Introduction to Advanced Astrophysics
The purpose of this textbook is to provide a basic knowledge of the main parts of modern astrophysics for all those starting their studies in this field at the undergraduate level. The reader is supposed to have only a high school training in physics and mathematics. In many respects this Introducti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1980, 1980
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1980 |
| Series: | Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Radiative Transfer and Internal Structure of Normal Stars
- 1. Introduction to the Theory of Radiative Transfer
- 2. Elementary Introduction to the Physics of Stellar Interiors
- 3. The Physics of Interiors of the Main Sequence Stars
- II. White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Pulsars
- 4. Elementary Properties of a Degenerate Fermi Gas
- 5. White Dwarfs
- 6. Neutron Stars
- 7. Pulsars
- III. Newton’s Law, Binary Systems and Galactic X-ray Sources
- 8. Theory of Spectroscopic and Eclipsing Binaries. Stellar Masses
- 9. Galactic X-ray Sources
- IV. Cosmology: Elementary Theory and Basic Observational Data
- 10. Elementary Theoretical Cosmology: The Newtonian Approach
- 11. Basic Concepts of Relativistic Cosmology
- 12. Relativistic Effects in Observational Cosmology. The Cosmological Redshift in Expanding Universe
- 13. Basic Data in Observational Cosmology: Active Galactic Nuclei and Clusters of Galaxies
- Table of Values