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Title Details:
Galactic and extragalactic astrophysics
Other Titles: with Cosmology elements
Authors: Nintos, Alexandros
Alissandrakis, Constantine
Reviewer: Tsikoudi, Vasiliki
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > COSMOLOGY
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS > GALAXY CLUSTERS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS > ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS > STAR CLUSTERS
Keywords:
Galaxies
Active galaxies
Cluster of galaxies
Galaxy formation
Galaxy morphology
Galactic kinematics
Galactic dynamics
Galactic nuclei
Galactic halo
Galaxies interaction
Galaxies evolution
Cosmology
Theory of cosmology
Dark matter
Dark energy
Description:
Abstract:
The book/textbook can be used by advanced undergraduate students of physics departments in courses related to the study of our Galaxy, other galaxies, and, in general, large-scale structures of the universe beyond our Galaxy. Great emphasis is given on helping readers to understand the physical processes that shape phenomena in our own and other galaxies, as well as on studying the evolution of large-scale structures in the universe and, beyond that, of the universe as a whole. The structure of the book will follow the hierarchy of the structures of the universe: after an introductory chapter, it starts with the study of our Galaxy, followed by a study of the morphology, dynamics, and evolution of other galaxies (a separate chapter is devoted to a particularly important class of galaxies, the "active galaxies"). The study then focuses on the structures of the universe on an even larger spatial scale: galaxy clusters and superclusters. The last two chapters are devoted to cosmology, i.e., the study of matter as a unified whole on the largest possible scales of space and time. A separate appendix provides a comprehensive bibliography, tables of physical and astronomical constants, and a collection of useful web addresses. The level of the textbook is advanced undergraduate and is adressed to students who have completed the basic physics and mathematics courses usually offered by physics departments in the first two years of studies. No special knowledge of introductory astronomy/astrophysics is required to study the book, as the necessary background information is provided in the first (introductory) chapter.
Technical Editors: Kouloumvakos, Athanasios
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
ISBN 978-960-603-346-9
License: Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-488
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5494
Bibliographic Reference: Nintos, A., & Alissandrakis, C. (2015). Galactic and extragalactic astrophysics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-488
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introductory elements
2. Our galaxy
3. Extragalactic systems: the morphology of galaxies
4. Elemement of galactic dynamics
5. Evolution of galaxies
6. Large - scale structures
7. Active galaxies
8. Cosmology elements
9. Solutions and hints to selected exercises
Number of pages 260
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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