Astrophysics

Containing the latest, groundbreaking discoveries in the field, this text outlines the basics of Einstein's theory of gravity with a focus on its most important astrophysical consequences, including stellar structures, black holes and the physics of gravitational waves.

The emergence over the past several years of space plasma simula- tions as a distinct field of endeavor, rather than simply the somewhat startling offspring of plasma physics, computer simulations and space observations, has necessitated a concentrated effort at interdigitat- ing its parent and component fields.

This thesis presents the results of indirect dark matter searches in the gamma-ray sky of the near Universe, as seen by the MAGIC Telescopes.

This volume is a reference source of fundamental formulae in physics and astrophysics.

In recent years there have been great advances in the fields of laboratory and astronomical spectroscopy.

The proceedings of this workshop should probably be prefaced with a few words on some of the more confusing jargon.

A detailed introduction for graduate students and researchers, which connects the astrophysics of massive stars with the extremes of galaxy evolution.

With contributions by leading theoreticians, this book presents the discoveries of hitherto hidden connections between seemingly unrelated fields of fundamental physics.

It is widely accepted that quarks and leptons should be understood on the basis of the same unification scheme.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of ideas about the sun and the stars, from antiquity to modern times.

Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein over 75 years ago.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

It is only several decades since galaxies were recognized as huge aggregations of matter in the universe which consist of myriads of stars and vast clouds of gas.

Der Aufsatz demonstriert anhand ausgiebig kommentierter zeitgenössischer Zeugnisse Goethes Reaktion auf die Arbeiten Fraunhofers, insbesondere auf die Entdeckung der dunklen Linien im Sonnenspektrum.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Predicted long ago to be present on the surface of planetary bodies by theoreticians and recently shown by interplanetary spacecraft and ground- based instruments to be ubiquitous in the Solar System, ices in a broad sense have become an extremely important subject in planetary research.

We stand at the threshold of an exciting era of Asteroseismology.

The controversial question of whether the majority of the narrow absorption lines observed in QSO spectra represent cosmological intervening systems or ejecta from the QSO themselves is settled.

The Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy organizes each year in the late winter or early spring an advanced course.

This ESO workshop, which took place in September 1995 on a topic that at a first glance could be considered rather specialized, attracted an unpre- dictably large number of scientists.

Get the straight, scientific story on things like astrology, ghosts, spontaneous human combustion, psychic surgery, and ESP.

THE FAST AND PAINLESS WAY TO GRASP THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BASIC ASTRONOMY .

A reference work on astrophysical compact objects that emit X-rays, for graduate students and researchers.

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.

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This book reports on the extraordinary observation of TeV gamma rays from the Crab Pulsar, the most energetic light ever detected from this type of object.

This volume is composed of four major in-depth yet pedagogic review chapters on the subject of star formation, written by the foremost researchers in the field.

An increasing number of people are taking advantage of the relatively low prices of astronomical equipment.

A stunning ebook with clear navigation for admirers of astrophotography.

Das Handbuch der Astrofotografie behandelt den gegenwärtigen Stand astrofotografischer Techniken und alle relevanten Teilbereiche.

Modern observations, including recent ones with the Hubble Space Telescope, have revealed that the Universe is replete with plasma outflows from all kinds of objects, ranging from stars in all their variety to galaxies.

This book presents novel observational evidence toward detecting and characterizing the products of massive, interacting binary stars.

This second edition of Particles in the Dark Universe has been substantially enhanced with several new chapters that delve into crucial aspects of particle physics in the Universe.

Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances resulting from an interaction of the Solar Flare radiation with the constituents of the upper atmosphere constitute one of the three major aspects of ground level monitoring of solar flares -the other two being optical observations of flares, and the observations of solar bursts in radio wavelengths.

The book presents very recent advances in understanding dark matter, dark energy effects, orbital dynamics of exoplanets around binary stars in non-planar configurations, the orbital dynamics of a moon in the star-planet systems, the orbital dynamics of interstellar interlopers around binary stars, the mechanisms of stellar flares, parameters of white dwarfs atmospheres.

The PASCOS (International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology) series brings together the leading experts and most active young researchers in the closely related fields of elementary particle physics, string theory and cosmology/astrophysics.

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.

Astrochemical Modelling: Practical Aspects of Microphysics in Numerical Simulations is a comprehensive and detailed guide to dealing with the standard problems that students and researchers face when they need to take into account astrochemistry in their models, including building chemical networks, determining the relevant processes, and understanding the theoretical challenges and the numerical limitations.

A hands-on introduction to machine learning and its applications to the physical sciencesAs the size and complexity of data continue to grow exponentially across the physical sciences, machine learning is helping scientists to sift through and analyze this information while driving breathtaking advances in quantum physics, astronomy, cosmology, and beyond.

This book deals with the interdisciplinary areas of nuclear physics, supernovae and neutron star physics.

This textbook highlights mechanisms, properties, observations, and research progress of solar and stellar rotation.

Since the publication of the popular first edition, stellar and planetary scientists have produced numerous new observations, theories, and interpretations, including the "e;demotion"e; of our former ninth planet Pluto as a dwarf planet.

Classical stellar evolution theories have undergone some drastic changes in recent decades.

The book summarizes international progress over the last few decades in upper atmosphere airglow research.

Designed as a textbook for teaching astrophysics to physics students at advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level.

The spallation neutron source (SNS) being built at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will be by far the highest flux pulsed source of epithermal neutrons in the world when it comes on line in 2006.

This book presents gravitational lensing as an essential tool in astrophysics for tracking dark matter at all scales in the Universe.