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Gamma-ray bursts /
"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…
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The Doppler method for the detection of exoplanets /
"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…
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Hubble Deep Field and the distant universe /
"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…
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Life with Hubble :an insider's view of the world's most famous telescope /
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A small error : the origin of spherical aberration -- 2. The road to redemption : learning to service in space -- 3. The sharper image : correcting spherical aberration -- 4. Leading the way : preparing to service Hubble -- 5. To the rescue : the first servicing mission -- 6. Transfiguration : life without spherical ab…
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Planetary diversity :rocky planet processes and their observational signatures /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.The challenges in understanding the diversity of rocky planets -- 1. Observations of exoplanets / Elizabeth J. Tasker and Yuka Fujii -- 2. Formation of a rocky planet / Elizabeth J. Tasker -- 3. Magnetic fields on rocky planets / Matthieu Laneuville, Chuanfei Dong, Joseph G. O'Rourke and Adam C. Schneider -- 4. The heat b…
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory :exploring the high energy universe /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Exploring the high-energy universe -- 1.2. The Chandra X-ray Observatory -- 1.3. Mechanisms for the production and absorption of x-rays in a cosmic setting -- 1.4. Stars, planets, and solar system objects -- 1.5. Supernovae and their remnants -- 1.6. X-ray binaries -- 1.7. X-rays from galaxies -- 1…
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Seeing the unseen :Mount Wilson's role in high angular resolution astronomy /
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The birth of stellar interferometry -- 1.1. It all started with the last man who knew everything -- 1.2. The master of light -- 1.3. Along the way to the event horizon2. The Mount Wilson opportunity -- 2.1. Go west, young man -- 2.2. Michelson and Hale -- 2.3. Anderson and Merrill3. The pi?ece de r?esistance -- 3.1. Th…
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Introductory notes on planetary science :the solar system, exoplanets and pla…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is a planet? -- 1.2. Solar system overview -- 1.3. Brief remarks on this text -- 1.4. Important terms -- 1.5. Chapter 1 homework questions2. Energy from the sun -- 2.1. Energy generation in the sun -- 2.2. Blackbody curves and luminosity -- 2.3. The inverse square law -- 2.4. The equilibrium t…
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Extreme solar particle storms :the hostile Sun /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. What can be learned from modern data? -- 2.1. Strength of solar flares -- 2.2. Solar particle events -- 2.3. Major geomagnetic storms3. State-of-the-art theory and modeling -- 3.1. Solar and stellar dynamos -- 3.2. Particle acceleration at the sun4. Cosmogenic isotopes as proxies for solar energetic …
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The cosmic 21-cm revolution :charting the first billion years of our universe /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Theoretical framework : the fundamentals of the 21 cm line -- 1.1. Radiative transfer of the 21 cm line -- 1.2. The spin temperature -- 1.3. Heating of the intergalactic medium2. Astrophysics from the 21 cm background -- 2.1. Properties of the high-z intergalactic medium -- 2.2. Sources of the UV and x-ray background -…
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