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Galaxy morphology /
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Earlier classifications -- 1.2. Hubble's tuning fork -- 1.3. The 90% rule -- 1.4. Assignments -- 1.5. Further reading2. Galaxy scale -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. de Vaucouleurs profile -- 2.3. Exponential profile -- 2.4. S?ersic profile -- 2.5. Two-component galaxies -- 2.6. Vertical profiles -- 2.7.…
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Elementary cosmology :From Aristotle's universe to the Big Bang and beyond /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The scientific method -- 1.1. Introduction to the scientific method -- 1.2. Some mathematics -- 1.3. Exponential growth2. Early astronomy -- 3. Nebulae -- 4. Cosmic distances -- 4.1. The cosmic distance ladder -- 4.2. Spiral nebulae : are they extragalactic? -- 4.3. The chemical composition of stars5. Spacetime -- 5.1.…
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Introduction to general relativity and cosmology /
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: General relativity.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1 Prologue -- 1.2. Einstein's insight -- 1.3. Structures seen today -- 1.4. Hubble's law -- 1.5. Olbers' paradox -- 1.6. The big bang and the cosmic microwave background -- 1.7. Inflation -- 1.8. Dark matter -- 1.9. Structure formation -- 1.10. Dark energy -- 1.1…
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- Second edition.
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- 9780750337632
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Fundamental ideas in cosmology :scientific, philosophical and sociological cr…
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Historical and conceptual introduction to the standard cosmological model -- 1.1. Fundamental ideas in cosmology -- 1.2. Cosmology in western culture before the twentieth century -- 1.3. Origin and evolution of the standard cosmological model -- 1.4. Pillars of the standard model -- 1.5. Towards a sceptical position on…
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Nuclear and particle physics with cosmology.
"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General properties of the nucleus -- 2. Radioactivity -- 3. Nuclear models -- 4. Nuclear reaction -- 5. Nuclear fission and fusion -- 6. Deuteron problem -- 7. Scattering -- 8. Nature of nuclear force.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.The topics of nuclear physics, particle physics a…
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Nuclear and particle physics with cosmology.
"Version: 20241101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to particle physics -- 2. Particle accelerators -- 3. Particle detectors -- 4. Units of particle physics -- 5. A brief introduction to the Standard Model -- 6. Study of interactions through Feynman diagram -- 7. Classification of particles and interactions of nature -- 8. Conservation laws and symmetry -- …
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Active galactic nuclei :fueling and feedback /
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Some brief history -- 1.2. Excitation of lines, masses -- 1.3. Variability and size -- 1.4. Global spectrum SED -- 1.5. The central engine -- 1.6. The AGN zoo, blazars, quasars, and others -- 1.7. Emission lines, and the BPT diagnostics -- 1.8. Unification models -- 1.9. Radio galaxies, and radio pro…
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Gravitational waves /
"Version: 20190101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Theory -- 2.2. Methods of gravitational wave detection -- 2.3. LIGO detector description3. Current directions -- 3.1. Noise sources and strain sensitivity -- 3.2. Gravitational wave searches -- 3.3. Gravitational wave astronomy4. Outlook -- 4.1. Ground-based detectors…
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Gamma-ray burst correlations :current status and open questions /
"Version: 20190801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The phenomenology of GRBs -- 1.2. The phenomenological Willingale model -- 1.3. The past and current missions observing GRBs -- 1.4. The historical background of SNe2. GRB models -- 2.1. The compactness problem -- 2.2. The fireball model -- 2.3. The jet opening angle -- 2.4. The central engine mode…
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Simulating large-scale structure for models of cosmic acceleration /
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The standard cosmological model -- 1.2. The universe as a laboratory for fundamental physics -- 1.3. This book2. Cosmological models -- 2.1. Scalar field models for cosmic -- 2.2. Screening mechanisms -- 2.3. The quasi-static approximation -- 2.4. Conclusions3. Probes of cosmic structure formation …
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