Astrophysical concepts/ (Record no. 195146)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0387329439 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 523.01 |
| Item number | HAR/A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Harwit, Martin, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Astrophysical concepts/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Martin Harwit. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 4th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvi, 714 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES | |
| Title | Astronomy and astrophysics library |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 An Approach to Astrophysics 1 --<br/>1:1 Channels for Astronomical Information 3 --<br/>1:2 X-Ray Astronomy: Development of a New Field 5 --<br/>1:3 The Appropriate Set of Physical Laws 9 --<br/>1:4 The Formation of Stars 10 --<br/>1:5 The Hertzsprung-Russell and Color-Magnitude Diagrams 12 --<br/>1:6 The Birth of Low-Mass Stars 15 --<br/>1:7 Massive Stars 18 --<br/>1:8 The Late Stages of Stellar Evolution 18 --<br/>1:9 Abundance of the Chemical Elements in Stars and the Solar System 24 --<br/>1:10 Origin of the Solar System 29 --<br/>1:11 The Galaxy and the Local Group 36 --<br/>1:12 The Formation of Large-Scale Structures 38 --<br/>1:13 Black Holes 42 --<br/>1:14 Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence 43 --<br/>1:15 Problems of Life 44 --<br/>1:16 Unobserved Astronomical Objects 45 --<br/>2 The Cosmic Distance Scale 53 --<br/>2:1 Size of the Solar System 53 --<br/>2:2 Trigonometric Parallax 54 --<br/>2:3 Spectroscopic Parallax 54 --<br/>2:4 Superposition of Main Sequences 54 --<br/>2:5 RR Lyrae Variables 56 --<br/>2:6 Cepheid Variables 56 --<br/>2:7 Novae and HII Regions 57 --<br/>2:8 Supernovae 57 --<br/>2:9 The Tully-Fisher and Faber-Jackson Relations 57 --<br/>2:10 Distance-Red-Shift Relation 58 --<br/>2:11 Distances and Velocities 60 --<br/>2:12 Seeliger's Theorem and Number Counts in Cosmology 60 --<br/>Problems Dealing with the Size of Astronomical Objects 63 --<br/>3 Dynamics and Masses of Astronomical Bodies 67 --<br/>3:1 Universal Gravitational Attraction 67 --<br/>3:2 Ellipses and Conic Sections 70 --<br/>3:3 Central Force 71 --<br/>3:4 Two-Body Problem with Attractive Force 72 --<br/>3:5 Kepler's Laws 73 --<br/>3:6 Determination of the Gravitational Constant 77 --<br/>3:7 The Concept of Mass 80 --<br/>3:8 Inertial Frames of Reference --<br/>The Equivalence Principle 82 --<br/>3:9 Gravitational Red Shift and Time Dilation 83 --<br/>3:10 Measures of Time 84 --<br/>3:11 Uses of Pulsar Time 86 --<br/>3:12 Galactic Rotation 86 --<br/>3:13 Scattering in an Inverse Square Law Field 88 --<br/>3:14 Stellar Drag 90 --<br/>3:15 Virial Theorem 92 --<br/>3:16 Stability Against Tidal Disruption 94 --<br/>3:17 Lagrangian Equations 96 --<br/>4 Random Processes 105 --<br/>4:1 Random Events 105 --<br/>4:2 Random Walk 106 --<br/>4:3 Distribution Functions, Probabilities, and Mean Values 111 --<br/>4:4 Projected Length of Randomly Oriented Rods 112 --<br/>4:5 The Motion of Molecules 115 --<br/>4:6 Ideal Gas Law 118 --<br/>4:7 Radiation Kinetics 120 --<br/>4:8 Isothermal Distributions 121 --<br/>4:9 Atmospheric Density 122 --<br/>4:10 Particle Energy Distribution in an Atmosphere 123 --<br/>4:11 Phase Space 126 --<br/>4:12 Angular Diameters of Stars 128 --<br/>4:13 The Spectrum of Light Inside and Outside a Hot Body 129 --<br/>4:14 Boltzmann Equation and Liouville's Theorem 136 --<br/>4:15 Fermi-Dirac Statistics 138 --<br/>4:16 The Saha Equation 141 --<br/>4:17 Mean Values 142 --<br/>4:18 Fluctuations 143 --<br/>4:19 The First Law of Thermodynamics 144 --<br/>4:20 Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes 146 --<br/>4:21 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 147 --<br/>4:22 Formation of Condensations and the Stability of the Interstellar Medium 148 --<br/>4:23 Ionized Gases and Clusters of Stars and Galaxies 150 --<br/>5 Photons and Fast Particles 157 --<br/>5:1 The Relativity Principle 157 --<br/>5:2 Relativistic Terminology 158 --<br/>5:3 Relative Motion 162 --<br/>5:4 Four-Vectors 167 --<br/>5:5 Aberration of Light 169 --<br/>5:6 Momentum, Mass, and Energy 170 --<br/>5:7 The Doppler Effect 173 --<br/>5:8 Poynting-Robertson Drag on a Grain 174 --<br/>5:9 Motion Through the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation 175 --<br/>5:10 Particles at High Energies 178 --<br/>5:11 High-Energy Collisions 179 --<br/>5:12 Superluminal Motions and Tachyons 181 --<br/>5:13 Strong Gravitational Fields 183 --<br/>5:14 Gravitational Time Delay; Deflection of Light 187 --<br/>5:15 Gravitational Lenses 189 --<br/>5:16 An Independent Measure of the Hubble Constant 190 --<br/>5:17 Orbital Motion Around a Black Hole 191 --<br/>5:18 Advance of the Perihelion of Mercury 195 --<br/>5:19 Accretion Disks Around X-ray Binaries 196 --<br/>5:20 The Smallest Conceivable Volume 198 --<br/>5:21 The Zeroth Law of Black Hole Dynamics 199 --<br/>5:22 Entropy and Temperature of a Black Hole 199 --<br/>5:23 The Third Law of Black Hole Thermodynamics 200 --<br/>5:24 Radiating Black Holes 201 --<br/>6 Electromagnetic Processes in Space 205 --<br/>6:1 Coulomb's Law and Dielectric Displacement 205 --<br/>6:2 Cosmic Magnetic Fields 207 --<br/>6:3 Ohm's Law and Dissipation 209 --<br/>6:4 Magnetic Acceleration of Particles 209 --<br/>6:5 Ampere's Law and the Relation Between Cosmic Currents and Magnetic Fields 211 --<br/>6:6 Magnetic Mirrors, Magnetic Bottles, and Cosmic-Ray Particles 211 --<br/>6:7 Maxwell's Equations 214 --<br/>6:8 The Wave Equation 215 --<br/>6:9 Phase and Group Velocity 217 --<br/>6:10 Energy Density, Pressure, and the Poynting Vector 218 --<br/>6:11 Propagation of Waves Through a Tenuous Ionized Medium 220 --<br/>6:12 Faraday Rotation 223 --<br/>6:13 Light Emission by Slowly Moving Charges 226 --<br/>6:14 Gravitational Radiation 231 --<br/>6:15 Light Scattering by Unbound Charges 232 --<br/>6:16 Scattering by Bound Charges 234 --<br/>6:17 Extinction by Interstellar Grains 236 --<br/>6:18 Absorption and Emission of Radiation by a Plasma 237 --<br/>6:19 Radiation from Thermal Radio Sources 241 --<br/>6:20 Synchrotron Radiation 244 --<br/>6:21 The Synchrotron Radiation Spectrum 246 --<br/>6:22 The Compton Effect and Inverse Compton Effect 250 --<br/>6:23 The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect 254 --<br/>6:24 The Cherenkov Effect 255 --<br/>6:25 The Angular Distribution of Light from the Sky 257 --<br/>7 Quantum Processes in Astrophysics 265 --<br/>7:1 Absorption and Emission of Radiation by Atomic Systems 265 --<br/>7:2 Quantization of Atomic Systems 266 --<br/>7:3 Atomic Hydrogen and Hydrogenlike Spectra 269 --<br/>7:4 Spectra of Ionized Hydrogen 277 --<br/>7:5 Hydrogen Molecules 278 --<br/>7:6 Selection Rules 281 --<br/>7:7 The Information Contained in Spectral Lines 285 --<br/>7:8 Absorption and Emission Line Profile 288 --<br/>7:9 Quantum Mechanical Transition Probabilities 290 --<br/>7:10 Blackbody Radiation 296 --<br/>7:11 Stimulated Emission and Cosmic Masers 299 --<br/>7:12 Stellar Opacity 301 --<br/>7:13 Chemical Composition of Stellar Atmospheres --<br/>The Radiative Transfer Problem 304 --<br/>7:14 A Gravitational Quantum Effect 308 --<br/>8 Stars 313 --<br/>8:1 Observations 313 --<br/>8:2 Sources of Stellar Energy 316 --<br/>8:3 Requirements Imposed on Stellar Models 318 --<br/>8:4 Mathematical Formulation of the Theory 319 --<br/>8:5 Relaxation Times 321 --<br/>8:6 Equation of State 324 --<br/>8:7 Luminosity 327 --<br/>8:8 Opacity Inside a Star 328 --<br/>8:9 Convective Transfer 333 --<br/>8:10 Nuclear Reaction Rates 335 --<br/>8:11 Particles and Basic Particle Interactions 339 --<br/>8:12 Energy-Generating Processes in Stars 341 --<br/>8:13 Compact Stars 351 --<br/>8:14 White Dwarf Stars 351 --<br/>8:15 Stellar Evolution and The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram 355 --<br/>8:16 Supernovae, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes 358 --<br/>8:17 Pulsars, Magnetars, and Plerions 364 --<br/>8:18 Hypernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts 365 --<br/>8:19 Microquasars 367 --<br/>8:20 Vibration and Rotation of Stars 367 --<br/>8:21 Solar Neutrino Observations 369 --<br/>Additional Problems 371 --<br/>9 Cosmic Gas and Dust 379 --<br/>9:1 Observations 379 --<br/>9:2 Stromgren Spheres 390 --<br/>9:3 Pressure Propagation and the Speed of Sound 395 --<br/>9:4 Shock Fronts and Ionization Fronts 397 --<br/>9:5 Gamma-Ray Bursts, GRB 404 --<br/>9:6 Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields 405 --<br/>9:7 Dynamo Amplification of Magnetic Fields 409 --<br/>9:8 Cosmic-Ray Particles in the Interstellar Medium 410 --<br/>9:9 Formation of Molecules and Grains 415 --<br/>9:10 Formation of Molecular Hydrogen, H[subscript 2] 419 --<br/>9:11 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 420 --<br/>9:12 Infrared Emission from Galactic Sources 421 --<br/>9:13 Orientation of Interstellar Grains 425 --<br/>9:14 Acoustic Damping and The Barnett Effect 429 --<br/>9:15 Stability of Isothermal Gas Spheres 430 --<br/>9:16 Polytropes 433 --<br/>9:17 The Nature of Dark Matter 435 --<br/>Additional Problems 438 --<br/>10 Formation of Stars and Planetary Systems 441 --<br/>10:1 Star Formation 441 --<br/>10:2 Gravitational Condensation of Matter 443 --<br/>10:3 Jeans Criterion 444 --<br/>10:4 Hydrostatics of Gaseous Clouds 446 --<br/>10:5 Magnetic Reconnection 446 --<br/>10:6 Ambipolar Diffusion 449 --<br/>10:7 Triggered Collapse 450 --<br/>10:8 Energy Dissipation 451 --<br/>10:9 Cooling of Dense Clouds by Grain Radiation 455 --<br/>10:10 Condensation in the Early Solar Nebula 458 --<br/>10:11 The Evidence Provided by Meteorites 462 --<br/>10:12 Nascent Planetary Disks 467 --<br/>10:13 Formation of Primitive Condensates in the Early Solar Nebula 469 --<br/>10:14 Formation of Planetesimals 469 --<br/>10:15 Condensation in the Primeval Solar Nebula 471 --<br/>11 The Universe We Inhabit 477 --<br/>11:1 Questions About the Universe 477 --<br/>11:2 Isotropy and Homogeneity of the Universe 477 --<br/>11:3 Cosmological Principle 480 --<br/>11:4 Homogeneous Isotropic Models of the Universe 481 --<br/>11:5 Olbers's Paradox 485 --<br/>11:6 Measuring the Geometric Properties of the Universe 487 --<br/>11:7 Angular Diameters and Number Counts 490 --<br/>11:8 The Flux from Distant Supernovae 492 --<br/>11:9 Magnitudes and Angular Diameters of Galaxies 495 --<br/>11:10 Dynamics on a Cosmic Scale 496 --<br/>11:11 Einstein's Field Equations 497 --<br/>11:12 The Density Parameter[Omega] 497 --<br/>11:13 Some Simple Models of the Universe 500 --<br/>11:14 Self-Regenerating Universes 505 --<br/>11:15 Horizon of a Universe 506 --<br/>11:16 Topology of the Universe 511 --<br/>11:17 Do the Fundamental Constants of Nature Change with Time? 513 --<br/>11:18 The Flow of Time 515 --<br/>11:19 Branes and Compact Dimensions 517 --<br/>12 An Astrophysical History of the Universe 525 --<br/>12:1 The Isotropy Problem 525 --<br/>12:2 The Flatness Problem 527. |
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| Keyword | Astrophysics. |
| 650 17 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Astrofysica. |
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| Keyword | Astrofísica. |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
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