Title Details: | |
Galactic and extragalactic astrophysics |
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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.
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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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