Extragalactic astrophysics / James R. Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, James R., 1947- author.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

This book is designed to be an advanced undergraduate or graduate level text book on Extragalactic astrophysics. The second edition contains over 50 pages of new and updated material, and questions have been added to the end of each chapter.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Author biography

James R Webb

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Stellar structure

1.1.1 Polytropic and isothermal gas spheres

1.2 Equations of stellar structure

1.3 Our Sun

1.4 Stellar atmospheres

1.5 Stellar evolution

1.6 Galaxies

Exercises

References

Chapter 2 The Milky Way Galaxy

2.1 Coordinate systems, parallax and radial velocities

2.2 The equatorial coordinate system

2.3 Rotational transformations

2.4 Stellar motions

2.5 Measuring stellar parallaxes

2.6 Hipparcos results

2.7 Time in astronomy

2.8 Inertial reference frames

2.9 Galactic structure, space distribution of stars

2.10 The interstellar medium

2.11 Star counts

2.12 Initial stellar mass function

2.13 Stellar kinematics

2.14 GAIA

2.15 Galactic rotation

2.15.1 Determination of Θ(R)

2.16 Mass of the galaxy

2.17 Milky Way formation

2.18 Galactic gamma-ray halo (FERMI bubbles)

Chapter 3 External galaxies

3.1 History

3.2 Elliptical galaxies

3.2.1 Boxy vs. disky ellipticals

3.2.2 Mass density profiles

3.3 Spiral galaxies

3.4 The Tully-Fisher relationship for spiral galaxies

3.5 Spiral structures through stochastic star formation

3.6 The cosmic distance ladder

3.7 Dark matter

3.8 Large-scale distribution of galaxies

3.9 Hubble deep field images

3.10 Galaxy formation and evolution

3.11 Gamma-ray burst sources

3.12 Galaxy Zoo Project

Chapter 4 Active galaxies, quasars and supermassive black holes

4.1 Active galaxies

4.2 Classifications of active galaxies

4.3 Reverberation mapping

4.4 Discovery and history of quasars

4.5 Powehi

4.6 Synchrotron emission

4.7 Accreting black holes

4.8 Eddington accretion rate

4.9 Jet acceleration

4.10 Synchrotron-self-Compton jets.

4.11 Unified model of quasars

4.12 Quasar variability

4.13 Multi-messenger astrophysics

4.14 AGN-galaxy feedback

Chapter 5 General relativity and cosmology

5.1 A brief history of cosmology

5.2 Newtonian derivation of the cosmological equations

5.3 General relativistic derivation of cosmology

5.4 Big Bang cosmology

5.5 Confirmation of the Big Bang

5.6 Problems with the Big Bang theory

5.7 The future evolution of the accelerating Universe

5.8 Finding mass in the Universe

5.9 WMAP results

5.10 Age of the Universe

5.11 Problems with the determination of Ho 'Hubble tension'

5.12 Gravitational waves

Chapter

A.1 The James Webb Space Telescope

A.3 30 m Telescope

A.5 EUCLID.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780750344999

0750344997

OCLC:

1429724069