"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. An introduction to space radiation -- 2. Space radiation beyond Mars -- 3. Astronomy basics -- 4. Elementary physics, chemistry and biology -- 5. Fundamentals of radioactivity -- 6. Basic radiation science -- 7. Elements of quantum mechanics for space radiation -- 8. Quarks, leptons and radiation : the Standard Model -…
"Version: 20230701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Nonlinear effects in the radiation of satellites of hydrogenic spectral lines from plasmas and their applications -- 2.1. Satellites under a one-dimensional one-mode monochromatic electric field in the non-opaque case -- 2.2. Satellites under a one-dimensional one-mode monochromatic electric field in…
"Version: 20241201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stars and brown dwarfs -- 1.2. Definitions and brown dwarf research paradigms -- 1.3. Discovery of brown dwarfs2. The basics -- 2.1. Fundamental parameters -- 2.2. Astronomy units: magnitudes and parsecs -- 2.3. Spectroscopy: velocities, surface gravity and metallicity3. Spectral types -- 3.1. Spec…
"Version: 20230901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Background -- 1.1. A brief history of lithium -- 1.2. Atomic lithium in the gas phase -- 1.3. The lithium isotope ratio -- 1.4. Lithium in molecules -- 1.5. Lithium in solids2. Creation, destruction and preservation of lithium -- 2.1. Big bang lithium synthesis -- 2.2. Galactic sources of lithium -- 2.3. Where is lithi…
"Version: 20240401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. Why astronomers? / T.A.Rectorpart II. Past and future. 2. Geologic climate history of the Earth / Ka Chun Yu and Robert Raynolds -- 3. Predictions of our future global climate : models, scenarios, and projections / Anna Cabr?e Alb?ospart III. Consequences and solutions. 4. Consequences of climate …
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Messengers of astrophysics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electromagnetic radiation -- 1.3. Cosmic rays -- 1.4. Neutrinos -- 1.5. Gravitational waves2. From dust ... the birth and death of stars -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Stellar birth -- 2.3. Stellar death3. To dust ... the birth and death of planets -- 3.1. Introduct…
"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. How to use this book? -- 1.2. Data availabilitypart I. Unix and basic Python. 2. Essential Unix skills -- 2.1. Operating systems -- 2.2. Anatomy of the terminal -- 2.3. Common UNIX commands -- 2.4. Cancelling commands -- 2.5. Tab complete -- 2.6. Intermediate shell commands -- 2.7. SSH and servers …
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Newton's gravity and orbits. 1. A review of newton's laws and an introduction to python -- 1.1. Overview -- 1.2. Scientific background -- 1.3. Using Python as a calculator -- 1.4. Arrays and (avoiding) loops -- 1.5. Using Python modules to help with units -- 1.6. Defining your own functions2. Kepler's laws of plan…
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- part I. Standalone systems for the classroom -- 2. Solar radiometry, HI spectroscopy, and galactic kinematics using a small-dish radio telescope / James M. Cordes -- 3. BHARAT setup for HI pedagogy : the radiometer / Ashish A. Mhaske, Joydeep Bagchi and Bhal Chandra Joshi -- 4. BHARAT setup for HI pedag…
"Version: 202303"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Polar coordinates--a review -- 1.1. Fundamental definitions -- 1.2. Polar coordinate unit vectors -- 1.3. Time derivatives of polar coordinate unit vectors -- 1.4. Some useful integrals and expansions2. Dynamical quantities in polar coordinates -- 2.1. Position, velocity, acceleration, angular momentum, torque, and energ…