Astrophysics

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...

Understanding star formation is one of the key fields in present-day astrophysics. This book treats a wide variety of the physical processes involved, as well as the main observational discoveries, with key points being discussed in detail. The current...

This course-tested textbook conveys the fundamentals of magnetic fields and relativistic plasma in diffuse cosmic media, with a primary focus on phenomena that have been observed at different wavelengths. Theoretical concepts are addressed wherever...

Half a century ago, S. Chandrasekhar wrote these words in the preface to his 1 celebrated and successful book: In this monograph an attempt has been made to present the theory of stellar dy namics as a branch of classical dynamics - a discipline in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782959169342Author Halim AshkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Halim AshkarPublisher Halim AshkarWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543706505Author Krishnagopal DharaniFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Partridge Publishing IndiaPublisher Partridge Publishing IndiaWeight(grams) 966g

On August 2000 in the Lomonosov Moscow State University the first scientific conference dedicated to chaos in the real astronomical systems was held. The most prominent astrophysisists - specialist in the field of stochastic dynamics - attended the...

This prize-winning Ph.D. thesis by Chris Harrison adopts a multi-faceted approach to address the lack of decisive observational evidence, utilising large observational data sets from several world-leading telescopes. Developing several novel...

Quantum Plasmadynamics is a synthesis of the kinetic theory of plasmas and quantum electrodynamics (QED). In this volume, the approach applied to unmagnetized plasmas in volume 1 is generalized to magnetized plasmas. First, a covariant version of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781412015356Author Bill G.P.H. BashFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 505g

This volume covers different aspects of recent theoretical and observational work on magnetic reconnection, a fundamental plasma-physical process by which energy stored in magnetic field is converted, often explosively, into heat and kinetic energy. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938842474Author Hector EstepanFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Bardolf & CompanyPublisher Bardolf & CompanyWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639068887Author Nikolai ShaposhnikovFormat PaperbackImprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 222g

This thesis describes the application of a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code to accretion disc winds in two types of systems spanning 9 orders of magnitude in mass and size. In both cases, the results provide important new insights. On small scales,...

An almost complete collection of the papers given at the International Workshop on Imaging in High Energy Astronomy (Anacapri, Italy, 1994). These proceedings, which concentrate on imaging above 10 keV, represent the state of the art in the field,...

This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science. The chapters are written by expert members of an EU-funded ERASMUS+ program of strategic partnership...

This thesis presents a pioneering method for gleaning the maximum information from the deepest images of the far-infrared universe obtained with the Herschel satellite, reaching galaxies fainter by an order of magnitude than in previous studies. Using...

Prominences are amazing objects of great beauty whose formation, basic structure and eruption represent one of the basic unsolved problems in Solar Physics. It is now 14 years since the last book on prominences appeared (Tandberg-Hanssen, 1974), during...

With the advent of space observatories and modern developments in ground based astronomy and concurrent progress in the theoretical understanding of these observations it has become clear that accretion of material on to compact objects is an ubiquitous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783731501992Author Michael BetzFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Karlsruher Institut Fur TechnologiePublisher Karlsruher Institut Fur...

The book's principal aim is to clarify fundamental concepts, decipher mathematical structures used to model space-time and relativistic worlds, and to disclose their physical meaning. After each chapter, philosophical implications of the presented...

The original plans for a meeting to celebrate the second centenary of the As tronomical Observatory of Palermo were for a celebration with a double character. The gathering was to have both a historical character, appropriate for a bicenten nial, and a...

The geomagnetic field observed on the surface of the earth has been an important source of information on the dynamic behavior of the magnetosphere. Because the* magnetosphere and its environment are filled with plasma in which electric current can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734583410Author Stephen BlahaFormat HardbackPage Count 1014Imprint Pingree-Hill PublishingPublisher Pingree-Hill PublishingWeight(grams) 1950g

This monograph is based upon the proceedings of the Summer Institute, Physics of the Magnetosphere, held on the Boston College campus, lune 19-28, 1967. The pro gram consisted of invited speakers selected by the Editors. An attempt was made to provide...

The 1969 ESLAB symposium 'Intercorrelated Satellite Observations Related to Solar Events' was held at a time when the importance of bringing together measure ments made simultaneously in different regions of space was beginning to be appreciated. To-day...

The volume gathers the prominent works by participants in the NATO Advanced Study Institute, liThe Comparative Study of the Planets", which was held at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands) from September 14 to September 25, 1981. The book is intended to be a...

Based on a Simons Symposium held in 2018, the proceedings in this volume focus on the theoretical, numerical, and observational quest for dark matter in the universe. Present ground-based and satellite searches have so far severely constrained the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782662969Author John A EddyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKPublisher www.Militarybookshop.Co.UKWeight(grams) 499g

It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions. William Shakespeare, King Lear A Few Words about What, Why and How The structure of the stars in general, and the Sun in particular, has been the subject of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788269358339Author TsegayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Hezon AcademyPublisher Hezon AcademyWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986205700Author Satya Prakash VermaFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Satya Prakash VermaPublisher Satya Prakash VermaWeight(grams) 544g

The various processes that connect the physics of the Sun with that of the Earth`s environment has become known as "Space Weather" during recent years, a slogan that has emerged in connection with many other expressions adapted from meteorology, such as...

Africa faces numerous challenges relating to good governance due to its vast and diverse landscape, as well as its history. This book explores the role of space-based applications in supporting African good governance by strengthening civil society,...

This volume makes explicit use of the synergy between cosmology and high energy physics, for example, supersymmetry and dark matter, or nucleosynthesis and the baryon-to-photon ratio. In particular the exciting possible connection between the recently...

Mars, the most habitable of our sister planets, holds a special place in our imaginations and in our space exploration program. Fully half of NASA's planetary exploration effort is now devoted to Mars. Key questions include: Has Mars ever harbored life?...

This book is one of the first to provide a general overview of order and chaos in dynamical astronomy. The progress of the theory of chaos has a profound impact on galactic dynamics. It has even invaded celestial mechanics, since chaos was found in the...

Starting in 1995 numerical modeling of the Earth's dynamo has ourished with remarkable success. Direct numerical simulation of convection-driven MHD- ow in a rotating spherical shell show magnetic elds that resemble the geomagnetic eld in many respects:...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789971506223Author John David BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint EPB Publishers Pte LtdPublisher EPB Publishers Pte Ltd