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Neutron stars, black holes and gravitational waves /
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Waves -- 3. The Special Theory of Relativity -- 4. The General Theory of Relativity -- 4.1. Gravitational radiation -- 5. The life of massive stars -- 5.1. Neutron stars -- 6. Black holes -- 6.1. Some properties of bla…
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Keplerian ellipses :the physics of the gravitational two-body problem /
"Version: 20190501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Spherical coordinates--a review -- 1.1. Fundamental definitions -- 1.2. Spherical coordinate unit vectors -- 1.3. Time-derivatives of spherical coordinate unit vectors -- 1.4. Some useful integrals2. Dynamical quantities in spherical coo…
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On the principle of holographic scaling :from college physics to black hole t…
"Version: 20190501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The four forces and the geometric Universe -- 1.2. QFT + GR -- 1.3. Cosmological evolution -- 1.4. Black holes and holographic scaling2. ADM mass and holographic scaling in general physics -- 2.1. Vector notation and…
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The ringed planet :Cassini's voyage of discovery at Saturn /
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Seeing Saturn -- 3. Why are there moons and rings?4. A menagerie of moons -- 4.1. The inner mid-sized icy moons -- 4.2. Impacts and craters -- 4.3. Synchronous rotation -- 4.4. Icy satellite tectonics -- 4.5. Interacti…
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The globular star clusters of the Andromeda Galaxy /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The Andromeda Galaxy -- 1.1. An introduction to Messier 31, the Andromeda Galaxy -- 1.2. Observations of M31 -- 1.3. M31's globular cluster system2. Globular clusters in the Milky Way -- 2.1. An introduction to globular star clusters -- …
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Understanding the Universe :a conversational introduction to cosmology /
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Science as a human endeavor -- 1.1. Our attempts to understand the Universe -- 1.2. Motivations and questions : how science evolves -- 1.3. Cautionary tales from "failed science" -- 1.4. The role of mathematics -- 1.5. Mathematical modeling : a crucial skill for physics -- 1.6. Exercises2. Celestial spheres and planeta…
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Comets in the 21st century :a personal guide to experiencing the next great c…
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Roller-coaster comets -- 2.1. The paths of comets -- 2.2. Two kinds of comets -- 2.3. Celestial clockwork -- 2.4. A Universe in motion -- 2.5. The gravity of the situation -- 2.6. Looping comets -- 2.7. Orbits of your …
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Dark matter in the universe /
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. The need for dark matter -- 2. The formation of structure and dark matter in Galaxies -- 3. Cold dark matter, hot dark matter, and their alternatives4. Types of dark matter -- 4.1. WIMPs…
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Accreting binaries :nature, formation, and evolution /
"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The discovery of accreting binaries -- 1.2. Celestial laboratories of extreme physics -- 1.3. Structure of this book2. Astrophysical basics for single stars -- 2.1. Concise stellar evolution -- 2.2. Fundamental properties of compact objects -- 2.3. Reviews, catalogs and references3. Astrophysical b…
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Extragalactic astrophysics /
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution1.6. Galaxies -- 2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax and radial velocities -- 2.2. The equatorial coordinate system -- 2.3. Rotational transformatio…
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