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Problems and Solutions: International Olympiads on Astronomy and Astrophysics
Problems and Solutions: International Olympiads on Astronomy and Astrophysics
Aniket Sule
Price
975
ISBN
9788173719806
Language
English
Pages
304
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
180 x 240 mm
Year of Publishing
2015
Series
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Universities Press
Catalogues
Engineering & Technology
,
Physics and Chemistry
About the Book
About the Author
Table of Contents
The International Olympiads on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) are competitions where teams of high-school students from around the world compete in a series of tests and are awarded medals based on their performance. Started in 2007, more than 45 countries have participated in these olympiads. The competition comprises three rounds: theoretical problems, data analysis problems and night sky observation tests. This book presents problems from all the eight IOAAs held thus far. The problems are categorised according to the concepts involved and also graded according to the difficulty level. Solutions to all the problems are provided. Additional notes help make the solutions self-explanatory.
Aniket Sule
is Academic Coordinator of the Indian Astronomy Olympiad Programme, Regional Coordinator (Asia-Pacific) of IOAA and Reader at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Academic Committees of Previous IOAAs
President´s Message
A Note about the Problems
Table of Constants
1 Celestial Mechanics
1.1 Theory
1.2 Data Analysis
2 Celestial Coordinate Systems
2.1 Theory
2.2 Data Analysis
3 Geometric Astronomy and Time
3.1 Theory
3.2 Data Analysis
4 Optics and Detectors
4.1 Theory
4.2 Data Analysis
5 Physics of Stars and Planets
5.1 Theory
5.2 Data Analysis
6 Stellar Observations
6.1 Theory
6.2 Data Analysis
7 Binaries and Variables
7.1 Theory
7.2 Data Analysis
8 Galactic Astrophysics
8.1 Theory
8.2 Data Analysis
9 Extragalactic Astrophysics
9.1 Theory
9.2 Data Analysis
10 Night Sky Observation
10.1 General Night Sky
10.2 Magnitudes and Angular Sizes
10.3 Instrument Aided Observations
10.4 Planetarium Based Questions
11 Solutions: Celestial Mechanics
11.1 Theory
11.2 Data Analysis
12 Solutions: Celestial Coordinate Systems
12.1 Theory
12.2 Data Analysis
13 Solutions: Geometric Astronomy and Time
13.1 Theory
13.2 Data Analysis
14 Solutions: Optics and Detectors
14.1 Theory
14.2 Data Analysis
15 Solutions: Physics of Stars and Planets
15.1 Theory
15.2 Data Analysis
16 Solutions: Stellar Observations
16.1 Theory
16.2 Data Analysis
17 Solutions: Binaries and Variables
17.1 Theory
17.2 Data Analysis
18 Solutions: Galactic Astrophysics
18.1 Theory
18.2 Data Analysis
19 Solutions: Extragalactic Astrophysics
19.1 Theory
19.2 Data Analysis
20 Solutions: Night Sky Observation
20.1 General Night Sky
20.2 Magnitudes and Angular Sizes
20.3 Instrument Aided Observations
20.4 Planetarium Based Questions
Appendix: Syllabus of IOAA
A.1 General Notes
A.2 Theoretical Part
A.2.1 Basic Astrophysics
A.2.2 Coordinates and Times
A.2.3 Solar System
A.2.4 Stars
A.2.5 Stellar Systems
A.2.6 Cosmology
A.2.7 Instrumentation and Space Technologies
A. 3 Practical Part