Ultraluminous

Author : Katherine Faw
Publisher : MCD
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374716646

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Ultraluminous by Katherine Faw Pdf

One of The New Yorker's "Books We Loved in 2017," a BOMB's Looking Back on 2017: Literature Selection, a Paris Review Staff Pick, and one of Vulture's 10 Best Thriller Books of 2017. Girlfriend. Prostitute. Addict. Terrorist? Who is K? The daring new novel from Katherine Faw, the brilliant author of Young God, is a scintillating story of money, sex, and power told in Faw’s viciously sharp prose. A high-end, girlfriend-experience prostitute has just returned to her native New York City after more than a decade abroad—in Dubai, with a man she recalls only as the Sheikh—but it’s unclear why exactly she’s come back. Did things go bad for her? Does she have scores to settle? Regardless, she has quickly made herself at home. She’s set up a rotation of clients—all of them in finance—each of whom has different delusions of how he is important to her. And she’s also met a man whom she doesn’t charge—a damaged former Army Ranger, back from Afghanistan. Her days are strangely orderly: A repetition of dinners, personal grooming, museum exhibitions, sex, Duane Reades (she likes the sushi), cosmology, sex, gallery shows, nightclubs, heroin, sex, and art films (which she finds soothing). She finds the pattern confirming, but does she really believe it’s sustainable? Or do the barely discernible rifts in her routine suggest that something else is percolating under the surface? Could she have fallen for one of her bankers? Or do those supposed rifts suggest a pattern within the pattern, a larger scheme she’s not showing us, a truth that won’t be revealed until we can see everything?

Author : F. Combes,F. Casoli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0792310969

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Dynamics of Galaxies and Their Molecular Cloud Distributions by F. Combes,F. Casoli Pdf

Proceedings of the 146th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Paris, France, June 4-9, 1990

Author : Thierry Montmerle
Publisher : Atlantica Séguier Frontières
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : 2863321501

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The Cold Universe by Thierry Montmerle Pdf

Author : Akram Chandrajit Singha, A Senorita Devi
Publisher : Sankalp Publication
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789390719808

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Spectral Analysis of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources Using the Chandra Xray Observatory by Akram Chandrajit Singha, A Senorita Devi Pdf

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the data analysis of ultraluminous X-ray sources. This book will provide the readers with a familiar environment in data analysis methods and the different software used in high energy astrophysical data analysis.

Author : Xuan Thuan Trinh,Chantal Balkowski,J. Thanh Van Tran
Publisher : Atlantica Séguier Frontières
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : 2863321242

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Physics of Nearby Galaxies by Xuan Thuan Trinh,Chantal Balkowski,J. Thanh Van Tran Pdf

Author : E. Kontizas,M. Kontizas,D.H. Morgan,G.P. Vettolani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401157223

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Wide-Field Spectroscopy by E. Kontizas,M. Kontizas,D.H. Morgan,G.P. Vettolani Pdf

E. KONTIZAS Astronomical Institute National Observatory of Athens P. O. Box 20048 Athens GR-1181O GREECE The international conference on "Wide-Field Spectroscopy" and its sub ject matter were agreed during the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 1994 by the Working Group of Com mision 9 "Wi de-Field Imaging". This meeting gave an opportunity to world experts on this subject to gather in Athens, in order to discuss the cur rent exploitation and the impending opportunities that exist in the area of multi-object spectroscopy, with particular emphasis on: 1. Astronomical instruments, data acquisition, processing and analysis techniques. 2. Astrophysical problems best tackled through wide-field, multi-object spectroscopy. The new fibre optic technology offers an important tool for the advancement of basic research and the development of industrial applications. Astronom ical spectroscopy is a field of astronomy which has contributed much to the advancement of fundamental physics. The spectra of hot stars have been used to determine the well-known Balmer formula for the wavelength of hydrogen lines, in the late 19th century. Since then, spectroscopy has made enormous progress in stellar atmosphere studies, in kinematics, and in the detection of high redshifts in the Universe. The traditional techniques of obtaining wide-field spectroscopic data are based on slitless spectroscopy (objective prism). Several observations, world wide, make use ofthese tech niques in order to obtain information on the spectral properties of objects in large areas of the sky.

Author : J.E. Barnes,D.B. Sanders
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401146654

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Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshift by J.E. Barnes,D.B. Sanders Pdf

These proceedings offer professional astronomers an overview of the rapidly advancing subject of galaxy interactions at low and high redshifts. The symposium gave participants an exciting glimpse of a developing synthesis highlighting galactic encounters and their role in the history of the Universe.

Author : Roland Wielen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642752735

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Dynamics and Interactions of Galaxies by Roland Wielen Pdf

Progress towards an understanding of the dynamics and interactions of galaxies has been spurred on more than ever by a wealth of new observations and numerical experiments. The Heidelberg Conference 1989, the papers of which are collected in this volume, was extremely successful in presenting a synoptic view of the field in all its aspects: galaxy interactions in the early universe and in recent times, interactions of our galaxy and its neighbours, dynamical problems of elliptical and disk galaxies, groups and clusters, starburst and nuclear activity triggered by interactions, merger scenarios, and numerical experiments. Researchers and graduate students, specialists or not, will find here a complete overview of a rapidly growing field of astronomy.

Author : National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309043342

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High-Energy Astrophysics by National Academy of Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs Pdf

During the past decade, the field of astrophysics has progressed at an impressive rate. This was reflected by the topics discussed at the workshop from which this book eminated. These topics include the inflationary universe; the large-scale structure of the universe; the diffuse X-ray background; gravitational lenses, quasars and active galactic nuclei; infrared galaxies; results from infrared astronomical satellites; supernova 1987A; millisecond radio pulsars; quasi-periodic oscillations in the X-ray flux of low-mass X-ray binaries; and gamma-ray bursts.

Author : G. Tenorio-Tagle,Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,Royal Greenwich Observatory
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994-09-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521472776

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Violent Star Formation by G. Tenorio-Tagle,Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,Royal Greenwich Observatory Pdf

A valuable overview and a timely update on all aspects of violent star formation in a host of objects, for graduate students and researchers across a broad range of research interests.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Astrophysics
ISBN : UCAL:C3194906

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Star Formation in Galaxies by Anonim Pdf

Author : International Astronomical Union. Symposium
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521863473

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Black Holes (IAU S238) by International Astronomical Union. Symposium Pdf

IAU S238 report on the physics of black holes, by leading researchers in the field.

Author : Isabel Márquez,Josefa Masegosa,Ascensión del Olmo,Lucas Lara,Emilio García,Josefina Molina
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461506959

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QSO Hosts and Their Environments by Isabel Márquez,Josefa Masegosa,Ascensión del Olmo,Lucas Lara,Emilio García,Josefina Molina Pdf

Advanced technologies in astronomy at various wavelengths have provided us with high resolution and high quality data on the QSO population. This meeting was aimed at understanding the morphology and nature of the host galaxies and environments of QSOs. The invited lectures as well as the contributed and poster papers highlighted the main issues of current research: the stellar and gaseous content of the underlying galaxy; the characterization of the population of companions and the nature of their interaction with the host galaxy; the connection between radio-loud QSO and radio-galaxies, and QSOs and ULIRGs; the evolution with redshift of both the host galaxy and its environment, and the main implications in theories of galaxy formation and evolution. This volume provides a valuable overview and timely update of the exciting and rapidly developing field of QSO hosts and their environments - essential reading for graduate students and researchers.

Author : Jose Franco,Federico Ferrini,G. TENORIO-TAGLE (Ed)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993-06-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521444128

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Star Formation, Galaxies and the Interstellar Medium by Jose Franco,Federico Ferrini,G. TENORIO-TAGLE (Ed) Pdf

The enormously powerful phenomena of starbursts are examined in this book. These spectacular star-forming events are seen on large scales in some galaxies, often triggered by galactic interactions. An intriguing implication of starburst research is that active galactic nuclei (AGN) may not be powered by accreting black holes. Instead theories are presented where compact powerhouses of dust-enshrouded star formation lie at the core of AGN, with supernovae exploding roughly once per year within massive nuclear concentrations of gas. This book collects articles from a timely international conference in Elba, Italy, in 1992; these comprise a thorough review of the most important developments in galactic-scale star formation since the starburst revolution of the late 1980s. This text will introduce graduate students to this exciting area and keep experts apace with rapid developments in it.

Author : L. Tacconi,D. Lutz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642565380

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Starburst Galaxies: Near and Far by L. Tacconi,D. Lutz Pdf

A major fraction of star formation in the universe occurs in starbursts. These regions of particularly rapid star formation are often located towards the centers of host galaxies. Studies of this kind of star formation at high redshift have produced astonishing results over recent years that were only possible with the latest generation of large ground-based and space telescopes. The papers collected in this volume present these results in the context of the much firmer foundation of star formation in the local universe, and they emphasize all the important topics, from star formation in different environments to the cosmic star formation history.