"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: 202303"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Polar coordinates--a review -- 1.1. Fundamental definitions -- 1.2. Polar coordinate unit vectors -- 1.3. Time derivatives of polar coordinate unit vectors -- 1.4. Some useful integrals and expansions2. Dynamical quantities in polar coordinates -- 2.1. Position, velocity, acceleration, angular momentum, torque, and energ…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. An introduction to red supergiants -- 1.1. A key evolutionary phase -- 1.2. Supernova progenitors -- 1.3. Extragalactic probes2. Inside a red supergiant -- 2.1. Evolution and the stellar core -- 2.2. Envelopes and atmospheres3. Physical properties of red supergiants -- 3.1. The spectrum of a red supergiant -- 3.2. Effe…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Basis properties and early observations of the Andromeda Galaxy -- 1.2. Modern M31 observations with digitized detector -- 1.3. Microlensing surveys and spin-offs -- 1.4. Wide-field camera view of M31 -- 1.5. Deep, multi-wavelength view of M312. Techniques for time-domain studies -- 2.1. Image subt…
"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 18).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. What powers cosmic emission? -- 2.2. Cosmic messengers -- 3. Current directions -- 3.1. Gravitational wave observations--LIGO -- 3.2. High-energy neutrino observations--IceCube -- 3.3. Connecting the messengers : combined observations and interpretation -- 4. Outlook -- 5…
"Version: 20170101"--Title page verso.Introduction : what is space weather? -- The physics of space weather -- The role of research in mitigating space-weather risks -- Some critical issues in space weather research -- Looking to the future.Space weather--changes in the Earth's environment that can often be traced to physical processes in the Sun--can have a profound impact on critical Earth-ba…
"Version: 20190102"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The chemistry of the early universe -- 1.1. Cosmological background -- 1.2. Big bang nucleosynthesis -- 1.3. The recombination era -- 1.4. Chemistry -- 1.5. Conclusions2. Nucleosynthesis : the origin of the chemical elements -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Nuclei in the cosmos -- 2.3. Primordial nucleosynthesis : from h t…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A historical primer -- 1.1. A lesson in serendipity -- 1.2. GRB phenomenology -- 1.3. The early years -- 1.4. Suggested models for GRB creation -- 1.5. Intensive efforts and large samples -- 1.6. The fireball shock model -- 1.7. The long-GRB afterglow revolution -- 1.8. Redshifts and host galaxies -- 1.9. The supernova…
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The dawn of Doppler measurements -- 1.2. Early work on stellar radial velocity measurements -- 1.3. Toward precise stellar radial velocity measurements -- 1.4. The early hints of exoplanets -- 1.5. The 51 Peg revolution -- 1.6. The Doppler method2. The instruments for Doppler measurements -- 2.1. E…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The beginnings -- 2. Telescopes in space -- 3. A flawed Hubble Telescope -- 4. Hubble servicing missions -- 5. Science coffee and distant galaxies -- 6. Prelude to the deep field -- 7. The HDF : shot in the dark -- 8. Planning the observations -- 9. Acquiring and releasing the data -- 10. Galaxy evolution revealed -- 1…