Astrophysical Concepts

Author : Martin Harwit
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475720198

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Astrophysical Concepts by Martin Harwit Pdf

My principal aim in writing this book was to present a wide range of astrophysical topics in sufficient depth to give the reader a general quantitative understanding of the subject. The book outlines cosmic events but does not portray them in detail-it provides aseries of astrophysical sketches. I think this approach befits the present uncertainties and changing views in astrophysics. The material is based on notes I prepared for a course aimed at seniors and beginning graduate students in physics and astronomy at Cornell. This course defined the level at which the book is written. For readers who are versed in physics but are unfamiliar with astronomical terminology, Appendix A is included. It gives a brief background of astronomical concepts and should be read before starting the main text. The first few chapters outline the scope of modern astrophysics and deal with elementary problems concerning the size and mass of cosmic objects. However, it soon becomes apparent that a broad foundation in physics is needed to proceed. This base is developed in Chapters 4 to 7 by using, as ex am pIes, specific astronomi cal situations. Chapters 8 to 10 enlarge on the topics first outlined in Chapter I and show how we can obtain quantitative insights into the structure and evolution of stars, the dynamics of co~mic gases, and the large-scale behavior of the universe.

Author : Gerhard Schwarz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0387512802

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Dissoziierter Hirntod by Gerhard Schwarz Pdf

Author : Thanu Padmanabhan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812774378

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An Invitation to Astrophysics by Thanu Padmanabhan Pdf

This unique book provides a clear and lucid description of several aspects of astrophysics and cosmology in a language understandable to a physicist or beginner in astrophysics. It presents the key topics in all branches of astrophysics and cosmology in a simple and concise language. The emphasis is on currently active research areas and exciting new frontiers rather than on more pedantic topics. Many complicated results are introduced with simple, novel derivations which strengthen the conceptual understanding of the subject. The book also contains over one hundred exercises which will help students in their self study. Undergraduate and graduate students in physics and astrophysics as well as all physicists who are interested in obtaining a quick grasp of astrophysical concepts will find this book useful. Contents: Gravitation; Radiative Processes; Matter; Stars and Stellar Evolution; Relics of Stars; Cosmology and the Early Universe; Universe at z

Author : Stan Owocki
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108844390

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Fundamentals of Astrophysics by Stan Owocki Pdf

Introduces students with calculus-based physics, to fundamental astrophysical concepts, for a one-semester introduction to astrophysics.

Author : Martin Harwit
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107661189

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In Search of the True Universe by Martin Harwit Pdf

Astrophysicist and scholar Martin Harwit examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies the factors contributing to this progress. Astronomy, whose tools were largely imported from physics and engineering, benefited mid-century from the US policy of coupling basic research with practical national priorities. This strategy, initially developed for military and industrial purposes, provided astronomy with powerful tools yielding access - at virtually no cost - to radio, infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations. Today, astronomers are investigating the new frontiers of dark matter and dark energy, critical to understanding the cosmos but of indeterminate socio-economic promise. Harwit addresses these current challenges in view of competing national priorities and proposes alternative new approaches in search of the true Universe. This is an engaging read for astrophysicists, policy makers, historians, and sociologists of science looking to learn and apply lessons from the past in gaining deeper cosmological insight.

Author : Nebojsa Duric
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521525713

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Advanced Astrophysics by Nebojsa Duric Pdf

This 2003 book develops the basic underlying physics required for a fuller, richer understanding of the science of astrophysics and the important astronomical phenomena it describes. The cosmos manifests phenomena in which physics can appear in its most extreme, and therefore more insightful, forms. A proper understanding of phenomena like black holes, quasars and extrasolar planets requires that we understand the physics that underlies all of astrophysics. Consequently, developing astrophysical concepts from fundamental physics has the potential to achieve two goals: to derive a better understanding of astrophysical phenomena from first principles and to illuminate the physics from which the astrophysics is developed. To that end, astrophysical topics are grouped according to the relevant areas of physics. The book is ideal as a text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students as well as a reference for established researchers.

Author : Kenneth Lang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540296921

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Astrophysical Formulae by Kenneth Lang Pdf

This classic reference for the fundamental formulae of physics and astrophysics has become part of nearly every astronomers and astrophysicists library. "A magnificent compendium" - OPTICA ACTA (ON THE FIRST EDITION)

Author : Kenneth R. Lang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662216392

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Astrophysical Formulae by Kenneth R. Lang Pdf

This is a definitive reference of 2,100 fundamental formulae used in astronomy and astrophysics. It not only makes accessible all the indispensable equations employed in the field, but also carefully explains the physical assumptions and constants underlying them. The bibliography contains more than 1,900 citations of original papers. Accounting for nearly 20 years since the previous edition, this volume is significantly revised and expanded.

Author : Priyamvada Natarajan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300221121

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Mapping the Heavens by Priyamvada Natarajan Pdf

A theoretical astrophysicist explores the ideas that transformed our knowledge of the universe over the past century. The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place, filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled by dark energy and structured by dark matter. Priyamvada Natarajan, our guide to these ideas, is someone at the forefront of the research—an astrophysicist who literally creates maps of invisible matter in the universe. She not only explains for a wide audience the science behind these essential ideas but also provides an understanding of how radical scientific theories gain acceptance. The formation and growth of black holes, dark matter halos, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the echo of the big bang, the discovery of exoplanets, and the possibility of other universes—these are some of the puzzling cosmological topics of the early twenty-first century. Natarajan discusses why the acceptance of new ideas about the universe and our place in it has never been linear and always contested even within the scientific community. And she affirms that, shifting and incomplete as science always must be, it offers the best path we have toward making sense of our wondrous, mysterious universe. “Part history, part science, all illuminating. If you want to understand the greatest ideas that shaped our current cosmic cartography, read this book.”—Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2011 “A highly readable, insider’s view of recent discoveries in astronomy with unusual attention to the instruments used and the human drama of the scientists.”—Alan Lightman, author of The Accidental Universe and Einstein's Dream

Author : Martin Harwit
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108842440

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Cosmic Messengers by Martin Harwit Pdf

Focusing on the ultimate limits of observational astronomy, Harwit explores how well we will ever understand the Universe.

Author : T. Padmanabhan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316583760

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Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stars and Stellar Systems by T. Padmanabhan Pdf

This authoritative textbook - the second volume of a comprehensive three-volume course on theoretical astrophysics - deals with stellar physics. Designed to help graduate students and researchers develop an understanding of the key physical processes governing stars and stellar systems, it teaches the fundamentals, and then builds on them to give the reader an in-depth understanding of advanced topics. The book's modular design allows the chapters to be approached individually, yet seamless transitions create a coherent and connected whole. It can be used alone or in conjunction with Volume I, which covers a wide range of astrophysical processes, and the forthcoming Volume III, on galaxies and cosmology. After reviewing the key observational results and nomenclature used in stellar astronomy, the book develops a solid understanding of central concepts including stellar structure and evolution, the physics of stellar remnants, pulsars, binary stars, the sun and planetary systems, interstellar medium and globular clusters. Throughout, the reader's comprehension is developed and tested with more than seventy-five exercises. This indispensable volume provides graduate students with a self-contained introduction to stellar physics, and will allow them to master the material sufficiently to read and engage in research with heightened understanding.

Author : Lizhi Fang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : OCLC:1026982794

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Basic concepts in relativistic astrophysics by Lizhi Fang Pdf

Author : Pierre Léna,Daniel Rouan,François Lebrun,François Mignard,Didier Pelat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642218149

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Observational Astrophysics by Pierre Léna,Daniel Rouan,François Lebrun,François Mignard,Didier Pelat Pdf

,This is the updated, widely revised, restructured and expanded third edition of Léna et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools and methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century. Written specifically for astrophysicists and graduate students, this textbook focuses on fundamental and sometimes practical limitations on the ultimate performance that an astronomical system may reach, rather than presenting particular systems in detail. In little more than a decade there has been extraordinary progress in imaging and detection technologies, in the fields of adaptive optics, optical interferometry, in the sub-millimetre waveband, observation of neutrinos, discovery of exoplanets, to name but a few examples. The work deals with ground-based and space-based astronomy and their respective fields. And it also presents the ambitious concepts behind space missions aimed for the next decades. Avoiding particulars, it covers the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum, and provides an introduction to the new forms of astronomy becoming possible with gravitational waves and neutrinos. It also treats numerical aspects of observational astrophysics: signal processing, astronomical databases and virtual observatories.

Author : Martin Harwit
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108722049

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Cosmic Discovery by Martin Harwit Pdf

The search -- Discoveries -- Observation -- Detection, recognition, and classification of cosmic phenomena -- The fringes of legitimacy : the need for enlightened planning.

Author : Heinrich Mitter,Fridebert Widder
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642743917

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Particle Physics and Astrophysics. Current Viewpoints by Heinrich Mitter,Fridebert Widder Pdf

Eight carefully written articles on the interactions between the ideas and concepts of particle physics and those of astrophysics make up this book. Two long introductory lectures give a survey of modern concepts in particle physics and in astrophysics and cosmology, stressing features of common interest. The other six contributions deal with the physics of supernova explosions, with black holes, with neutrino oscillations, with the importance of phase transitions for the large-scale structure of the Universe, and with the use of the ideas of quantum gravity for computer simulations. These rather detailed review articles will be of value for many years to come. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers both in particle physics and in astrophysics.