Astrophysics

The concepts of dark matter and the cosmic web are some of the most significant developments in cosmology in the past century.

Interest in the problem of interaction between radiation and astrophysical plasmas arose decades ago.

A comprehensive examination of nearly fourteen billion years of galaxy formation and evolution, from primordial gas to present-day galaxies.

A thorough introduction to radio astronomy and techniques for students and researchers approaching radio astronomy for the first time.

This workshop brought together the leaders in the field of education in astronomy and explored the newly available technologies that can make astronomy a powerful teaching tool for high school and undergraduate college students.

The sine-Gordon model is a ubiquitous model of Mathematical Physics with a wide range of applications extending from coupled torsion pendula and Josephson junction arrays to gravitational and high-energy physics models.

This book represents the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Insti- tute on Formation and Evolution of Low Mass Stars held from 21 September to 2 October 1987 at Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

An accelerating convergence of interests of particle physics and modern experimental and theoretical astrophysics has been witnessed in the past few years.

This is volume 6 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research, covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy.

This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.

This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics.

The year is 2007, the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age.

Galaxies have a history.

This book is based partly on a.

Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugene N.

Comprehensive textbook prioritising physical ideas over mathematical detail.

A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to understand our universe's mysterious structureJ.

As a country with 5000 years of history, China has made tremendous contributions to astronomy.

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

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.

A substantial update of this award-winning and highly regarded cosmology textbook, for advanced undergraduates in physics and astronomy.

Dark Matter, Neutrinos, and Our Solar System is a unique enterprise that should be viewed as an important contribution to our understanding of dark matter, neutrinos and the solar system.

This book provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars.

Nuclear physics is an exciting, broadly faceted field.

The Second Principle of Thermodynamics is nowadays a sort of "e;religious"e; belief: the certainty that our universe, with everything in it, is destined to be destroyed, sentients included-a thought that has been heavily radicated for decades in a society divided between rigid atheists and likewise rigid religious people.

This is the fifth in the important series of Moscow Seminars on Quantum Gravity.

This volume contains up-to-date accounts of many of the latest developments in gravitation, cosmology and astrophysics, including papers on black hole radiation, empirical tests of gravitational theory, quantum gravity, classical and quantum cosmology, singularities, computational methods, and a number of other topics.

This volume, together with its two companion volumes, originated in a study commis- sioned by the United States National Academy of Sciences on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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

Advances in Geosciences is the result of a concerted effort in bringing the latest results and planning activities related to earth and space science in Asia and the international arena.

This book provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars.

As we prod the cosmos at very large scales, basic tenets of physics seem to crumble under the weight of contradicting evidence.

This thesis presents studies of the starless core populations of three nearby molecular clouds made as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Gould Belt Survey.

This book offers an overview of the fundamental dynamical processes, which are necessary to understand astrophysical phenomena, from the viewpoint of hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, and radiation hydrodynamics.

The term proto-planetary nebulae (PPNe) in the context of the late stages of stellar evolution was created only slightly more than 20 years ago to express the belief that in the near future these objects will become planetary nebulae (PNe).

Presents the physics of stars in relation to modern topics such as neutrino oscillations, supernovae, black holes, and gravitational waves.

This volume explores the questions and answers surrounding the ''secret of life'', combining approaches from the sciences, philosophy and theology, including the emerging discipline of astrobiology.

The space between the stars contains a large diversity of objects in which physical processes occur that are fundamental to the structure and evolution of galaxies.

A variety of evolutionary sequences of models for the solar interior has been computed, corresponding to variations in input data, to obtain some idea of the uncertainties involved in predicting a solar neutrino flux.

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

Spectral line formation theory is at the heart of astrophysical diagnostic.

Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics.

"e;How to Observe the Sun Safely, 2nd Edition"e; gives all the basic information and advice the amateur astronomer needs to get started in observing our own ever-fascinating star.