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Allen’s Astrophysical Quantities

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Editors:
  1. Arthur N. Cox

    1. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory MS B288, Los Alamos, USA

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  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
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About this book

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.

Reviews

"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

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Arthur N. Cox

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Allen’s Astrophysical Quantities

  • Editors: Arthur N. Cox

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1186-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Estate of C.W. Allen 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95189-8Published: 20 April 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7037-9Published: 01 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1186-0Published: 19 March 2015

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 721

  • Additional Information: Originally published by The Athlone Press, London, UK, 1976

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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