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Extragalactic astrophysics / James R Webb, Florida International University, Miami

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: IOP concise physics | [IOP release 3]Publisher: Bristol ; San Rafael : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2016]Copyright date: © 2016Edition: Version: 20160901Description: 1 Online-Ressource (verschiedene Seitenzählungen) : IllustrationenISBN:
  • 9781681744094
  • 9781681744117
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781681744087 | Erscheint auch als: 9781681744087 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 523.01
LOC classification:
  • QB461.5
DOI: DOI: 10.1088/978-1-6817-4409-4Online resources: Additional physical formats: Also available in print.Summary: This book is intended to be a course about the creation and evolution of the universe at large, including the basic macroscopic building blocks (galaxies) and the overall large-scale structure. This text covers a broad range of topics for a graduate-level class in a physics department where students' available credit hours for astrophysics classes are limited. The sections cover galactic structure, external galaxies, galaxy clustering, active galaxies, general relativity and cosmology. This book is intended to be a course about the creation and evolution of the universe at large, including the basic macroscopic building blocks (galaxies) and the overall large-scale structure. This text covers a broad range of topics for a graduate-level class in a physics department where students' available credit hours for astrophysics classes are limited. The sections cover galactic structure, external galaxies, galaxy clustering, active galaxies, general relativity and cosmologySummary: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution -- 1.6. GalaxiesSummary: 2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax and radial velocities -- 2.2. The equatorial coordinate system -- 2.3. Rotational transformations -- 2.4. Stellar motions -- 2.5. Measuring stellar parallaxes -- 2.6. Hipparcos results -- 2.7. Time in astronomy -- 2.8. Inertial reference frames -- 2.9. Galactic structure -- 2.10. The interstellar medium -- 2.11. Star counts -- 2.12. Initial stellar mass function -- 2.13. Stellar kinematics -- 2.14. Mass of the Galaxy -- 2.15. Milky Way formationSummary: 3. External galaxies -- 3.1. History -- 3.2. Elliptical galaxies -- 3.3. Spiral galaxies -- 3.4. The Tully-Fisher relationship for spiral galaxies -- 3.5. Spiral structures through stochastic star formation -- 3.6. The cosmic distance ladder -- 3.7. Dark matterSummary: 4. Active galaxies, quasars and supermassive black holes -- 4.1. Active galaxies -- 4.2. Classifications of active galaxies -- 4.3. Discovery and history of quasars -- 4.4. Synchrotron emission -- 4.5. Accreting black holes -- 4.6. Jet acceleration -- 4.7. Synchrotron-self-Compton jets -- 4.8. Unified model of quasars -- 4.9. Quasar variabilitySummary: 5. General relativity and cosmology -- 5.1. A brief history of cosmology -- 5.2. Newtonian derivation of the cosmological equations -- 5.3. General relativistic derivation of cosmology -- 5.4. Big Bang cosmology -- 5.5. Confirmation of the Big Bang -- 5.6. Problems with the Big Bang theory -- 5.7. The future evolution of the accelerating Universe -- 5.8. Finding mass in the Universe -- 5.9. WMAP results -- 5.10. Age of the Universe -- 5.11. Gravitational wavesPPN: PPN: 871495945Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-135-IAL | ZDB-135-ICP
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