Extreme Environment Astrophysics

Informationen zum Autor Ulrich Kolb is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University. He has authored numerous Open University teaching materials in physics and astronomy, chairs The Open University residential school course in practical astronomy, and directs The Open University's robotic telescope project. He has published numerous research papers on compact accreting systems. Klappentext Covering host systems of accreting, relativistic bodies, and the associated high-energy phenomena, this astrophysics textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduates. Zusammenfassung Covering host systems of accreting! relativistic bodies! and the high-energy phenomena associated with them! this self-contained astrophysics textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduates. Worked examples! exercises with complete solutions! full-colour figures and informative chapter summaries guide students through their studies! and boxed equations and key facts highlight important points. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Accretion power; 2. Formation and evolution of accretion-powered compact binaries; 3. Steady-state accretion; 4. Accretion disc outbursts; 5. Indirect imaging of accreting systems; 6. High-energy emission from compact accretors; 7. Relativistic outflows; 8. Gamma-ray bursts; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Ulrich Kolb, Ulrich (The Open University Kolb, Kolb Ulrich
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.05.2010
• EAN: 9780521193443
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19344-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy