Tag: Astrophysics

Great Mysteries in Astrophysics A guide to what we don’t know


Free Download Great Mysteries in Astrophysics: A guide to what we don’t know by Nicole Lloyd-Ronning
English | October 11, 2022 | ISBN: 0750340495 | 164 pages | EPUB | 11 Mb
This book explores the biggest gaps in our understanding of the universe. It describes how astronomers see and gather information and covers topics where knowledge is incomplete. Topics include dark matter, the Hubble constant/tension, deaths of massive stars, mysteries associated with black holes, neutron stars and binary/multiple systems.

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Plasma Astrophysics, Part I Fundamentals and Practice, Second Edition (2024)


Free Download Plasma Astrophysics, Part I: Fundamentals and Practice, Second Edition by Boris V. Somov
English | EPUB | 2013 | 512 Pages | ISBN : 1461442826 | 107.8 MB
This two-part book is devoted to classic fundamentals and current practices and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. This first part uniquely covers all the basic principles and practical tools required for understanding and work in plasma astrophysics. More than 25% of the text is updated from the first edition, including new figures, equations and entire sections on topics such as magnetic reconnection and the Grad-Shafranov equation.

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European Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics ECLA2020 The Interplay of Dust, Ice, and Gas in Space


Free Download European Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics ECLA2020: The Interplay of Dust, Ice, and Gas in Space by Vito Mennella, Christine Joblin
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 322 Pages | ISBN : 303129002X | 53.1 MB
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference on laboratory astrophysics, which gathered a broad interdisciplinary community of astrophysicists, physicists, chemists, and geophysicists. It provides an update on outstanding results in this research field, the presentation of new laboratory developments, and the recent and expected to come space missions and other astronomical observatories with their specific needs for laboratory and theoretical studies.​Understanding the interplay between dust, ice, and gas during the star lifecycle as well as in planet forming regions and the Solar System is a vast topic in relation with space exploration and astronomical observations. It also strongly relies on laboratory astrophysics activities and chemical modelling in order to simulate the formation and evolution of matter in space.

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