This
note explains the following topics: Origins of Everything: The Universe, the
first elements, galaxies, and the Cosmic Web, Stars, elements, and stellar
graveyards, Formation of planetary systems: Our solar system, structure,
planets, and debris, Life on Earth, Life in the solar system, Exoplanets and the
number of Earths in the Galaxy, Remote sensing of exoplanet atmospheres and the
Galaxy, Future prospects for terrestrial life: whither Homo Sapiens.
This note covers the following
topics: classical mechanics and accretion theory, Vector fields and finite
differencing, Fitting data, Light propagation, Scaling laws and dimensions,
Euler Lagrange equations, Globular clusters, Angular momentum vector, Theory of
thin accretion disks, Binary evolution and bondi Hoyle Lyttleton accretion.
This note provides a quantitative introduction to the physics of
the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, the galaxy, and the universe,
as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models.
This note describes the
following topics: Astronomy History and science, Ancient Mesopotamian Astronomy,
Greek Astronomy, Islamic Astronomy, The Copernican Revolution, The Universe of
the 20th Century.
This book covers the following
topics: Orbits and Light, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Solar System, Planetary System Formation,
The Sun, Properties of Stars, Interstellar Medium, Star Formation, Stellar
Evolution.
This
astronomy note introduces you to the wonders of modern astronomy.From the Solar
System to the most distant galaxies, we undertake an eye-opening journey, from
how stars work to the structure of the universe itself.
This lecture note covers
the following topics: Motions of the Earth and moon, Motion and Gravity,
Renaissance Astronomy, Optical Telescopes, Space Exploration, Science and
Astronomy, The Solar System, Stellar Systems and Interstellar Matter, Galaxies
and the Universe.
This book covers the
following topics: What is Radio Astronomy, Early Radio Astronomy, The Radio
Universe, Radiation Fundamentals: Brightness and Flux, Radiative Transfer,
Blackbody Radiation, Larmor's Formula, CMB Radiation, Antenna Fundamentals,
Reflector Antennas, Filled Apertures, Radio Telescopes, Radiometers,
Interferometers, Thermal Emission, Nonthermal Emission, Pulsars and Spectral
Lines.
As such a book, The Elements of Astronomy, or the World as it
is, and as it appears, is offered by a teacher to the teaching and studying
public. Had the writer aimed only to excite an interest in the subject, it would
have been shorter and more attractive , but it is intended, likewise, to
exercise the student's memory, reason, and imagination.
In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation's
programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives
for observing the universe.
Author(s): National Research Council Space Science Boar
This note covers the following topics:
Einstein's field equations, x-ray binaries and the search for black holes, the
universe, cosmic structure formation; From inflation to galaxies.
Author(s): Prof. Edmund Bertschinger and Prof. Edwin F. Taylor
Covered topics
are: What is a Galaxy?, Gravitational Potentials, Orbits in Spherical Potentials
and Integrals, Orbits in Axisymmetric Potentials,
Epicyclic Approximation, Equilibria of Stellar Systems,
Boltzmann Equation, Jeans' Equations in Spherical
Coordinates, Jeans' Equations Applied, Jeans' Theorem, Stability: Jeans Mass and
Spiral Structure, Gravitational Mirages (aka lenses) via Fermat's Principle,
Applied Gravitational Lensing, Weak
Lensing, Clusters of Galaxies, The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect, Cosmological Parameters, Growing Modes in Expanding
Universes: Jeans Redux.