Astrophysics

With the success of Cherenkov Astronomy and more recently with the launch of NASA's Fermi mission, very-high-energy astrophysics has undergone a revolution in the last years. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of the recent...

The review papers in this volume provide an in-depth examination of complex astrophysical phenomena of star formation via multi-wavelength observations and modeling. Among the fundamental issues discussed in the book are: The role of gravity and...

Modern observations, including recent ones with the Hubble Space Telescope, have revealed that the Universe is replete with plasma outflows from all kinds of objects, ranging from stars in all their variety to galaxies. In this masterly survey of plasma...

Describes the branch of astronomy in which processes in the universe are investigated with experimental methods employed in particle-physics experiments. After a historical introduction the basics of elementary particles, Explains particle interactions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789027722102Author M. KitamuraFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 1260g

This book deals with the relationship between gravitation and elementary particle physics, and the implications of these subjects for astrophysics. There has, in recent years, been renewed interest in theories that connect up gravitation and particle...

This book presents novel observational evidence toward detecting and characterizing the products of massive, interacting binary stars. As a majority of massive stars are born in close binary systems, a large number of so-called massive binary interaction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734583489Author Stephen BlahaFormat HardbackPage Count 84Imprint Pingree-Hill PublishingPublisher Pingree-Hill PublishingWeight(grams) 178g

This book presents a study of the young supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 in order to reveal the origin of cosmic rays in our galaxy. The study focuses on the X-ray and gamma radiation from the cosmic ray electrons and protons in the supernova remnant as...

These peer-reviewed NIC XV conference proceedings present the latest major advances in nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmochemistry and neutrino physics, which provide the necessary framework for a microscopic understanding of astrophysical...

This thesis offers the first laboratory validation of microscopic simulations of radio emission from particle showers, including a detailed description of the simulation study. It presents a potential future avenue for resolving the mass composition of...

This book provides an overview of solar wind turbulence from both the theoretical and observational perspective. It argues that the interplanetary medium offers the best opportunity to directly study turbulent fluctuations in collisionless plasmas. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986863764Author Ellen Johnston McHenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Ellen McHenry's Basement WorkshopPublisher Ellen McHenry's Basement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599429878Author Jerome DrexlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 372g

The general background of this monograph and the aim of it is described in detail in Chapter I. As stated in 1.7 it is written according to the principle that "when rigour appears to conflict with simplicity, simplicity is given preference",...

Our first attempt to organize a Symposium on solar activity was made at the lAO General Assembly in Brighton 1970. There, at the session of Commission 10, we proposed to organize a Symposium which would stress the observational aspects of solar activity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410220523Author NASAFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams) 210g

This thesis presents fundamental work that explains two mysteries concerning the trajectory of interplanetary spacecraft. For the first problem, the so-called Pioneer anomaly, a wholly new and innovative method was developed for computing all...

Tackling galactic evolution in a truly novel way, this outstanding thesis statistically explores the long-term evolution of galaxies, using recent theoretical breakthroughs that explicitly account for their self-gravity. While treating processes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798227752611Author Hiten ShelarFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Hiten ShelarPublisher Hiten ShelarWeight(grams) 145g

The conversion of energy generated in the Sun's interior creates its hot corona and a wealth of dynamical phenomena such as ?ares, mass ejections and tr- sientnonthermalpopulationsofchargedparticles. Theseprocessesareofgeneral interest in astrophysics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798869298454Author Dr James E BeichlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Veritas Ink and PressPublisher Veritas Ink and PressWeight(grams) 581g

This thesis is a comprehensive work that addresses many of the open questions currently being discusssed in the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray community. It presents a detailed description of the MAGIC telescope together with a glimpse of the future...

In the context of the NASA Deep Impact space mission, comet 9P/Tempel1 has been at the focus of an unprecedented worldwide long-term multi-wavelength observation campaign. The comet was also studied throughout its perihelion passage by various sources...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642147377Author Kambiz AfrasiabiFormat HardbackPage Count 294Imprint Page Publishing IncPublisher Page Publishing IncWeight(grams) 152g

Space weather has attracted a lot of attention in recent times. Severe space weather can disrupt spacecraft, and on Earth can be the cause of power outages and power station failure. It also presents a radiation hazard for airline passengers and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639108583Author Towfiq AhmedFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 159g

This outstanding thesis by Dominic Bowman provides a thorough investigation of long-standing questions as to whether amplitude modulation is astrophysical, whether it offers insights into pulsating stars, and whether simple beating of modes with stable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789027702128Author E.R. DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 580g

The symposium on 'Solar Gamma-, X- and EUV Radiation' was held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 11 June to 14 June 1974. It was sponsored jointly by the Inter- national Astronomical Union (IAU) and the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). The...

This book addresses three "hot" topics concerning the general problem of the origin of Galactic cosmic rays, namely (1) the acceleration, propagation, and radiation of particles in supernova remnants; (2) very high energy neutrinos from the...

This is an open access book. This book, the first edited collection of its kind, explores the recent emergence of philosophical research in astrophysics. It assembles a variety of original essays from scholars who are currently shaping this field, and it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732824591Author Stephen BlahaFormat HardbackPage Count 412Imprint Pingree-Hill PublishingPublisher Pingree-Hill PublishingWeight(grams) 930g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788269358322Author Anteneh Biru TsegayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Hezon AcademyPublisher Hezon AcademyWeight(grams) 177g

This book collects together a selection of the best papers presented at the Third International Bioastronomy Symposium held in 1990. The subject is bioastronomy, the search for life in the universe, andthe book is devided according to the five main...

Presents an overview of recent research on the original of solar phenomena that affect Earth's technological systems. This topical issue is based on the presentations given at the 26th National Solar Observatory (NSO) Summer Workshop held at the National...

Cosmic rays consist of elementary particles with enormous energy which originate from outside our solar system and constantly hit the Earth's atmosphere. Where do these cosmic rays originate? How does nature accelerate the cosmic-ray particles to...

This volume tries to summarize the status of observational knowledge of the Kuiper Belt. Its recent discovery has revitalized the astromomical study of the Solar System and is beginning to open new and unexpected windows on the physics of planetesimal...

This textbook introduces the current astrophysical observations of black holes, and discusses the leading techniques to study the strong gravity region around these objects with electromagnetic radiation. More importantly, it provides the basic tools for...

The present 15th volume of the ISSI Space Science Series is devoted to Auroral Plasma Physics. The aurora is arguably the most intriguing phenomenon in space plasma physics. Not only is it the most spectacular manifestation of the Sun-Earth connection...