Allen’s Astrophysical Quantities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction

   • Arthur N. Cox

   Pages 1-5

3. General Constants and Units

   • Arthur N. Cox

   Pages 7-25

4. Atoms and Molecules

   • Werner Däppen

   Pages 27-51

5. Spectra

   • Charles Cowley, Wolfgang L. Wiese, Jeffrey Fuhr, Ludmila A. Kuznetsova

   Pages 53-93

6. Radiation

   • J. J. Keady, D. P. Kilcrease

   Pages 95-120

7. Radio Astronomy

   • Robert M. Hjellming

   Pages 121-141

8. Infrared Astronomy

   • A. T. Tokunaga

   Pages 143-167

9. Ultraviolet Astronomy

   • Terry J. Teays

   Pages 169-182

10. X-Ray Astronomy

    • Frederick D. Seward

    Pages 183-206

11. γ-Ray and Neutrino Astronomy

    • R. E. Lingenfelter, R. E. Rothschild

    Pages 207-238

12. Earth

    • Gerald Schubert, Richard L. Walterscheid

    Pages 239-292

13. Planets and Satellites

    • David J. Tholen, Victor G. Tejfel, Arthur N. Cox

    Pages 293-313

14. Solar System Small Bodies

    • Richard P. Binzel, Martha S. Hanner, Duncan I. Steel

    Pages 315-337

15. Sun

    • William C. Livingston

    Pages 339-380

16. Normal Stars

    • John S. Drilling, Arlo U. Landolt

    Pages 381-396

17. Stars with Special Characteristics

    • J. Donald Fernie

    Pages 397-427

18. Cataclysmic and Symbiotic Variables

    • W. M. Sparks, S. G. Starrfield, E. M. Sion, S. N. Shore, G. Chanmugam, R. F. Webbink

    Pages 429-450

19. Supernovae

    • J. Craig Wheeler, Stefano Benetti

    Pages 451-469

20. Star Populations and the Solar Neighborhood

    • Gerard F. Gilmore, Michael Zeilik

    Pages 471-497

This new, fourth, edition of Allen's classic Astrophysical Quantities belongs on every astronomer's bookshelf. It has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date by a team of more than ninety internationally renowned astronomers and astrophysicists. While it follows the basic format of the original, this indispensable reference has grown to more than twice the size of the earlier editions to accommodate the great strides made in astronomy and astrophysics. It includes detailed tables of the most recent data on: - General constants and units - Atoms, molecules, and spectra - Observational astronomy at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays, and neutrinos - Planetary astronomy: Earth, planets and satellites, and solar system small bodies - The Sun, normal stars, and stars with special characteristics - Stellar populations - Cataclysmic and symbiotic variables, supernovae - Theoretical stellar evolution - Circumstellar and interstellar material - Star clusters, galaxies, quasars, and active galactic nuclei - Clusters and groups of galaxies - Cosmology. As well as much explanatory material and extensive and up-to-date bibliographies.

• active galactic nuclei
• astronomy
• cosmology
• earth
• galaxy
• planet
• Population
• quasar
• quasars
• solar system
• star
• star cluster
• stellar evolution
• sun
• Supernova

"Astrophysical Quantities - APQ to many astrophysicists - has been an essential reference book from its first publication in 1955… Finally the fourth edition has been produced. It has taken 90 contributors to duplicate Allen's heroic single-handed efforts, but the result is well worth the wait. The new book is twice the size of the previous edition and contains many new topics and extended coverage of other topics that have increased in importance in the last three decades. … the new edition of APQ promises to be as useful as the old one, and most serious astronomers will want a copy…"

C.R.Kitchin

• Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory MS B288, Los Alamos, USA

  Arthur N. Cox

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