Arthur Cox (ed.)

Allen¿s Astrophysical Quantities

Herausgegeben:Cox, Arthur N.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of Allen's classic "Astrophysical Quantities" belongs on every astronomer's bookshelf. It has been thoroughly revised and updated by a team of internationally renowned team of astronomers and astrophysicists. Topics covered include:

- General constants and units

- Atoms, molecules, and spectra

- Observational astronomy at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays, and neutrinos

- Planetary astronomy: Earth, planets and satellites, and solar system small bodies

- The Sun, normal stars, and stars with special characteristics

- Cataclysmic and symbiotic variables, supernovae

- Theoretical stellar evolution

- Circumstellar and interstellar material

- Star clusters, galaxies, quasars, and active galactic nuclei

- Clusters and groups of galaxies

- Cosmology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-387-98746-0
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 744
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1514g
• ISBN-13: 9780387987460
• ISBN-10: 0387987460
• Artikelnr.: 08802878

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
- General Constants and Units.
- Atoms and Molecules.
- Spectra.
- Radiation.
- Radio and Microwave Astronomy.
- Infrared Astronomy.
- Ultraviolet Astronomy.
- X-Ray Astronomy.
- Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Astronomy.
- Earth.
- Planets and Satellites.
- Solar System Small Bodies.
- Sun.
- Normal Stars.
- Stars with Special Characteristics.
- Cataclysmic and Symbiotic Variables.
- Supernovae.
- Star Populations and the Solar Neighborhood.
- Theoretical Stellar Evolution.
- Circumstellar and Interstellar Material.
- Star Clusters.
- Milky Way Galaxies.
- Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei.
- Clusters and Groups of Galaxies.
- Cosmology.
- Incidental Tables.

Rezensionen

"Astrophysical Quantities - APQ to many astrophysicists - has been an essential reference book from its first publication in 1955... Finally the fourth edition has been produced. It has taken 90 contributors to duplicate Allen's heroic single-handed efforts, but the result is well worth the wait. The new book is twice the size of the previous edition and contains many new topics and extended coverage of other topics that have increased in importance in the last three decades. ... the new edition of APQ promises to be as useful as the old one, and most serious astronomers will want a copy..." C.R.Kitchin

Astrophysical Quantities - APQ to many astrophysicists - has been an essential reference book from its first publication in 1955... Finally the fourth edition has been produced. It has taken 90 contributors to duplicate Allen's heroic single-handed efforts, but the result is well worth the wait. The new book is twice the size of the previous edition and contains many new topics and extended coverage of other topics that have increased in importance in the last three decades... the new edition of APQ promises to be as useful as the old one, and most serious astronomers will want a copy... C.R.Kitchin.