"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Centering the stories. 1. Detecting the signal amidst the noise : ambient exclusion as a barrier to advancing diversity in physics and astronomy / Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux -- 2. It all starts with relationships : astronomical collaborations with indigenous communities / Kathryn (Kat) G. Gardner-Vandy and Daniella M.…
"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. How to use this book? -- 1.2. Data availabilitypart I. Unix and basic Python. 2. Essential Unix skills -- 2.1. Operating systems -- 2.2. Anatomy of the terminal -- 2.3. Common UNIX commands -- 2.4. Cancelling commands -- 2.5. Tab complete -- 2.6. Intermediate shell commands -- 2.7. SSH and servers …
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution1.6. Galaxies -- 2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax and radial velocities -- 2.2. The equatorial coordinate system -- 2.3. Rotational transformatio…
"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…
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- part I. Standalone systems for the classroom -- 2. Solar radiometry, HI spectroscopy, and galactic kinematics using a small-dish radio telescope / James M. Cordes -- 3. BHARAT setup for HI pedagogy : the radiometer / Ashish A. Mhaske, Joydeep Bagchi and Bhal Chandra Joshi -- 4. BHARAT setup for HI pedag…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.26. The search for exoplanets : Doppler method -- 26.1. The Doppler effect -- 26.2. Center of mass -- 26.3. Detecting the solar system from afar -- 26.4. Weighing an exoplanet27. The search for exoplanets : transit method (I) -- 27.1. Introduction -- 27.2. Planetary transit basics -- 27.3. Detecting the solar system from …
"Version: 20241201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stars and brown dwarfs -- 1.2. Definitions and brown dwarf research paradigms -- 1.3. Discovery of brown dwarfs2. The basics -- 2.1. Fundamental parameters -- 2.2. Astronomy units: magnitudes and parsecs -- 2.3. Spectroscopy: velocities, surface gravity and metallicity3. Spectral types -- 3.1. Spec…
"Version: 20230901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Background -- 1.1. A brief history of lithium -- 1.2. Atomic lithium in the gas phase -- 1.3. The lithium isotope ratio -- 1.4. Lithium in molecules -- 1.5. Lithium in solids2. Creation, destruction and preservation of lithium -- 2.1. Big bang lithium synthesis -- 2.2. Galactic sources of lithium -- 2.3. Where is lithi…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Messengers of astrophysics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electromagnetic radiation -- 1.3. Cosmic rays -- 1.4. Neutrinos -- 1.5. Gravitational waves2. From dust ... the birth and death of stars -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Stellar birth -- 2.3. Stellar death3. To dust ... the birth and death of planets -- 3.1. Introduct…
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Newton's gravity and orbits. 1. A review of newton's laws and an introduction to python -- 1.1. Overview -- 1.2. Scientific background -- 1.3. Using Python as a calculator -- 1.4. Arrays and (avoiding) loops -- 1.5. Using Python modules to help with units -- 1.6. Defining your own functions2. Kepler's laws of plan…