Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
09.01.2011
Abbildungen
23 color illus. 158 line illus.50 tables.
Verlag
Princeton University PressSeitenzahl
576
Maße (L/B/H)
24/15,9/3,5 cm
Gewicht
945 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-691-12214-4
An essential resource for graduate students and astrophysicists
This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium-the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in a galaxy and also between galaxies themselves.
Topics include radiative processes across the electromagnetic spectrum; radiative transfer; ionization; heating and cooling; astrochemistry; interstellar dust; fluid dynamics, including ionization fronts and shock waves; cosmic rays; distribution and evolution of the interstellar medium; and star formation. While it is assumed that the reader has a background in undergraduate-level physics, including some prior exposure to atomic and molecular physics, statistical mechanics, and electromagnetism, the first six chapters of the book include a review of the basic physics that is used in later chapters. This graduate-level textbook includes references for further reading, and serves as an invaluable resource for working astrophysicists.
- Essential textbook on the physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium
- Based on a course taught by the author for more than twenty years at Princeton University
- Covers radiative processes, fluid dynamics, cosmic rays, astrochemistry, interstellar dust, and more
- Discusses the physical state and distribution of the ionized, atomic, and molecular phases of the interstellar medium
- Reviews diagnostics using emission and absorption lines
- Features color illustrations and detailed reference materials in appendices
- Instructor's manual with problems and solutions (available only to teachers)
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