Efnisyfirlit

• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Part I The Tools of Astronomy
  • 1 The Celestial Sphere
    • 1.1 The Greek Tradition
    • 1.2 The Copernican Revolution
    • 1.3 Positions on the Celestial Sphere
    • 1.4 Physics and Astronomy
  • 2 Celestial Mechanics
    • 2.1 Elliptical Orbits
    • 2.2 Newtonian Mechanics
    • 2.3 Kepler’s Laws Derived
    • 2.4 The Virial Theorem
  • 3 The Continuous Spectrum of Light
    • 3.1 Stellar Parallax
    • 3.2 The Magnitude Scale
    • 3.3 TheWave Nature of Light
    • 3.4 Blackbody Radiation
    • 3.5 The Quantization of Energy
    • 3.6 The Color Index
  • 4 The Theory of Special Relativity
    • 4.1 The Failure of the Galilean Transformations
    • 4.2 The Lorentz Transformations
    • 4.3 Time and Space in Special Relativity
    • 4.4 Relativistic Momentum and Energy
  • 5 The Interaction of Light and Matter
    • 5.1 Spectral Lines
    • 5.2 Photons
    • 5.3 The Bohr Model of the Atom
    • 5.4 Quantum Mechanics andWave–Particle Duality
  • 6 Telescopes
    • 6.1 Basic Optics
    • 6.2 Optical Telescopes
    • 6.3 Radio Telescopes
    • 6.4 Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy
    • 6.5 All-Sky Surveys and Virtual Observatories
• Part II The Nature of Stars
  • 7 Binary Systems and Stellar Parameters
    • 7.1 The Classification of Binary Stars
    • 7.2 Mass Determination Using Visual Binaries
    • 7.3 Eclipsing, Spectroscopic Binaries
    • 7.4 The Search for Extrasolar Planets
  • 8 The Classification of Stellar Spectra
    • 8.1 The Formation of Spectral Lines
    • 8.2 The Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
  • 9 Stellar Atmospheres
    • 9.1 The Description of the Radiation Field
    • 9.2 Stellar Opacity
    • 9.3 Radiative Transfer
    • 9.4 The Transfer Equation
    • 9.5 The Profiles of Spectral Lines
  • 10 The Interiors of Stars
    • 10.1 Hydrostatic Equilibrium
    • 10.2 Pressure Equation of State
    • 10.3 Stellar Energy Sources
    • 10.4 Energy Transport and Thermodynamics
    • 10.5 Stellar Model Building
    • 10.6 The Main Sequence
  • 11 The Sun
    • 11.1 The Solar Interior
    • 11.2 The Solar Atmosphere
    • 11.3 The Solar Cycle
  • 12 The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation
    • 12.1 Interstellar Dust and Gas
    • 12.2 The Formation of Protostars
    • 12.3 Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution
  • 13 Main Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Stellar Evolution
    • 13.1 Evolution on the Main Sequence
    • 13.2 Late Stages of Stellar Evolution
    • 13.3 Stellar Clusters
  • 14 Stellar Pulsation
    • 14.1 Observations of Pulsating Stars
    • 14.2 The Physics of Stellar Pulsation
    • 14.3 Modeling Stellar Pulsation
    • 14.4 Nonradial Stellar Pulsation
    • 14.5 Helioseismology and Asteroseismology
  • 15 The Fate of Massive Stars
    • 15.1 Post-Main-Sequence Evolution of Massive Stars
    • 15.2 The Classification of Supernovae
    • 15.3 Core-Collapse Supernovae
    • 15.4 Gamma-Ray Bursts
    • 15.5 Cosmic Rays
  • 16 The Degenerate Remnants of Stars
    • 16.1 The Discovery of Sirius B
    • 16.2 White Dwarfs
    • 16.3 The Physics of Degenerate Matter
    • 16.4 The Chandrasekhar Limit
    • 16.5 The Cooling of White Dwarfs
    • 16.6 Neutron Stars
    • 16.7 Pulsars
  • 17 General Relativity and Black Holes
    • 17.1 The General Theory of Relativity
    • 17.2 Intervals and Geodesics
    • 17.3 Black Holes
  • 18 Close Binary Star Systems
    • 18.1 Gravity in a Close Binary Star System
    • 18.2 Accretion Disks
    • 18.3 A Survey of Interacting Binary Systems
    • 18.4 White Dwarfs in Semidetached Binaries
    • 18.5 Type Ia Supernovae
    • 18.6 Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Binaries
• Part III The Solar System
  • 19 Physical Processes in the Solar System
    • 19.1 A Brief Survey
    • 19.2 Tidal Forces
    • 19.3 The Physics of Atmospheres
  • 20 The Terrestrial Planets
    • 20.1 Mercury
    • 20.2 Venus
    • 20.3 Earth
    • 20.4 The Moon
    • 20.5 Mars
  • 21 The Realms of the Giant Planets
    • 21.1 The Giant Worlds
    • 21.2 The Moons of the Giants
    • 21.3 Planetary Ring Systems
  • 22 Minor Bodies of the Solar System
    • 22.1 Pluto and Charon
    • 22.2 Comets and Kuiper Belt Objects
    • 22.3 Asteroids
    • 22.4 Meteorites
  • 23 Formation of Planetary Systems
    • 23.1 Characteristics of Extrasolar Planetary Systems
    • 23.2 Planetary System Formation and Evolution
• Part IV Galaxies and the Universe
  • 24 The MilkyWay Galaxy
    • 24.1 Counting the Stars in the Sky
    • 24.2 The Morphology of the Galaxy
    • 24.3 The Kinematics of the MilkyWay
    • 24.4 The Galactic Center
  • 25 The Nature of Galaxies
    • 25.1 The Hubble Sequence
    • 25.2 Spiral and Irregular Galaxies
    • 25.3 Spiral Structure
    • 25.4 Elliptical Galaxies
  • 26 Galactic Evolution
    • 26.1 Interactions of Galaxies
    • 26.2 The Formation of Galaxies
  • 27 The Structure of the Universe
    • 27.1 The Extragalactic Distance Scale
    • 27.2 The Expansion of the Universe
    • 27.3 Clusters of Galaxies
  • 28 Active Galaxies
    • 28.1 Observations of Active Galaxies
    • 28.2 A Unified Model of Active Galactic Nuclei
    • 28.3 Radio Lobes and Jets
    • 28.4 Using Quasars to Probe the Universe
  • 29 Cosmology
    • 29.1 Newtonian Cosmology
    • 29.2 The Cosmic Microwave Background
    • 29.3 Relativistic Cosmology
    • 29.4 Observational Cosmology
  • 30 The Early Universe
    • 30.1 The Very Early Universe and Inflation
    • 30.2 The Origin of Structure
• Appendix C Solar System Data
• Appendix D The Constellations
• Appendix E The Brightest Stars
• Appendix F The Nearest Stars
• Appendix G Stellar Data
• Appendix H The Messier Catalog
• Appendix I Constants, A Programming Module
• Appendix J Orbit, A Planetary Orbit Code
• Appendix K TwoStars, A Binary Star Code
• Appendix L StatStar, A Stellar Structure Code
• Appendix M Galaxy, A Tidal Interaction Code
• Appendix N WMAP Data
• Suggested Reading
• Index

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