Plasma Astrophysics, Part II : Reconnection and Flares
Devoted to classic fundamentals, current practice, and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. The first part is unique ...
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Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics : Proceedings of the ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference held in Aveiro, Portugal, 11–15 September 2006
High-accuracy Doppler shift measurements and high-precision spectroscopy are primary techniques in the search for exo-planets. Further ...
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Quantum Plasmadynamics : Unmagnetized Plasmas
The field of quantum plasmas has a long and diverse tradition and is becoming of increasing current interest, motivated by ...
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Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array : A New Era for Astrophysics
This book describes the enormous capabilities of ALMA, the state of the project, and most notably the scientific prospects ...
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Sirius Matters
Since very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. It served to synchronize calendars in antiquity ...
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Solar System Astrophysics : Background Science and the Inner Solar System
Solar System Astrophysics: A Text for the Science of Planetary Systems covers the field of solar system astrophysics beginning ...
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Solar System Astrophysics : Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System
Solar System Astrophysics opens with coverage of the atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres of the Earth, Venus and ...
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Special Functions for Applied Scientists
Special Functions for Applied Scientists provides the required mathematical tools for researchers active in the physical ...
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Strategies of Life Detection
The search for life outside the Earth has been one of mankind's most challenging quests. We have reached a level of technology ...
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The Cambridge N-Body Lectures
Published under the auspices of the Royal Astronomical Society, this volume contains a set of extensive school tested lectures, ...
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The Heliosphere through the Solar Activity Cycle
This book presents the evolution of the heliosphere through an entire solar activity cycle. The last solar cycle (cycle 23) ...
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The Multi-Messenger Approach to Unidentified Gamma Ray Sources
This book provides a theoretical and observational overview of the state of the art of gamma-ray astrophysics, and their ...
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The Music of the Big Bang : The Cosmic Microwave Background and the New Cosmology
Most cosmological information is encoded in the cosmic background radiation by acoustic oscillations in the dense plasma ...
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The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini
The present volume is a collection of reviews, essays and personal reminiscences on Occhialini's scientific life and work. ...
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The Sun : A User's Manual
The Sun is an account of the many ways in which our nearest star affects our planet, how its influence has changed over the ...
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