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Particle Physics and Cosmology
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 79.99The school introduces the experimental and theoretical particle physics background underlying several aspects of cosmology: matter anti-matter asymmetry, dark matter, the acceleration of the expansion, the 3K Cosmological Background Radiation, the geometry of the universe. The theoretical lectures offer reviews by experts on topics which include the... more...
Diffuse Matter from Star Forming Regions to Active Galaxies
Springer 2007; US$ 189.99Provides the introductory reviews to a number of the key hydrodynamic processes and to the sources themselves. The reviews in this work provide an introduction to the astrophysics of diffuse sources suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in astrophysics. more...
Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe
Springer 2006; US$ 84.99Contains the Lectures and selected participant contributions to the 14th Course of the International School of Cosmic Rays Astrophysics. This work discusses different aspects of the generation of high energy signals in powerful astrophysical objects concentrating on the production of neutrinos and gamma rays from high energy particle interactions. more...
The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars
Springer 2006; US$ 79.99Features the lectures presented in the 6th NATO-ASI series entitled in Marmaris, Turkey, on 7-18 June 2004. This volume includes information from the neutron stars, namely neutrino and gravitational radiation along with the electromagnetic spectrum. It serves as a graduate level text including the range of properties of neutron stars. more...
Scientific detectors for astronomy 2005
Springer 2006; US$ 179.99Covers a range of detector technologies including CCDs, CMOS, APDs, and sub-mm detectors. This work includes papers on observatory status and plans, special applications, detector testing and characterization, and electronics. A feature of these proceedings is the inclusion of pedagogical overview papers. more...
From Dust To Stars
Springer 2007; US$ 119.99Studies of stellar formation in galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the present and the early universe. The book describes complex physical processes involved in the creation of stars and during their young lives. It illustrates how these processes reveal themselves from radio wavelengths to high energy X-rays and gamma -rays, with... more...
A Visitor's Guide to the Kitt Peak Observatories
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 22.00A guide to the Kitt Peak telescopes. more...
How to Use a Computerized Telescope
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 44.00The first handbook that describes how to start observing the sky with a computerized telescope. more...
Heating Versus Cooling in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
Springer 2007; US$ 109.99The present volume is the record of a recent topical conference on the interplay between heating and cooling processes in galaxies and clusters of galaxies. The volume documents recent progress in our understanding of the dense central regions of these objects. Chapters detail recent results from multiwavelength observations and advances in numerical... more...









