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Extragalactic astrophysics /
"Version: 20160901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution -- 1.6. Galaxies2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax a…
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The tai chi in star formation /
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Magnetic fields -- 1.2. Turbulence -- 1.3. Turbulence versus B-fields -- 1.4. OK, so what about tai chi?2. Magnetic fields -- 2.1. Magnetic flux freezing approximation -- 2.2. Magnetic critical mass -- 2.3. The tai c…
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Inside the stars /
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Understanding the inside of the Sun. 1. A glimpse of the solar interior -- 2. The sun as a star -- 3. The role of radiation inside stars -- 4. The nature of star stuff -- 5. Discovering the source of solar energy6. Properties of the matter inside stars -- 6.1. The equation of state -- 6.2. Opacity calculations -- …
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Structure and evolution of single stars :an introduction /
"Version: 20151101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Observational background -- 1.1. Distances -- 1.2. Stellar brightness and luminosity -- 1.3. Colors -- 1.4. Spectroscopy -- 1.5. Color-magnitude diagrams -- 1.6. Stellar masses -- 1.7. The mass-luminosity relation for main seq…
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Neutron stars, black holes and gravitational waves /
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Waves -- 3. The Special Theory of Relativity -- 4. The General Theory of Relativity -- 4.1. Gravitational radiation -- 5. The life of massive stars -- 5.1. Neutron stars -- 6. Black holes -- 6.1. Some properties of bla…
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The globular star clusters of the Andromeda Galaxy /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The Andromeda Galaxy -- 1.1. An introduction to Messier 31, the Andromeda Galaxy -- 1.2. Observations of M31 -- 1.3. M31's globular cluster system2. Globular clusters in the Milky Way -- 2.1. An introduction to globular star clusters -- …
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An introduction to brown dwarfs :from very-low-mass stars to super-Jupiters /
"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…
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Accreting binaries :nature, formation, and evolution /
"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The discovery of accreting binaries -- 1.2. Celestial laboratories of extreme physics -- 1.3. Structure of this book2. Astrophysical basics for single stars -- 2.1. Concise stellar evolution -- 2.2. Fundamental properties of compact objects -- 2.3. Reviews, catalogs and references3. Astrophysical b…
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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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Extragalactic astrophysics /
"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…
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