Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics 9780691188560
The field of astrophysics is in the midst of a technologically driven renaissance, as fundamental discoveries are being
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Table of contents :
OVERVIEW
CONTENTS
PREFACE
1. THE COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
2. IN THE BEGINNING . . .
3. UNDERSTANDING DATA BETTER WITH BAYESIAN AND GLOBAL STATISTICAL METHODS
4. LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE IN THE UNIVERSE
5. UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN GRAVITATIONAL LENSING
6. WHAT CAN B E LEARNED FROM NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF COSMOLOGY
7. THE CENTERS OF ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
8. THE MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES
9. QUASARS
10. SOLAR NEUTRINOS: SOLVED AND UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
11. PARTICLE DARK MATTER
12. STARS IN THE MILKY WAY AND OTHER GALAXIES
13. SEARCHING FOR MACHOs WITH MICROLENSING
14. GLOBALLY ASYMMETRIC SUPERNOVA
15. IN AND AROUND NEUTRON STARS
16. ACCRETION FLOWS AROUND BLACK HOLES
17. THE HIGHEST ENERGY COSMIC RAYS
18. TOWARD UNDERSTANDING GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
OVERVIEW
CONTENTS
PREFACE
1. THE COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
2. IN THE BEGINNING . . .
3. UNDERSTANDING DATA BETTER WITH BAYESIAN AND GLOBAL STATISTICAL METHODS
4. LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE IN THE UNIVERSE
5. UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN GRAVITATIONAL LENSING
6. WHAT CAN B E LEARNED FROM NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF COSMOLOGY
7. THE CENTERS OF ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
8. THE MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES
9. QUASARS
10. SOLAR NEUTRINOS: SOLVED AND UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
11. PARTICLE DARK MATTER
12. STARS IN THE MILKY WAY AND OTHER GALAXIES
13. SEARCHING FOR MACHOs WITH MICROLENSING
14. GLOBALLY ASYMMETRIC SUPERNOVA
15. IN AND AROUND NEUTRON STARS
16. ACCRETION FLOWS AROUND BLACK HOLES
17. THE HIGHEST ENERGY COSMIC RAYS
18. TOWARD UNDERSTANDING GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
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