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Camenzind, M. (2007)
Compact objects are an important class of astronomical objects in current research. Supermassive black holes play an important role in the understanding of the formation of …
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Haensel, P., Potekhin, A., Yakovlev, D. (2007)
Neutron stars play a unique role in physics and astrophysics. On the one hand, they contain matter under extreme physical conditions, and their theories are based on risky and far …
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Schneider, P. (2006)
Starting with the description of our home galaxy the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic …
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Harwit, M. (2006)
Thirty-threeyears have passed since the ?rst edition of Astrophysical Concepts - peared. During this time astrophysics has undergone major revolutions. We have gained new …
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Hoyng, P. (2006)
Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology offers a succinct and self-contained treatment of general relativity and its application to compact objects, gravitational waves and …
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Schneider, P., Meylan, G. (Ed), Kochanek, C., Jetzer, P. (Ed), North, P. (Ed), Wambsganss, J. (2006)
The observation, in 1919 by A.S. Eddington and collaborators, of the gra- tational de?ection of light by the Sun proved one of the many predictions of Einstein’s Theory of General …
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Grupen, C. (2005)
The book describes the branch of astrophysics in which processes in the universe are investigated with experimental methods known from particle physics experiments. After a …
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Kundt, W. (2005)
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 …
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Beutler, G. (2005)
G. Beutler's Methods of Celestial Mechanics is a coherent textbook for students as well as an excellent reference for practitioners. The first volume gives a thorough treatment of …
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Beutler, G. (2005)
G. Beutler's Methods of Celestial Mechanics is a coherent textbook for students as well as an excellent reference for practitioners. The first volume gives a thorough treatment of …
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Prölss, G. (2004)
This book was written for readers interested in learning about the disciplines, methods and results of space research, perhaps because they happened upon the field during the …
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Wilson, R. N. (2004)
A corrected reprint of the ?rst edition appeared in 2000. It was a requirement that the pagination remain unaltered, but nevertheless, apart from minor and format corrections on …
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Kallenrode, M. (2004)
Space is a large natural plasma laboratory offering a wealth of phenomena which range from the simple to the highly complex and non-linear. This book begins with an introduction …
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Hansen, C. J., Kawaler, S. D., Trimble, V. (2004)
The?rsteditionofthistextappearedin1994.Shortlyafterthethirdprinting, our editor suggested that we attempt a second edition because new devel- …
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Bergström, L., Goobar, A. (2004)
Beginning with some basic facts about the observable universe the authors consider in successive chapters the complete range of topics that make up a degree course in cosmology …
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Rohlfs, K., Wilson, T. (2004)
Progress in the fields of science and technology is again the reason for updat ing this text most changes occur in Chaps. 4, 7, 8 and 14; in the others we have made a number of …
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Karttunen, H. (Ed), Kröger, P. (Ed), Oja, H. (Ed), Poutanen, M. (Ed), Donner, K. J. (Ed) (2003)
Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and …
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Börner, G. (2003)
Fourteen years is a long time, and especially in the field of cosmology new observational results and new theoretical ideas seem to appear at a steadily increasing rate. It is …
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Dopita, M. A., Sutherland, R. S. (2003)
Our purpose in writing this book is to show how physics has been applied to developing our current understanding of the phase structure, physical condi tions, chemical makeup …
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Stix, M. (2002)
A wealth of new experimental and theoretical results has been obtained in solar physics since the first edition of this textbook appeared in 1989. Thus all nine chapters have been …
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