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Physics of the Galaxy and Interstellar Matter

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The present book is a translation of the original German edition (published in 1982) with some minor corrections and improvements. The guide to supĀ­ plementary and advanced literature given in the Appendix, however, has been brought up to date. This book is addressed primarily to students taking astronomy as a prinĀ­ cipal or subsidiary subject, and to scientists of related fields, but amateur asĀ­ tronomers should also be able to profit from it. For most chapters an elementary knowledge of mathematics and physics will be sufficient, however, Chaps. 5 and 6 impose somewhat greater requirements. In addition the reader should already be acquainted with the basic concepts of stellar physics as treated in introducĀ­ tory books, including the spectral types, the system of stellar magnitudes and colours, absolute magnitudes and luminosities, the Herlzsprung-Russell diaĀ­ gram and its interpretation. A modem textbook should use SI units. On the other hand, the use of the cgs system is still the prevailing custom in astrophysics - together with the special units of astronomy: length is quoted in parsecs [pc], mass in solar masses [M0] and time in years [a]. We have therefore compromised and employed both cgs and SI units in this book, whichever was the appropriate choice in each instance. A table for conversion of cgs units into SI units and vice versa is given in the Appendix.
Release date NZ
July 11th, 1988
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributor
  • Translated by Arthur H. Armstrong
Illustrations
41 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 492 p. 41 illus.
Pages
492
Dimensions
170x244x25
ISBN-13
9783540173151
Product ID
6111206

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