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The Doppler method for the detection of exoplanets /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The dawn of Doppler measurements -- 1.2. Early work on stellar radial velocity measurements -- 1.3. Toward precise stellar radial velocity measurements -- 1.4. The early hints of exoplanets -- 1.5. The 51 Peg revolution -- 1.6. The Doppler method2. The instruments for Doppler measurements -- 2.1. E…
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Hubble Deep Field and the distant universe /
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The beginnings -- 2. Telescopes in space -- 3. A flawed Hubble Telescope -- 4. Hubble servicing missions -- 5. Science coffee and distant galaxies -- 6. Prelude to the deep field -- 7. The HDF : shot in the dark -- 8. Planning the observations -- 9. Acquiring and releasing the data -- 10. Galaxy evolution revealed -- 1…
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Planetary diversity :rocky planet processes and their observational signatures /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.The challenges in understanding the diversity of rocky planets -- 1. Observations of exoplanets / Elizabeth J. Tasker and Yuka Fujii -- 2. Formation of a rocky planet / Elizabeth J. Tasker -- 3. Magnetic fields on rocky planets / Matthieu Laneuville, Chuanfei Dong, Joseph G. O'Rourke and Adam C. Schneider -- 4. The heat b…
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory :exploring the high energy universe /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Exploring the high-energy universe -- 1.2. The Chandra X-ray Observatory -- 1.3. Mechanisms for the production and absorption of x-rays in a cosmic setting -- 1.4. Stars, planets, and solar system objects -- 1.5. Supernovae and their remnants -- 1.6. X-ray binaries -- 1.7. X-rays from galaxies -- 1…
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Extreme solar particle storms :the hostile Sun /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. What can be learned from modern data? -- 2.1. Strength of solar flares -- 2.2. Solar particle events -- 2.3. Major geomagnetic storms3. State-of-the-art theory and modeling -- 3.1. Solar and stellar dynamos -- 3.2. Particle acceleration at the sun4. Cosmogenic isotopes as proxies for solar energetic …
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The cosmic 21-cm revolution :charting the first billion years of our universe /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Theoretical framework : the fundamentals of the 21 cm line -- 1.1. Radiative transfer of the 21 cm line -- 1.2. The spin temperature -- 1.3. Heating of the intergalactic medium2. Astrophysics from the 21 cm background -- 2.1. Properties of the high-z intergalactic medium -- 2.2. Sources of the UV and x-ray background -…
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The NASA Kepler mission /
"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Prelude -- 2. The NASA Kepler and K2 missions / John Troeltzsch and Steve B. Howell -- 3. Exoplanets / Jessie L. Christiansen, Stephen R. Kane, Susan E. Mullally, Steve B. Howell, David R. Ciardi, Calen B. Henderson, Andrew M. Vanderburg, Fergal Mullally and Rachel Street -- 4. Stellar astrophysics with Kepler and K2 /…
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Magnetic fields in O, B, and A stars /
"Version: 20210601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Basics of stellar magnetic field studies -- 2.1. Introduction to the field -- 2.2. The Stokes formalism -- 2.3. The oblique rotator model -- 2.4. The zeeman effect -- 2.5. Broad-Band linear polarisation -- 2.6. Magnetic field modulus -- 2.7. Autocorrelation -- 2.8. Spectral line moments in Stokes I a…
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The cosmic evolution of galaxy structure /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to scientific classification -- 1.2. Historical background -- 1.3. Stranger things--irregular, peculiar, and dwarf galaxies -- 1.4. Low surface brightness galaxies -- 1.5. Primer on galaxy structure and galaxy formation -- 1.6. Book structure2. Galaxy structure and its meaning -- 2.1. …
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Gravitational waves /
"Version: 20190101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Theory -- 2.2. Methods of gravitational wave detection -- 2.3. LIGO detector description3. Current directions -- 3.1. Noise sources and strain sensitivity -- 3.2. Gravitational wave searches -- 3.3. Gravitational wave astronomy4. Outlook -- 4.1. Ground-based detectors…
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