《天文学前沿 从大爆炸到太阳系 英文版》PDF下载

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  • 作  者:(英)汤普森主编
  • 出 版 社:北京:机械工业出版社
  • 出版年份:2012
  • ISBN:9787111364566
  • 页数:417 页
图书介绍:在这本极具可读性的书中,来自全世界天文学领域的首席科学家们给出了其研究进展的一般看法,讲述了各自的前沿研究,并提出了他们关于未来的设想。书中的文章主要选自世界上历史最悠久的科技期刊——皇家学会哲学学报的特刊,只不过在这里是以一种更口语化的语言呈现给广大读者。期刊编辑对文章进行了严格精选,涵盖了宇宙大爆炸的起源、恒星和星系得演化及形成、冷暗物质、突增的太阳黑子事件以及人类对太阳系的探索。通过该书,读者可以与作者一起分享他们在天文学前沿工作的兴奋和热情。

Cosmology and the Big Bang 1

1.Thirteen Billion Years in Half an Hour&Bruce A. Bassett 3

2.The Paradigm of Inflation&J. García-Bellido 19

3.Cosmology with Varying Constants&C.J.A.P. Martins 41

4.Small Scales,Big Issues for Cold Dark Matter&Andrew J. Benson 59

5.Violence and Black Holes in the Hearts of Galaxies&Carole G. Mundell 77

Probing the Universe 97

6.First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Results:Implications for Cosmology and Inflation&Hiranya Peiris 99

7.Quest for Gravitational Waves&B.S. Sathyaprakash 123

8.Strong-Field Tests of Relativistic Gravity with Pulsars&Michael Kramer 143

9.Gamma-Ray Bursts as Cosmological Probes&Nial R. Tanvir 167

10.New Radio Interferometers and Data Access:Investigations of Star Formation&A.M.S. Richards and R.A. Laing 185

Stars and Conditions for Life 207

11.Gamma-Ray Bursts&Davide Lazzati 209

12.Astrophysical Dust&Malcolm Gray 227

13.The Astrophysics of Crowded Places&Melvyn Davies 245

14.Astrochemistry:From Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems&Andrew Markwick 263

15.Extrasolar Planets&Hugh R.A. Jones and James S. Jenkins 281

Solar System and Climate Change 303

16.Our Solar System&Andrew Coates 305

17.Planetary Upper Atmospheres&Ingo Müller-Wodarg 331

18.The Solar Dynamo&Steven Tobias 355

19.Explosions on the Sun&Louise K. Harra 375

20.Solar Variability,Coupling between Atmospheric Layers and Climate Change&Neil Arnold 391

Index 413