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Astrophysics of Dust

Adolf N. Witt, Geoffrey C. Clayton, B. T. Draine (2004)

Abstract. Currently ∼36 different absorption bands have been detected in the infrared spectra of cold, dense interstellar and circumstellar environments. These are attributed to the vibrational transitions of ∼17 different molecules frozen ...

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ASTROPHYSICS

Ved Prakash, R Dharanishwari, Jayashree LM, Boya pavani • International Journal of Innovative Research in Information Security (2023)

Astrophysics is a branch of space science that applies the laws of physics and chemistry to seek to understand the universe and our place in it. The field explores topics such as the birth, life and death of stars, planets, galaxies, nebula...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.26562/ijiris.2023.v0903.09

Numerical Relativity and Astrophysics

Luis Lehner, Frans Pretorius • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (2014)

Throughout the Universe many powerful events are driven by strong gravitational effects that require general relativity to fully describe them. These include compact binary mergers, black hole accretion, and stellar collapse, where velociti...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-astro-081913-040031

Numerical Methods in Astrophysics

Peter H. Bodenheimer, Peter H. Bodenheimer, Gregory Laughlin, Gregory Laughlin et al. • CRC Press eBooks (2006)

Numerical Methods in Astrophysics: An Introduction outlines various fundamental numerical methods that can solve gravitational dynamics, hydrodynamics, and radiation transport equations. This resource indicates which methods are most suitab...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420011869

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics

Bradley W. Carroll, Dale A. Ostlie, Michael W. Friedlander • Physics Today (1997)

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and cosmol...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881827

Astrophysics of Planet Formation

Philip J. Armitage • Cambridge University Press eBooks (2009)

Concise and self-contained, this textbook gives a graduate-level introduction to the physical processes that shape planetary systems, covering all stages of planet formation. Writing for readers with undergraduate backgrounds in physics, as...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108344227

The Molecular Astrophysics of Stars and Galaxies

Thomas W Hartquist, David A. Williams (1998)

Abstract This book provides a comprehensive survey of modern molecular astrophysics. It includes an introduction to molecular spectroscopy and then addresses the main areas of current molecular astrophysics, including galaxy formation, star...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198501589.001.0001

Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array

Robert L. Braun, Tyler L. Bourke, James Green, Evan Francis Keane et al. • Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array (AASKA) (2015)

In 2014 it was 10 years since the publication of the comprehensive ‘Science with the Square Kilometre Array’ book and 15 years since the first such volume appeared in 1999. In that time numerous and unexpected advances have been made in the...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-sa DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.215.0174