Download or read book Galaxies and Cosmology written by Vittorio Canuto and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a treatment of the fundamentals of cosmology and galaxies discussed from theoretical, experimental and observational perspectives and providing a basic reference source for both specialists and non-specialists. Articles from non-equilibrium relativistic cosmology to the evolution of galaxies are included.

Download or read book Luminous Stars and Associations in Galaxies written by International Astronomical Union. Symposium and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1986-06-30 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the 116th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Porto Heli, Greece, May 26-31, 1985

Download or read book Building Galaxies From The Primordial Universe To The Present Procs Of The Xixth Rencontres De Moriond written by Veronique Cayatte and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000-07-17 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings provide a summary of the state-of-the-art in the understanding of physical processes which control galaxy formation. Many topics are discussed which present the latest observational results: dust extinction, the role of AGNs in the formation of massive galaxies, etc. How future instruments such as NGST, ALMA, FIRST, KMT and SKAI can help to resolve these questions is also addressed. The book will serve as a useful reference in the field for many years to come.

Download or read book Spiral Galaxies in the Near IR written by Dante Minniti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From June 7-9, 1995, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Max Plank Institut fiir Astrophysik (MPA) jointly held the Workshop on Spiral Galaxies in the Near-IR. This meeting took place at the ESO headquarters in Garching bei Miinchen, Germany. The weather waschanging, with the biergarten closed, but that did not stop 85 people from allover the world from attending the meeting. The three days were intensive, with talks and coffee and posters from 9 am to 6 pm, and very productive indeed for everyone. The topics covered the stellar populations of the Milky Way and other more distant spirals, the role of dust, the dynamics of spiral galaxies, and the nuclear activity seen at near-IR wavelengths. This volume presents the original contributions from the participants, including several papers that review the state-of-the-art knowledge in these various subjects. The editors would like to thank first and foremost Christina Stoffer, for she took care of everything. The meeting would not have been so successful without her expertise and efficiency. We are deeply indebted to the directors of MPA and ESO Science, Simon White and Jacqueline Bergeron, for their support and encouragement. We would also like to thank the other members of the scientific organizing committee: R. Genzel, K. Freeman, A. Moorwood, S. White, M. Rieke and E. Athannasoula, for their advice with the organization of the program. We also thank G. Rieke, R. Genzel, L. Athannasoula, A. Renzini and R.

Download or read book Galaxies written by Francoise Combes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galaxies are vast ensembles of stars, gas and dust, embedded in dark matter halos. They are the basic building blocks of the Universe, gathered in groups, clusters and super-clusters. They exist in many forms, either as spheroids or disks. Classifications, such as the Hubble sequence (based on mass concentration and gas fraction) and the colormagnitude diagram (which separates a blue cloud from a red sequence) help to understand their formation and evolution. Galaxies spend a large part of their lives in the blue cloud, forming stars as spiral or dwarf galaxies. Then, via a mechanism that is still unclear, they stop forming stars and quietly end in the red sequence, as spheroids. This transformation may be due to galaxy interactions, or because of the feedback of active nuclei, through the energy released by their central super-massive black holes. These mechanisms could explain the history of cosmic star formation, the rate of which was far greater in the first half of the UniverseÂs life. Galaxies delves into all of these surrounding subjects in six chapters written by dedicated, specialist astronomers and researchers in the field, from their numerical simulations to their evolutions.

Download or read book The World of Galaxies written by Harold G. Corwin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 12 April to 14 April 1988, 120 of Gerard and Antoinette de Vaucouleurs's friends and colleagues gathered at the Institut d' Astrophysique in Paris to cel ebrate Gerard's 70th birthday and his remarkable career in Astronomy. The gathering also honored the memory of Antoinette (who died 29 August 1987 after a long illness) and her own no less remarkable career. This volume collects the 24 invited review papers and the 60 contributed poster papers presented at the meeting. Gerard de Vaucouleurs Gerard de Vaucouleurs was born on 25 April 1918 in Paris, where he spent his boyhood. He became an active amateur astronomer in the early 1930's, making extensive observations of Mars, Jupiter, and variable stars (including the bright supernova of 1937 in IC 4182). He also began life-long interests in astronomical photography and galaxy cataloguing during this period. In 1939, he met the director of the Paris transport system and an equally avid amateur astronomer, Julien Peridier. De Vaucouleurs worked at Peridier's private observatory at Le Houga in southwestern France on and off throughout the next decade. His undergraduate work was in mathematics, astronomy, and experimental physics; this, combined with his interest in observational astronomy, formed his life-long empirical approach to science. After spending 18 months in the French army early in 1939 - 41, Gerard returned to the Peridier observatory and then, in 1943, to his studies at the Sorbonne, where he met Antoinette.

Download or read book Cosmic Evolution written by Eric J. Chaisson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaisson addresses some of the most basic issues we can contemplate: the origin of matter and the origin of life, and the ways matter, life, and radiation interact and change with time. He designs for us an expansive yet intricate model depicting the origin and evolution of all material structures.

Download or read book The Southern Sky Guide written by David Ellyard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic beginner's guide to the southern hemisphere skies, updated to 2010.

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Download or read book Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies IAU S230 written by International Astronomical Union. Symposium and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last 40 years astronomers have observed sources of intense X-ray radiation from beyond our Solar System. These have been associated with remarkable objects, such as neutron stars and black holes. Current satellite observatories have enabled us to extend the studies of these objects from the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds to individual X-ray sources in other galaxies. At the same time, imaging facilities at gamma-rays and TeV energies have improved enormously, leading to many further discoveries within our own galaxy. This Symposium presents an overview of these new developments, covering detailed studies of individual sources within the Milky Way, global descriptions of X-ray source populations in other galaxies, and less resolved relatives at high redshift. Galaxy nuclei and diffuse emission components are included, as are new discoveries at gamma-rays and TeV energies. IAU S230 is a valuable resource for astronomers and graduates working in high-energy astrophysics.

Download or read book Astronomy of the Milky Way written by Mike Inglis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Mike Inglis's classic guide to observing the Milky Way in the Southern Hemisphere updates all of the science about the target objects with new findings from the astrophysics field. In addition, the book boasts a larger format with entirely re-drawn maps. Newly laid out for ease of use with an increased number of images in color, it updates and improves the first edition to remain the most comprehensive text on the subject. One of the wonders of the universe we live in is the Milky Way, and this book provides a wonderful tour of its highlights for amateur astronomers observing below the equator. In its pages, Southern Hemisphere observers interested in viewing our own galaxy's finest features will find every constellation that the Milky Way passes through with detailed descriptions of the many objects that can be found therein, including stars, double and multiple stars, emission nebulae, planetary nebulae, dark nebulae and supernovae remnants, open and galactic clusters, and galaxies. The book also details the one thing that is often left out of observing guides - the amazing star clouds of the Milky Way itself. Accompanying the descriptive text there are many star charts and maps, as well as the latest images made by observatories around the world and in space along with those taken by amateur astronomers. This second edition's updated scientific material and an easy-to-use layout perfect for many nights of fruitful observation.

Download or read book Debunking Darwinian Evolution Global Warming Other Misconceptions written by William C. Cekal BSME and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to show where the public is being deceived into believing erroneous assumptions as factual by the media and in academic circles worldwide without scientific corroboration and provides a contrarian view to the predominant consensus. Today, the scientific method is being ignored by many scientists and those with an inadequate understanding of technological principles. Many embrace a unscientific approach to new theories and accept them based on majority vote without regard for empirical evidence. The scientific method consists of rigorous observation, experimentation and reasoning to resolve the rationale for a proposed hypothesis. Instead, many scientists today use computer modeling to convince others of the correctness of their theory. More often than not the input to these computer programs consists of erroneous unsubstantiated data, unconfirmed phenomenon or misconceptions which result in incorrect conclusions. With the advent of immediate worldwide communication unfounded beliefs are being disseminated worldwide by the media, pseudo-scientists, ill-informed educators, politicians and those with an unsubstantiated opinion with little or no basis in scientific fact. This book provides numerous scientifically based data in an attempt to discredit these unscientific opinions and provides extensive factual scientific disclosure on each point of contention for a more comprehensive counter-defense. Having read this book, you will have scrutinized these erroneous claims to a greater extent than those that seek personal recognition in media outlets or for personal gain without proper research. Debunking Darwinian Evolution, Global Warming & Other Misconceptions is intended to give readers an insight into why these specific fallacies exist, why they continue to be propagated without proper scientific scrutiny and to provide opposing in-depth research in the hope of dispelling these myths.

Download or read book High Redshift and Primeval Galaxies written by Jacqueline Bergeron and published by Atlantica Séguier Frontières. This book was released on 1987 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift written by Ralf Bender and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-01-23 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring the masses of galaxies as a function of redshift is perhaps one of the most challenging open issues in current astronomical research. The evolution of the baryonic and dark matter components of galaxies is not only a critical test of the hierarchical formation paradigm, but ultimately also provides new clues on the complex interplay between star formation, the cooling and heating of gas and galaxy merging processes. This book reviews current techniques to measure the baryonic (stellar) and dark masses of nearby galaxies, and focusses on ongoing attempts to measure theses same quantities in galaxies at higher and higher redshifts. It also gives room to future perspectives, with special emphasis on new survey projects and satellite missions.

Download or read book Inner Space Outer Space written by Edward Kolb and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1986-04 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inner Space/Outer Space brings together much of the exciting work contributing to a new synthesis of modern physics. Particle physicists, concerned with the "inner space" of the atom, are making discoveries that their colleagues in astrophysics, studying outer space, can use to develop and test hypotheses about the events that occurred in the microseconds after the Big Bang and that shaped the universe as we know it today. The papers collected here, from scores of scientists, constitute the proceedings of the first major international conference on research at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics, held in May 1984. The editors have written introductions to each major section that draw out the central themes and elaborate on the primary implications of the papers that follow.

Download or read book Atlas of Galaxies written by Ronald J. Buta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New illustrated atlas on modern galaxy classification for astronomy researchers, students, and amateurs.

Download or read book NUCLEAR PHYSICS written by AGRAWAL, HARI M. and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a coherent and in-depth treatment of all the important topics on nuclear physics with up-to-date notions and viewpoints. It starts with the discussion on general properties of nucleus, and then moves on to give insights into nuclear models, radioactivity and its applications, nuclear force and nuclear reactions. Readers are also introduced with the concept of interaction of radiation with matter, and detectors including particle accelerators from a practical rather a theoretical point of view. A separate chapter has been devoted to particle physics along with the latest developments. The book also presents an overview of the applications of nuclear physics to various fields such as nuclear energy, healthcare, industry and environment. The evolution of the universe along with the primordial and the stellar nucleosynthesis has been discussed in the last chapter. The book is designed as a standard text for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Physics. KEY FEATURES • Includes numerous worked out exercises to help in understanding the key concepts • Uses computing and analyzing tools such as MATLAB and Excel • Provides a good number of informative figures and tables