Physics of the Galaxy and Interstellar Matter - Couverture souple

Scheffler, Helmut

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3540173153 ISBN 13 : 9783540173151

Editeur : Springer-Verlag, 1988

Synopsis

The present book is a translation of the original German edition (published in 1982) with some minor corrections and improvements. The guide to sup- plementary and advanced literature given in the Appendix, however, has been brought up to date. This book is addressed primarily to students taking astronomy as a prin- cipal or subsidiary subject, and to scientists of related fields, but amateur as- tronomers should also be able to profit from it. For most chapters an elementary knowledge of mathematics and physics will be sufficient, however, Chaps. 5 and 6 impose somewhat greater requirements. In addition the reader should already be acquainted with the basic concepts of stellar physics as treated in introduc- tory books, including the spectral types, the system of stellar magnitudes and colours, absolute magnitudes and luminosities, the Herlzsprung-Russell dia- gram and its interpretation. A modem textbook should use SI units. On the other hand, the use of the cgs system is still the prevailing custom in astrophysics - together with the special units of astronomy: length is quoted in parsecs [pc], mass in solar masses [M0] and time in years [a]. We have therefore compromised and employed both cgs and SI units in this book, whichever was the appropriate choice in each instance. A table for conversion of cgs units into SI units and vice versa is given in the Appendix.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3540173153
• ISBN 13: 9783540173151
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 508
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