Astrophysical Concepts

• Main Author: Harwit, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

This classic text, aimed at senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics and astronomy, presents a wide range of astrophysical concepts in sufficient depth to give the reader a quantitative understanding of the subject. Emphasizing physical concepts, the book outlines cosmic even...

Table of Contents:

• An Approach to Astrophysics
• The Cosmic Distance Scale
• Dynamics and Masses of Astronomical Bodies
• Random Processes
• Photons and Fast Particles
• Electromagnetic Processes in Space
• Quantum Processes in Astrophysics
• Stars
• Cosmic Gas and Dust
• Formation of Stars and Planetary Systems
• The Universe We Inhabit
• An Astrophysical History of the Universe
• The Formation of Cosmic Structures
• Life in the Universe.