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Accreting white dwarfs :from exoplanetary probes to classical novae and Type …
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Sion, Edward M.,

"Version: 20230901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A brief introduction to the physics of non-accreting white dwarfs -- 1.1. A historical background of the study of white dwarfs -- 1.2. Electron degeneracy -- 1.3. The inverse relation between WD mass and radius -- 1.4. The Chandrasekhar limit -- 1.5. Core compositions versus WD mass -- 1.6. Cooling evolution -- 1.7. WD…

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9780750320429
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The golden gift of red giants /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Noels-Grotsch, Arlette,Miglio, Andrea,

"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-1-11-4).1. Story of an evolving low mass star : foreword -- 2. Pre main sequence--PMS -- 2.1. Hayashi track -- 2.2. Mean stellar temperature during gravitational contraction -- 2.3. Duration of the PMS phase -- 2.4. List of questions3. Core hydrogen burning -- 3.1. Minimum mass for nuclear burning -- 3.2. Onset …

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9780750321594
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Time and time again :determination of longitude at sea in the 17th century /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),De Grijs, Richard,

"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Changing times -- 1.1. Enlightenment in Western Europe : the Dutch Golden Age -- 1.2. Intermezzo : The rise of the scientist -- 1.3. Scholarly communication and scientific networks in the 17th century -- 1.4. Birth of the learned societies and their scientific journals -- 1.5. The 17th Century : …

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9780750311946
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Understanding stellar evolution /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Lamers, Henny J. G. L. M.,Levesque, Emily M,

"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Stars : setting the stage -- 1.1. The sun : our star -- 1.2. The chemical composition of the sun and stars -- 1.3. The structure of stars -- 1.4. Stellar evolution in a nutshell -- 1.5. Summary2. Observations of stellar parameters -- 2.1. The distance of stars -- 2.2. The mass of stars -- 2.3. The luminosity of stars -…

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9780750312783
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Modeling and analysis of eclipsing binary stars :the theory and design princi…
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Pr?esa, Andrej,

"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the field -- 1.1. Why binaries are important -- 1.2. Why eclipsing binaries are even more importantpart I. Observations. 2. Observations and data acquisition -- 2.1. Timekeeping -- 2.2. Photometry -- 2.3. Spectroscopy -- 2.4. Interferometry -- 2.5. Astrometry -- 2.6. Polarimetry -- 2.7. Asteroseismology…

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9780750312875
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Extragalactic novae :a historical perspective /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Shafter, Allen Wayne,

"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Foundations. 1. The early history of the transient sky -- 1.1. The nebulae -- 1.2. Novae in nebulae!2. Novae and the nature of spiral nebulae -- 2.1. Proper motions and spiral nebulae -- 2.2. Novae and nebulae -- 2.3. The great debate -- 2.4. The birth of extragalactic astronomy -- 2.5. Hubble's survey: the Mount …

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9780750312967
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Astrophysical recipes :the art of AMUSE /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Zwart, Simon Portegies,McMillan, S.

"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. What is computational astrophysics? -- 1.1. Computational astrophysics -- 1.2. A brief history of simulations in astrophysics -- 1.3. Software used in this book -- 1.4. Initial conditions2. Gravitational dynamics -- 2.1. In a nutshell -- 2.2. N-body integration strategies -- 2.3. Gravity solvers in AMUSE -- 2.4. Exampl…

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9780750313209
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Interstellar flow and star formation /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),V?azquez-Semadeni, Enrique,

"Version: 20250901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.The drunkard and the policeman -- part I. Theoretical background. 1. The ISM and star formation -- 1.1. The ISM as a Flowing continuum -- 1.2. the components of the ISM2. The hydrodynamic equations -- 2.1. The fluid approach -- 2.2. The conservation equations -- 2.3. Constitutive relations -- 2.4. The fluid equations from…

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9780750312905
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