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Meteorites, Ice, and Antarcticaby William A. Cassidy
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 29.00Bill Cassidy has led meteorite recovery expeditions in the Antarctic for fifteen years. His searches have resulted in the collection of thousands of meteorite specimens from the ice. This fascinating story is a first hand account of his field experiences on the US Antarctic Search for Meteorites Project. more...
High-Velocity Cloudsby H. van Woerden
Springer 2004; US$ 149.00This book contains 17 chapters reviewing our knowledge of the high-velocity clouds (HVCs) as of 2004, bringing this together in one place for the first time. Each of the many different aspects of HVC research is addressed by one of the experts in that subfield. These include a historical overview of HVC research and analyses of the structure and kinematics of HVCs. Separate chapters address the intermediate-velocity clouds, the Magellanic Stream, and neutral hydrogen HVCs discovered in external galaxies. Reviews are presented of the Ha emission and of optical and UV absorption-line studies, followed by discussions of the hot Galactic Halo and of the interactions between HVCs and their surroundings. Four chapters summarize the ideas about... more...
Dense Molecular Gas Around Protostars and in Galactic Nucleiby W.A. Baan; Y. Hagiwara; H.J. Langevelde
Springer 2005; US$ 149.00The phenomena observed in young stellar objects (YSO), circumstellar regions and extra-galactic nuclei show some similarity in their morphology, dynamical and physical processes, though they may differ in scale and energy. The European Workshop on Astronomical Molecules 2004 gave astronomers a unique opportunity to discuss the links among the observational results and to generate common interpretations of the phenomena in stars and galaxies, using the available diagnostic tools such as masers and dense molecular gas. Their theoretical understanding involves physics, numerical simulations and chemistry. Including a dozen introductory reviews, topics of papers in this book also cover: maser and dense gas diagnostics and related phenomena, evolution... more...
Dust In The Universeby K. S. Krishna Swamy
World Scientific 2005; US$ 75.40The study of dust in the universe is an exciting area in current astronomy. Dust formed during an earlier epoch could be different from that formed at a later time, but the nature and composition of dust is not presently understood in its entirety. The comprehensive study presented in this book provides a much needed critical analysis of different types of dust in the universe. The information derived from presolar grains from comets, meteorites and interplanetary dust particles as well as the relevant laboratory studies are discussed. This should help in our goal of understanding the evolution of dust with cosmic time. more...
Impact!by Gerrit L. Verschuur
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 26.00Most scientists now agree that some sixty-five million years ago, an immense comet slammed into the Yucatan, detonating a blast twenty million times more powerful than the largest hydrogen bomb, punching a hole ten miles deep in the earth. Trillions of tons of rock were vaporized and launched into the atmosphere. For a thousand miles in all directions, vegetation burst into flames. There were tremendous blast waves, searing winds, showers of molten matter from the sky, earthquakes, and a terrible darkness that cut out sunlight for a year, enveloping the planet in freezing cold. Thousands of species of plants and animals were obliterated, including the dinosaurs, some of which may have become extinct in a matter of hours. In Impact, Gerrit L.... more...
Dark Matter In The Universeby John Bahcall; Tsvi Piran; Steven Weinberg
World Scientific 2004; US$ 101.40If standard gravitational theory is correct, then most of the matter in the universe is in an unidentified form which does not emit enough light to have been detected by current instrumentation. This book is the second editon of the lectures given at the 4th Jerusalem Winter School for Theoretical Physics, with new material added. The lectures are devoted to the "missing matter" problem in the universe, the search to understand dark matter. The goal of this volume is to make current research work on unseen matter accessible to students without prior experience in this area and to provide insights for experts in related research fields. Due to the pedagogical nature of the original lectures and the intense discussions between the lecturers and... more...
Dark Sky, Dark Matterby J.M Overduin
CRC Press 2002; US$ 169.95This text compares observational data from large telescopes with cosmological theory based on general relativity and particle physics. The authors attempt to provide a more accurate picture of the universe and the exotic material believed to constitute dark matter. more...
The Physics of Interstellar Dustby Endrik Krugel
CRC Press 2002; US$ 179.95A theoretical description of the fundamental physics of interstellar material. Includes description of composition, morphology, grain size and distribution, dynamics, dielectric permeability, radiation scattering and spectral features. more...
Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physicsby Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus; Richard Arnowitt
Springer 2006; US$ 389.00The search for dark matter in the universe has established itself as one of the most exciting and central fields of astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology. The lectures and talks in this book emphasize the experimental and theoretical status and future perspectives, stressing in particular the interplay between astro and particle physics. more...
Interplanetary Magnetohydrodynamicsby L. F. Burlaga
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 265.00Data from spacecraft such as Pioneer, Vela and Voyager have revealed the interstellar medium to be a remarkable physical system, which has served as a laboratory for the study of turbulent, supersonic, ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows. The results of these studies provided confirmation of many theoretical models of the interstellar medium. more...









