Galactic Astronomy (eBook)

James Binney, Michael Merrifield (Autoren)

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2021
816 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23332-1 (ISBN)

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This is the definitive treatment of the phenomenology of galaxies--a clear and comprehensive volume that takes full account of the extraordinary recent advances in the field. The book supersedes the classic text Galactic Astronomy that James Binney wrote with Dimitri Mihalas, and complements Galactic Dynamics by Binney and Scott Tremaine. It will be invaluable to researchers and is accessible to any student who has a background in undergraduate physics. The book draws on observations both of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and of external galaxies. The two sources are complementary, since the former tends to be highly detailed but difficult to interpret, while the latter is typically poorer in quality but conceptually simpler to understand. Binney and Merrifield introduce all astronomical concepts necessary to understand the properties of galaxies, including coordinate systems, magnitudes and colors, the phenomenology of stars, the theory of stellar and chemical evolution, and the measurement of astronomical distances. The book's core covers the phenomenology of external galaxies, star clusters in the Milky Way, the interstellar media of external galaxies, gas in the Milky Way, the structure and kinematics of the stellar components of the Milky Way, and the kinematics of external galaxies. Throughout, the book emphasizes the observational basis for current understanding of galactic astronomy, with references to the original literature. Offering both new information and a comprehensive view of its subject, it will be an indispensable source for professionals, as well as for graduate students and advanced undergraduates.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.7.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 100 halftones
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: absolute magnitude • Active Galactic Nucleus • Andromeda Galaxy • Angular diameter • Apparent magnitude • Astronomer • binary star • Black dwarf • Blazar • BL Lacertae • Bolometric correction • Bremsstrahlung • brightness • brightness temperature • Calculation • Cepheid variable • Circular Orbit • Compact Star • Cosmic distance ladder • Cosmic Ray • deceleration parameter • De Vaucouleurs' law • Dwarf Galaxy • dwarf nova • Effective temperature • Ellipse • Elliptical galaxy • Emission nebula • Fundamental plane (elliptical galaxies) • Galactic Center • Galaxy cluster • Galaxy rotation curve • Giant star • Globular Cluster • Helium flash • Hertzsprung–Russell diagram • H II region • Hipparcos • Hubble's law • Hyades (star cluster) • hydrogen line • Instability strip • Interstellar cloud • Interstellar Medium • Interstellar Travel • light curve • Luminosity • Luminosity function (astronomy) • Main sequence • Mass segregation (astronomy) • Measurement • Metallicity • milky way • Molecular cloud • Nebula • neutron star • number density • Open cluster • Optical depth • Photon • Planetary nebula • Proper motion • Pulsating white dwarf • Quantity • Quasar • Radio Galaxy • Red Dwarf • Red Giant • Reflection nebula • RR Lyrae variable • Semi-major and semi-minor axes • spectral index • Spectral line • Spiral galaxy • S-process • Star • star cluster • Star count • star formation • Stellar dynamics • stellar evolution • Stellar kinematics • Stellar parallax • Stellar population • Stellar Structure • Subdwarf • Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect • supergiant • Supernova • Surface brightness • Thick disk • Thin disk • Turnoff point • Uncertainty • variable star • Velocity dispersion • Virgo Cluster • Wavelength • White Dwarf • X-Ray
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23332-2 / 0691233322
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23332-1 / 9780691233321