This manual pertains to the astrophysics field, specifically focusing on structure formation across various cosmic scales. It serves as a comprehensive reference for graduate students and researchers, consolidating expertise from leading figures in planet, star, and galaxy formation. The publication delves into the common physical processes underlying these phenomena, rooted in fundamental physics, and addresses current challenges and recent advancements in observational, theoretical, and numerical methodologies.
The scope of this volume is to provide a unified understanding of structure formation, from the grandest galaxy clusters to individual stars and planets. It highlights the interconnectedness of these processes despite their differing scales and aims to equip readers with the latest insights and analytical tools. This resource is designed to advance the study of astrophysics by presenting a thorough overview of a major problem in the field, supported by extensive reviews and expert contributions.
Understanding the formation of objects at all scales in the universe, from galaxy clusters to stars and planets, is a major problem in modern astrophysics, and one of the most exciting challenges of twenty-first century astronomy. Even though they are characterized by different scales, the formation of planets, stars and galaxies share many common physical processes and are rooted in the same underlying domains of physics. This unique reference for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics is the first to cover structure formation on various scales in one volume. This book gathers together extensive reviews written by world experts in physics and astrophysics working in planet, star and galaxy formation, and related subjects. It addresses current issues in these fields and describes the recent observational status and state-of-the-art theoretical and numerical methods aimed at understanding these problems.
Editor: Chabrier,Gilles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Structure Formation in Astrophysics
Pages: 00454 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-01-15
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521887793
Category: Science : Physics - Astrophysics
Understanding the formation of objects at all scales in the universe, from galaxy clusters to stars and planets, is a major problem in modern astrophysics, and one of the most exciting challenges of twenty-first century astronomy. Even though they are characterized by different scales, the formation of planets, stars and galaxies share many common physical processes and are rooted in the same underlying domains of physics. This unique reference for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics is the first to cover structure formation on various scales in one volume. This book gathers together extensive reviews written by world experts in physics and astrophysics working in planet, star and galaxy formation, and related subjects. It addresses current issues in these fields and describes the recent observational status and state-of-the-art theoretical and numerical methods aimed at understanding these problems.
Editor: Chabrier,Gilles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Structure Formation in Astrophysics
Pages: 00454 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-01-15
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521887793
Category: Science : Physics - Astrophysics
