Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium (eBook)

Bruce T. Draine (Autor)

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2010
560 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3908-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium--the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in a galaxy and also between galaxies themselves. Topics include radiative processes across the electromagnetic spectrum; radiative transfer; ionization; heating and cooling; astrochemistry; interstellar dust; fluid dynamics, including ionization fronts and shock waves; cosmic rays; distribution and evolution of the interstellar medium; and star formation. While it is assumed that the reader has a background in undergraduate-level physics, including some prior exposure to atomic and molecular physics, statistical mechanics, and electromagnetism, the first six chapters of the book include a review of the basic physics that is used in later chapters. This graduate-level textbook includes references for further reading, and serves as an invaluable resource for working astrophysicists. Essential textbook on the physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium Based on a course taught by the author for more than twenty years at Princeton University Covers radiative processes, fluid dynamics, cosmic rays, astrochemistry, interstellar dust, and more Discusses the physical state and distribution of the ionized, atomic, and molecular phases of the interstellar medium Reviews diagnostics using emission and absorption lines Features color illustrations and detailed reference materials in appendices Instructor's manual with problems and solutions (available only to teachers)

Autor

Bruce T. Draine is professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 23 color illus. 158 line illus.50 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Accretion (astrophysics) • Active Galactic Nucleus • Andromeda Galaxy • Angular momentum • Astronomical spectroscopy • astrophysics • Atmosphere of Earth • Atomic physics • Azimuthal quantum number • Bohr magneton • classical electromagnetism • Cosmic Background Explorer • Cosmic Dust • Cosmic microwave background • Cosmic Ray • Diffuse interstellar bands • Diffusion • Electromagnetic radiation • Electron Capture • Electron density • Electron shell • Electronvolt • energy level • Fermi Acceleration • Fermion • Field Electron Emission • Galactic Center • Galactic plane • Galaxy rotation curve • G-factor (physics) • Gravitational collapse • Gravitational Field • gravitational potential • H II region • hydrogen line • hyperfine structure • Inelastic collision • Intensity (physics) • Interferometry • Interstellar cloud • Interstellar Medium • Ionization • Ionization energy • Ionizing Radiation • kinetic energy • kinetic theory of gases • magnetic dipole • magnetic dipole transition • Magnetic field • magnetization • Methods of detecting exoplanets • Molecular cloud • molecular physics • Molecular Vibration • Molecule • Neutron • neutron star • nuclear fusion • Nuclear magnetic moment • Nuclear magneton • Nucleon • Oscillator strength • particle acceleration • Photodissociation • photoelectric effect • photoionization • Photon • Planetary nebula • Plasma oscillation • Plasma (physics) • positron • Positronium • Protoplanetary disk • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • Quantum process • Radiation pressure • Radio Galaxy • Relativistic particle • Scale factor (cosmology) • scattering • Secondary Electrons • silicate • Spin–orbit interaction • Spin (physics) • Spin quantum number • Starburst Galaxy • star formation • Stellar atmosphere • stellar evolution • Stellar mass • stellar wind • Stellar-wind bubble • Supernova • Supernova Remnant • Synchrotron radiation • Temperature • Trifid Nebula • Wavelength • X-Ray
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3908-4 / 1400839084
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3908-7 / 9781400839087