Galactic Dynamics (eBook)

Second Edition

James Binney, Scott Tremaine (Autoren)

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2011 | 2., Second Edition
904 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-2872-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject. This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field. ? A complete revision and update of one of the most cited references in astrophysics Provides a comprehensive description of the dynamical structure and evolution of galaxies and other stellar systems Serves as both a graduate textbook and a resource for researchers Includes 20 color illustrations, 205 figures, and more than 200 problems Covers the gravitational N-body problem, hierarchical galaxy formation, galaxy mergers, dark matter, spiral structure, numerical simulations, orbits and chaos, equilibrium and stability of stellar systems, evolution of binary stars and star clusters, and much more Companion volume to Galactic Astronomy, the definitive book on the phenomenology of galaxies and star clusters

Autor

James Binney is professor of physics at the University of Oxford. His books include Galactic Astronomy. Scott Tremaine is the Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Both are fellows of the Royal Society.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.10.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 16 color illus. 205 halftones.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: acceleration • accretion disk • Active Galactic Nucleus • Amplitude • Angular momentum • angular velocity • Anisotropy • Approximation • Astronomer • Available energy (particle collision) • azimuth • Barotropic fluid • Baryon • Bessel function • binary star • Boltzmann equation • Box orbit • Calculation • Cartesian coordinate system • center of mass • Center of mass (relativistic) • Circular Orbit • Comoving distance • Continuity equation • coordinate system • Cross section (physics) • Cylindrical coordinate system • Dark Matter • density • Derivative • Dimension • Dirac delta function • dispersion relation • Dissipation • Divergence Theorem • dynamical friction • Eccentricity vector • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Effective temperature • Einstein–de Sitter universe • Ellipse • Elliptical galaxy • Elliptic orbit • Equation • Equation of State • Equations of motion • escape velocity • Flatness problem • Fourier transform • Free-fall time • Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric • Fundamental plane (elliptical galaxies) • Galactic Center • Galactic plane • Galaxy cluster • Galaxy rotation curve • Globular Cluster • Gravitational Field • gravitational potential • Gravity • hamiltonian mechanics • Harmonic oscillator • Horizon problem • Hubble's law • ideal gas • Impact parameter • Initial Condition • instability • Instant • Integral • internal energy • Interstellar Medium • Interstellar Travel • Jeans Instability • Kepler orbit • Kepler problem • kinetic energy • Lagrangian point • Lambda-CDM model • Lindblad resonance • Main sequence • mass distribution • Massive particle • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • Metallicity • milky way • Minkowski space • Molecular cloud • multipole expansion • N-body simulation • number density • Oort constants • Optical depth • Orbit • Orbital period • Orbital plane (astronomy) • Orbital Resonance • Oscillation • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase space • Photon • Planetary nebula • Plummer model • Poisson's Equation • Polar coordinate system • power law • Probability • Quantity • Quantum fluctuation • Radial Velocity • relative velocity • resonance • Rotational Symmetry • Rotational transition • Schwarzschild metric • schwarzschild radius • Semi-major and semi-minor axes • Solar radius • Spherical Coordinate System • SPHERICAL MODEL • spheroid • Spiral galaxy • star cluster • star formation • Stellar classification • Stellar density • Stellar dynamics • Stellar mass • Stellar population • Structure Formation • Surface brightness • Test particle • theory • thermal equilibrium • Thermodynamic system • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • Toomre's Stability Criterion • two-dimensional space • Unit vector • vacuum energy • Variable (mathematics) • Velocity dispersion • virial theorem • Wavelength • Wave Packet • WKB approximation
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-2872-4 / 1400828724
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-2872-2 / 9781400828722