Astrophysics A New Approach /

• Main Author: Kundt, Wolfgang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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 red...

Table of Contents:

• Cosmic Structures
• Gas Dynamics
• Radiation and Spectra
• Thermal Processes
• Magnetic Fields
• Disks
• Star Formation
• Stellar Evolution
• Degenerate Stars
• High-Energy Radiation
• Bipolar Flows
• Image Distortions
• Special Sources
• Astrobiology
• Alternatives
• Answers to Problems.