Astrophysics category: 1588 books
Astrophysics at Very High Energies
Saas-Fee Advanced Course 40. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
With the success of Cherenkov Astronomy and more recently with the launch of NASA’s Fermi mission, very-high-energy astrophysics has undergone a revolution in the last years. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of the recent advances in gamma-ray astrophysics and of multi-messenger...
Plasma Astrophysics, Part I
Fundamentals and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
This two-part book is devoted to classic fundamentals and current practices and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. This first part uniquely covers all the basic principles and practical tools required for understanding and work in plasma astrophysics. More than 25% of the text is updated...
by Leonard S Kisslinger
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
The aim of this book is to teach undergraduate college or university students, and adults interested in astronomy and astrophysics, the basic mathematics and physics concepts needed to understand the evolution of the universe, and based on this to teach the astrophysical theories behind evolution...
Particles and Astrophysics
A Multi-Messenger Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
This book is an introduction to “multi-messenger” astrophysics. It covers the many different aspects connecting particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology and introduces astrophysics using numerous experimental findings recently obtained through the study of high-energy particles.
Taking...
by Pierre Léna, Daniel Rouan, François Lebrun
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
,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,...
General Relativity 3: Astrophysics with Tensor Calculus
Advanced Topics
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
All of modern astrophysics and cosmology stands on the foundation of General Relativity that is best expressed in tensors.
This book, and its sequel, General Relativity 4: Astrophysics & Cosmology, present the clearest, most comprehensible, and most complete introduction to the tensor...
by Leonard S Kisslinger
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The aim of this book is to teach undergraduate college or university students the basic physics concepts needed to understand the mathematics which describes the evolution of the universe, and based on this to teach the astrophysical theories behind evolution from very early times to the present....
by Gustavo E. Romero, Gabriela S. Vila
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
This book is based on the lecture notes of a one-semester course on black hole astrophysics given by the author and is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in astrophysics.
The material included goes beyond that found in classic textbooks and presents details...
by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
**New York Times Bestseller
An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.**
In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed...
Find a Hotter Place!
A History of Nuclear Astrophysics
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2006
Find a hotter place! is the insightful story of the tortured path that led to our current understanding of how the elements in the Universe came to be. This is a story which began in Greek Antiquity, with the first musings on the nature of matter and the void, and continues today with ever more refined...
Plasma Astrophysics, Part II
Reconnection and Flares
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
This two-part book is devoted to classic fundamentals and current practices and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. This second part discusses the physics of magnetic reconnection and flares of electromagnetic origin in space plasmas in the solar system, single and double stars, relativistic...
Lectures on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Proceedings of the Third IDPASC School, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, January 21 -- February 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
This volume gathers the content of the courses held at the Third IDPASC School, which took place in San Martiño Pinario, Hospederia and Seminario Maior, in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galiza, Spain, from January 21st to February 2nd, 2013. This school is the annual joint program of the International...
Astrophysics of Black Holes
From Fundamental Aspects to Latest Developments
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
This book discusses the state of the art of the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics. It covers all the main topics in this wide field, from the theory of accretion disks and formation mechanisms of jet and outflows, to their observed electromagnetic spectrum,...
Nonlocal Astrophysics
Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Physical Vacuum
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Non-Local Astrophysics: Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Physical Vacuum highlights the most significant features of non-local theory, a highly effective tool for solving many physical problems in areas where classical local theory runs into difficulties. The book provides the fundamental science behind...