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"Version: 20160901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution -- 1.6. Galaxies2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax and radial velocities -- 2.2. The equatorial coordinate system -- 2.3. Rotational transformations -- 2.4. Stellar motions -- 2.5. Measuring stellar parallaxes -- 2.6. Hipparcos results -- 2.7. Time in astronomy -- 2.8. Inertial reference frames -- 2.9. Galactic structure -- 2.10. The interstellar medium -- 2.11. Star counts -- 2.12. Initial stellar mass function -- 2.13. Stellar kinematics -- 2.14. Mass of the Galaxy -- 2.15. Milky Way formation3. External galaxies -- 3.1. History -- 3.2. Elliptical galaxies -- 3.3. Spiral galaxies -- 3.4. The Tully-Fisher relationship for spiral galaxies -- 3.5. Spiral structures through stochastic star formation -- 3.6. The cosmic distance ladder -- 3.7. Dark matter4. Active galaxies, quasars and supermassive black holes -- 4.1. Active galaxies -- 4.2. Classifications of active galaxies -- 4.3. Discovery and history of quasars -- 4.4. Synchrotron emission -- 4.5. Accreting black holes -- 4.6. Jet acceleration -- 4.7. Synchrotron-self-Compton jets -- 4.8. Unified model of quasars -- 4.9. Quasar variability5. General relativity and cosmology -- 5.1. A brief history of cosmology -- 5.2. Newtonian derivation of the cosmological equations -- 5.3. General relativistic derivation of cosmology -- 5.4. Big Bang cosmology -- 5.5. Confirmation of the Big Bang -- 5.6. Problems with the Big Bang theory -- 5.7. The future evolution of the accelerating Universe -- 5.8. Finding mass in the Universe -- 5.9. WMAP results -- 5.10. Age of the Universe -- 5.11. Gravitational waves.This book is intended to be a course about the creation and evolution of the universe at large, including the basic macroscopic building blocks (galaxies) and the overall large-scale structure. This text covers a broad range of topics for a graduate-level class in a physics department where students' available credit hours for astrophysics classes are limited. The sections cover galactic structure, external galaxies, galaxy clustering, active galaxies, general relativity and cosmology. This book is intended to be a course about the creation and evolution of the universe at large, including the basic macroscopic building blocks (galaxies) and the overall large-scale structure. This text covers a broad range of topics for a graduate-level class in a physics department where students' available credit hours for astrophysics classes are limited. The sections cover galactic structure, external galaxies, galaxy clustering, active galaxies, general relativity and cosmology.Graduate students, researchers and advanced astronomical science amateurs.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Dr. James R Webb is currently a full professor of physics at Florida International University (FIU). He received his Bachelors in Physics at Ball State University, and his Masters and PhD in astronomy at the University of Florida. His research is the study of blazar variability on all timescales and, although primarily an optical astronomer, he has worked in the UV, x-ray and gamma-ray spectral domains as well.Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 10, 2016).

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