, astrophysics, and applied mathematics.

This invaluable book presents selected papers of S Chandrasekhar, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 and a scientific giant well known for his prolific and monumental contributions to astrophysics, physics and applied mathematics.

The space vehicle spectaculars of recent years have been revealing the full scope and beauty of our own solar system but have also shown that a growing number of other stars too have planetary bodies orbiting around them.

Where do stars come from and how do they form?

Reviewing the fundamental instrumental techniques and current observational results, this book unveils the mysteries of the physical processes in the central parsec of our Milky Way: the super-massive black hole embedded in a central stellar cluster as well as the gas and dust in the circumnuclear region.

In this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their subject areas within the field of Astronomy.

Physicist Frank Close takes the reader to the frontiers of science in a vividly told investigation of revolutionary science and enterprise from the seventeenth century to the present.