E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, eBook
Kundt Astrophysics
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-3-662-04347-9
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A New Approach
E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
ISBN: 978-3-662-04347-9
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
For a quantitative understanding of the physics of the universe - from the solar system through the milky way to clusters of galaxies all the way to cosmology - these edited lecture notes are perhaps among the most concise and also among the most critical ones: Astrophysics has not yet stood the redundancy test of laboratory physics, hence should be aware of early interpretations. Special chapters are devoted to magnetic and radiation processes, supernovae, disks, black-hole candidacy, bipolar flows, cosmic rays, gamma-ray bursts, image distortions, and special sources. At the same time, planet earth is viewed as the arena for life, with plants and animals having evolved to homo sapiens during cosmic time. -- This text is unique in covering the basic qualitative and quantitative tools, formulae as well as numbers, needed for the precise interpretation of frontline phenomena. The author compares mainstream interpretations with new and even controversial ones he wishes to emphasize.
Zielgruppe
Graduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Cosmic Structures.- 2. Gas Dynamics.- 3. Radiation and Spectra.- 4. Thermal Processes.- 5. Magnetic Fields.- 6. Disks.- 7. Star Formation.- 8. Stellar Evolution.- 9. Degenerate Stars.- 10. High-Energy Radiation.- 11. Bipolar Flows.- 12. Image Distortions.- 13. Special Sources.- 14. Astrobiology.- 15. Answers to Problems.- References.- Plates.
