Galactic Radio Astronomy

• Main Author: Sofue, Yoshiaki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 935
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Classical Electrodynamics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

This book is a concise primer on galactic radio astronomy for undergraduate and graduate students, and provides wide coverage of galactic astronomy and astrophysics such as the physics of interstellar matter and the dynamics and structure of the Milky Way Galaxy and galaxies. Radio astronomy and its...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Interstellar Matter
• Star Formation and Death
• Galactic Structure
• The Galactic Center and Activity
• Nonthermal Emission and Magnetic Fields.