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Physics of the Galaxy and Interstellar Matter

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Helmut Scheffler

    1. Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Hans Elsässer

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introductory Survey

    • Helmut Scheffler, Hans Elsässer
    Pages 1-22

  3. Positions, Motions and Distances of the Stars — Concepts and Methods

    • Helmut Scheffler, Hans Elsässer
    Pages 23-60

  4. Structure and Kinematics of the Stellar System

    • Helmut Scheffler, Hans Elsässer
    Pages 61-147

  5. Interstellar Phenomena

    • Helmut Scheffler, Hans Elsässer
    Pages 149-240

  6. Physics of the Interstellar Matter

    • Helmut Scheffler, Hans Elsässer
    Pages 241-364

  7. Dynamics of the Galaxy

    • Helmut Scheffler, Hans Elsässer
    Pages 365-447

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 449-492
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About this book

The present book is a translation of the original German edition (published in 1982) with some minor corrections and improvements. The guide to sup­ plementary and advanced literature given in the Appendix, however, has been brought up to date. This book is addressed primarily to students taking astronomy as a prin­ cipal or subsidiary subject, and to scientists of related fields, but amateur as­ tronomers should also be able to profit from it. For most chapters an elementary knowledge of mathematics and physics will be sufficient, however, Chaps. 5 and 6 impose somewhat greater requirements. In addition the reader should already be acquainted with the basic concepts of stellar physics as treated in introduc­ tory books, including the spectral types, the system of stellar magnitudes and colours, absolute magnitudes and luminosities, the Herlzsprung-Russell dia­ gram and its interpretation. A modem textbook should use SI units. On the other hand, the use of the cgs system is still the prevailing custom in astrophysics - together with the special units of astronomy: length is quoted in parsecs [pc], mass in solar masses [M0] and time in years [a]. We have therefore compromised and employed both cgs and SI units in this book, whichever was the appropriate choice in each instance. A table for conversion of cgs units into SI units and vice versa is given in the Appendix.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Landessternwarte, Heidelberg, Germany

    Helmut Scheffler

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

    Hans Elsässer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics of the Galaxy and Interstellar Matter

  • Authors: Helmut Scheffler, Hans Elsässer

  • Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71721-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-17315-1Published: 11 July 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-71721-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0941-7834

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 492

  • Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations

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

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