TY - BOOK ID - 66981421 TI - Astrophysics processes PY - 2008 SN - 9780521846561 9780511802249 9781107677241 9780511649752 0511649754 9780511455308 0511455305 0511802242 0521846560 1107175534 9781107175532 9786612390180 6612390182 0511454260 9780511454264 0511567774 9780511567773 051164566X 128239018X PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Astrophysics KW - Astrophysics. KW - Astronomical physics KW - Astronomy KW - Cosmic physics KW - Physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:66981421 AB - Bridging the gap between physics and astronomy textbooks, this book provides step-by-step physical and mathematical development of fundamental astrophysical processes underlying a wide range of phenomena in stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy. The book has been written for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students, and its strong pedagogy ensures solid mastery of each process and application. It contains over 150 tutorial figures, numerous examples of astronomical measurements, and 201 exercises. Topics covered include the Kepler-Newton problem, stellar structure, binary evolution, radiation processes, special relativity in astronomy, radio propagation in the interstellar medium, and gravitational lensing. Applications presented include Jeans length, Eddington luminosity, the cooling of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, Doppler boosting in jets, and determinations of the Hubble constant. This text is a stepping stone to more specialized books and primary literature. Password-protected solutions to the exercises are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521846561. ER -