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020 _a9781139171083 (ebook)
020 _z9780521562409 (hardback)
020 _z9780521566322 (paperback)
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQB461
_b.P33 2000
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100 1 _aPadmanabhan, T.
_q(Thanu),
_d1957-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTheoretical astrophysics.
_nVolume 1,
_pAstrophysical processes /
_cT. Padmanabhan.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2000.
300 _a1 online resource (xix, 601 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aGraduate students and researchers in astrophysics and cosmology need a solid understanding of a wide range of physical processes. This clear and authoritative book has been designed to help them to develop the necessary toolkit of theory. The book is modular in design, allowing the reader to pick and choose a selection of chapters, if necessary. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with the accompanying two volumes (covering stars and stellar systems, and galaxies and cosmology, respectively). After reviewing the basics of dynamics, electromagnetic theory, and statistical physics, the book carefully develops a solid understanding of radiative processes, spectra, fluid mechanics, plasma physics and MHD, dynamics of gravitating systems, general relativity, nuclear physics, and other key concepts. Throughout, the reader's understanding is developed and tested with problems and helpful hints. This welcome volume provides graduate students with an indispensable introduction to and reference on all the physical processes they will need to successfully tackle research in astrophysics and cosmology.
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521562409
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139171083
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