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From the Book - 2nd ed.
Preface
I. The Tools of Astronomy
1. The Celestial Sphere
1.1. The Greek Tradition
1.2. The Copernican Revolution
1.3. Positions on the Celestial Sphere
1.4. Physics and Astronomy
2. Celestial Mechanics
2.1. Elliptical Orbits
2.2. Newtonian Mechanics
2.3. Kepler's Laws Derived
2.4. The Virial Theorem
3. The Continuous Spectrum of Light
3.1. Stellar Parallax
3.2. The Magnitude Scale
3.3. The Wave Nature of Light
3.4. Blackbody Radiation
3.5. The Quantization of Energy
3.6. The Color Index
4. The Theory of Special Relativity
4.1. The Failure of the Galilean Transformations
4.2. The Lorentz Transformations
4.3. Time and Space in Special Relativity
4.4. Relativistic Momentum and Energy
5. The Interaction of Light and Matter
5.1. Spectral Lines
5.2. Photons
5.3. The Bohr Model of the Atom
5.4. Quantum Mechanics and Wave-Particle Duality
6. Telescopes
6.1. Basic Optics
6.2. Optical Telescopes
6.3. Radio Telescopes
6.4. Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy
6.5. All-Sky Surveys and Virtual Observatories
II. The Nature of Stars
7. Binary Systems and Stellar Parameters
7.1. The Classification of Binary Stars
7.2. Mass Determination Using Visual Binaries
7.3. Eclipsing, Spectroscopic Binaries
7.4. The Search for Extrasolar Planets
8. The Classification of Stellar Spectra
8.1. The Formation of Spectral Lines
8.2. The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
9. Stellar Atmospheres
9.1. The Description of the Radiation Field
9.2. Stellar Opacity
9.3. Radiative Transfer
9.4. The Transfer Equation
9.5. The Profiles of Spectral Lines
10. The Interiors of Stars
10.1. Hydrostatic Equilibrium
10.2. Pressure Equation of State
10.3. Stellar Energy Sources
10.4. Energy Transport and Thermodynamics
10.5. Stellar Model Building
10.6. The Main Sequence
11. The Sun
11.1. The Solar Interior
11.2. The Solar Atmosphere
11.3. The Solar Cycle
12. The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation
12.1. Interstellar Dust and Gas
12.2. The Formation of Protostars
12.3. Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution
13. Main Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Stellar Evolution
13.1. Evolution on the Main Sequence
13.2. Late Stages of Stellar Evolution
13.3. Stellar Clusters
14. Stellar Pulsation
14.1. Observations of Pulsating Stars
14.2. The Physics of Stellar Pulsation
14.3. Modeling Stellar Pulsation
14.4. Nonradial Stellar Pulsation
14.5. Helioseismology and Asteroseismology
15. The Fate of Massive Stars
15.1. Post-Main-Sequence Evolution of Massive Stars
15.2. The Classification of Supernovae
15.3. Core-Collapse Supernovae
15.4. Gamma-Ray Bursts
15.5. Cosmic Rays
16. The Degenerate Remnants of Stars
16.1. The Discovery of Sirius B
16.2. White Dwarfs
16.3. The Physics of Degenerate Matter
16.4. The Chandrasekhar Limit
16.5. The Cooling of White Dwarfs
16.6. Neutron Stars
16.7. Pulsars
17. General Relativity and Black Holes
17.1. The General Theory of Relativity
17.2. Intervals and Geodesics
17.3. Black Holes
18. Close Binary Star Systems
18.1. Gravity in a Close Binary Star System
18.2. Accretion Disks
18.3. A Survey of Interacting Binary Systems
18.4. White Dwarfs in Semidetached Binaries
18.5. Type Ia Supernovae
18.6. Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Binaries
III. The Solar System
19. Physical Processes in the Solar System
19.1. A Brief Survey
19.2. Tidal Forces
19.3. The Physics of Atmospheres
20. The Terrestrial Planets
20.1. Mercury
20.2. Venus
20.3. Earth
20.4. The Moon
20.5. Mars
21. The Realms of the Giant Planets
21.1. The Giant Worlds
21.2. The Moons of the Giants
21.3. Planetary Ring Systems
22. Minor Bodies of the Solar System
22.1. Pluto and Charon
22.2. Comets and Kuiper Belt Objects
22.3. Asteroids
22.4. Meteorites
23. Formation of Planetary Systems
23.1. Characteristics of Extrasolar Planetary Systems
23.2. Planetary System Formation and Evolution
IV. Galaxies and the Universe
24. The Milky Way Galaxy
24.1. Counting the Stars in the Sky
24.2. The Morphology of the Galaxy
24.3. The Kinematics of the Milky Way
24.4. The Galactic Center
25. The Nature of Galaxies
25.1. The Hubble Sequence
25.2. Spiral and Irregular Galaxies
25.3. Spiral Structure
25.4. Elliptical Galaxies
26. Galactic Evolution
26.1. Interactions of Galaxies
26.2. The Formation of Galaxies
27. The Structure of the Universe
27.1. The Extragalactic Distance Scale
27.2. The Expansion of the Universe
27.3. Clusters of Galaxies
28. Active Galaxies
28.1. Observations of Active Galaxies
28.2. A Unified Model of Active Galactic Nuclei
28.3. Radio Lobes and Jets
28.4. Using Quasars to Probe the Universe
29. Cosmology
29.1. Newtonian Cosmology
29.2. The Cosmic Microwave Background
29.3. Relativistic Cosmology
29.4. Observational Cosmology
30. The Early Universe
30.1. The Very Early Universe and Inflation
30.2. The Origin of Structure
A. Astronomical and Physical Constants
B. Unit Conversions
C. Solar System Data
D. The Constellations
E. The Brightest Stars
F. The Nearest Stars
G. Stellar Data
H. The Messier Catalog
I. Constants, A Programming Module
J. Orbit, A Planetary Orbit Code
K. TwoStars, A Binary Star Code
L. StatStar, A Stellar Structure Code
M. Galaxy, A Tidal Interaction Code
N. WMAP Data
Suggested Reading
Index
From the Book - Second edition.
The tools of astronomy. The celestial sphere ; Celestial mechanics ; The continuous spectrum of light ; The theory of special relativity ; The interaction of light and matter ; Telescopes
The nature of stars. Binary stars and stellar parameters ; The classification of stellar spectra ; Stellar atmospheres ; The interiors of stars ; The sun ; The interstellar medium and star formation ; Main sequence and post-main-sequence stellar evolution ; Stellar pulsation ; The fate of massive stars ; The degenerate remnants of stars ; General relativity and black holes ; Close binary star systems
The solar system. Physical processes in the solar system ; The terrestrial planets ; The realms of the giant planets ; Minor bodies of the solar system ; Formation of planetary systems
Galaxies and the universe. The Milky Way galaxy ; The nature of galaxies ; Galactic evolution ; The structure of the universe ; Active galaxies ; Cosmology ; The early universe
Appendixes. A. Astronomical and physical constants ; B. Unit conversions ; C. Solar system data ; D. The constellations ; E. The brightest stars ; F. The nearest stares ; G. Stellar data ; H. The Messier catalog ; I. Constants, a programming module ; J. Orbit, a planetary orbit code ; K. TwoStars, a binary star code ; L. StatStar, a stellar structure code ; M. Galaxy, a tidal interaction code ; N. WMAP data.
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