Structure Formation In Astrophysics

Author : Avishai Dekel,Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521586321

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Formation of Structure in the Universe by Avishai Dekel,Jeremiah P. Ostriker Pdf

This advanced textbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the very active field of structure formation in cosmology. It is written by eleven world-leading authorities. Written in a clear and pedagogical style appropriate for graduate students in astronomy and physics, this textbook introduces the reader to a wide range of exciting topics in contemporary cosmology: from recent advances in redshift surveys, to the latest models in gravitational lensing and cosmological simulations. The authors are all world-renowned experts both for their research and teaching skills. In the fast-moving field of structure formation, this book provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a welcome textbook which unites the latest theory and observations.

Author : Gilles Chabrier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521887793

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Structure Formation in Astrophysics by Gilles Chabrier Pdf

A unique reference for graduate students and researchers addressing common problems and methods in studying galaxy, star and planet formation.

Author : T. Padmanabhan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521424860

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Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padmanabhan Pdf

This text provides an up-to-date and pedagogical introduction to this exciting area of research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : 0511514158

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Structure Formation in Astrophysics by Anonim Pdf

Unique reference for graduate students and researchers addressing common problems and methods in studying galaxy, star and planet formation.

Author : Robert G. Crittenden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401005401

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Structure Formation in the Universe by Robert G. Crittenden Pdf

This book contains a series of lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) "Structure Formation in the Universe", held at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge in August, 1999. The ASI was held at a critical juncture in the development of physical cosmology, when a flood of new data concerning the large scale structure of the Universe was just be coming available. There was an air of excitement and anticipation: would the standard theories fit the data, or would new ideas and models be re quired? Cosmology has long been a field of common interest between East and West, with many seminal contributions made by scientists working in the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc. A major aim of the ASI was to bring together scientists from across the world to discuss exciting recent developments and strengthen links. However, a few months before the meeting it appeared that it might have to be cancelled. The war in the former Yugoslavia escalated and NATO began a protracted bombing cam paign against targets in Kosovo and Serbia. Many scientists felt uneasy about participating in a NATO-funded meeting in this situation. After a great deal of discussion, it was agreed that the developing East West conflict only heightened the need for further communication and that the school should go ahead as planned, but with a special session devoted to discussion of the legitimacy of NATO's actions.

Author : Thanu Padmanabhan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : OCLC:1412558899

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Structure Formation in the Universe by Thanu Padmanabhan Pdf

Author : Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540734789

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Galaxy Formation by Malcolm S. Longair Pdf

Delineating the huge strides taken in cosmology in the past ten years, this much-anticipated second edition of Malcolm Longair's highly appreciated textbook has been extensively and thoroughly updated. It tells the story of modern astrophysical cosmology from the perspective of one of its most important and fundamental problems – how did the galaxies come about? Longair uses this approach to introduce the whole of what may be called "classical cosmology". What’s more, he describes how the study of the origin of galaxies and larger-scale structures in the Universe has provided us with direct information about the physics of the very early Universe.

Author : Colloquium on the Age of the Universe St,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Cosmology
ISBN : 9780309060264

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Colloquium on the Age of the Universe, Dark Matter, and Structure Formation by Colloquium on the Age of the Universe St,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Pdf

Author : Reza Mansouri,Robert Brandenberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401141758

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Large Scale Structure Formation by Reza Mansouri,Robert Brandenberger Pdf

The modern Persian word for cosmology is "Keyhan-shenakht", which is also the title of a Persian book written more than 800 years ago. The same term can also be found in Old Persian. In spite of this old tradition, modern cosmology is a new~omer within the scientific disciplines in Iran. The cosmology community' is small and not yet well established. Given the spectacular recent advances in observational and theoretical cosmology, the large amount of new observational data which will become available in the near future, and the rapid expansion of the international cosmology community, it was realized that Iran should play a more active role in the exciting human endeavour which cosmology constitutes. This was the main motivation to establish a School on Cosmology in Iran. The plan is to hold a cosmology school every three years somewhere in Iran. The focus of this First School on Cosmology was chosen to be structure formation, a rapidly evolving cornerstone of modern cosmology. The topics of the school were selected in order to give both a broad overview of the current status of cosmological structure formation, and an in-depth dis cussion of the key issues theory of cosmological perturbations and analysis of cosmic microwave anisotropies. The lectures by Blanchard and Sarkar give an overview of homogeneous cosmological models and standard big bang cosmology. In his contribution, Padmanabhan presents a comprehen sive discussion of the growth of cosmological perturbations.

Author : Houjun Mo,Frank van den Bosch,Simon White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107394100

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Galaxy Formation and Evolution by Houjun Mo,Frank van den Bosch,Simon White Pdf

The rapidly expanding field of galaxy formation lies at the interface between astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology. Covering diverse topics from these disciplines, all of which are needed to understand how galaxies form and evolve, this book is ideal for researchers entering the field. Individual chapters explore the evolution of the Universe as a whole and its particle and radiation content; linear and nonlinear growth of cosmic structure; processes affecting the gaseous and dark matter components of galaxies and their stellar populations; the formation of spiral and elliptical galaxies; central supermassive black holes and the activity associated with them; galaxy interactions; and the intergalactic medium. Emphasizing both observational and theoretical aspects, this book provides a coherent introduction for astronomers, cosmologists, and astroparticle physicists to the broad range of science underlying the formation and evolution of galaxies.

Author : J. Audouze,J.T.T. Van
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400972452

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Formation and Evolution of Galaxies and Large Structures in the Universe by J. Audouze,J.T.T. Van Pdf

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, La Plagne, France, March, 1983

Author : Philip J. Armitage
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108420501

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Astrophysics of Planet Formation by Philip J. Armitage Pdf

A self-contained graduate-level introduction to the physical processes that shape planetary systems, covering all stages of planet formation.

Author : Ignacio Ferreras
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781911307617

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Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution by Ignacio Ferreras Pdf

Galaxies, along with their underlying dark matter halos, constitute the building blocks of structure in the Universe. Of all fundamental forces, gravity is the dominant one that drives the evolution of structures from small density seeds at early times to the galaxies we see today. The interactions among myriads of stars, or dark matter particles, in a gravitating structure produce a system with fascinating connotations to thermodynamics, with some analogies and some fundamental differences. Ignacio Ferreras presents a concise introduction to extragalactic astrophysics, with emphasis on stellar dynamics, and the growth of density fluctuations in an expanding Universe. Additional chapters are devoted to smaller systems (stellar clusters) and larger ones (galaxy clusters). Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning postgraduate students, providing a useful tool to get up to speed in a starting research career. Some of the derivations for the most important results are presented in detail to enable students appreciate the beauty of maths as a tool to understand the workings of galaxies. Each chapter includes a set of problems to help the student advance with the material.

Author : Andre Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Jonathan Eastwood,Jelle Kaastra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493935475

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Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic Plasmas by Andre Balogh,Andrei Bykov,Jonathan Eastwood,Jelle Kaastra Pdf

This book offers eleven coordinated reviews on multi-scale structure formation in cosmic plasmas in the Universe. Observations and theories of plasma structures are presented in all relevant astrophysical contexts, from the Earth’s magnetosphere through heliospheric and galactic scales to clusters of galaxies and the large scale structure of the Universe. Basic processes in cosmic plasmas starting from electric currents and the helicity concept governing the dynamics of magnetic structures in planet magnetospheres, stellar winds, and relativistic plasma outflows like pulsar wind nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei jets are covered. The multi-wavelength view from the radio to gamma-rays with modern high resolution telescopes discussed in the book reveals a beautiful and highly informative picture of both coherent and chaotic plasma structures tightly connected by strong mutual influence. The authors are all leading scientists in their fields, making this book an authoritative, up‐to‐date and enduring contribution to astrophysics.

Author : Tiziana Di Matteo,Andrew King,Neil J. Cornish
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662597996

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Black Hole Formation and Growth by Tiziana Di Matteo,Andrew King,Neil J. Cornish Pdf

The ultimate proofs that black holes exist have been obtained very recently thanks to the detection of gravitational waves from their coalescence and due to material orbiting at a distance of some gravitational radii imaged by optical interferometry or X-ray reverberation mapping. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews covering the gravitational wave breakthrough, our understanding of accretion and feedback in supermassive black holes and the relevance of black holes for the Universe since the Big Bang. Neil J. Cornish presents gravitational wave emission from black hole mergers and the physics of detection. Andrew King reviews the physics of accretion on to supermassive black holes and their feedback on host galaxies. Tiziana Di Matteo addresses our understanding of black hole formation at cosmic dawn, the emergence of the first quasars, black hole merging and structure formation. The topics covered by the 48th Saas-Fee Course provide a broad overview of the importance of black holes in modern astrophysics.