Astrophysics: Stars and Galaxies
K D Abhyankar
Price
1495
ISBN
9788173713811
Language
English
Pages
576
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
130 x 190 mm
Year of Publishing
2001
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Universities Press

This book introduces the subject of astrophysics to honours and post-graduate students of physics, without the necessity of their being familiar with all the practical details of modern astronomical techniques of observation and deduction of data. The emphasis is on showing how an application of the commonly known laws of physics gives us important information about the properties of celestial objects and phenomena.

K D Abhyankar
Foreword / Preface / Introduction / The Celestial Coordinates / Apparent Luminosities of Stars / Stellar Distances and Absolute Luminosities / Surface Temperature of Stars / Masses and Radii of Stars / Structure of Stellar Atmospheres / Chemical Composition of Stellar Atmospheres / Internal Structure of Stars / Stellar Evolution / Large Scale Motions in Stellar Atmospheres / Stellar Magnetic Fields / Hot Stars and Gaseous Nebulae / Distribution of Stars in the Milky Way / Motions of Stars in the Milky Way / Large-Scale Structure of the Milky Way / External Galaxies / Cosmology / Astronomical Instruments / Space Astronomies / Appendices / Bibliography / Subject Index / Name Index