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Astrophysical masers, naturally occurring microwave and radio-wave emissions, provide an important tool to investigate astrophysical environments. Several thousand maser sources have been observed in the interstellar medium and star formation…

Astrophysical Techniques provides a comprehensive and clearly understandable account of the instruments and techniques used in astronomy and astrophysics. Drawing together an ever-diverging array of observational techniques, using the common thread…

Astrophysics: Decoding the Cosmos is an accessible introduction to the key principles and theories underlying astrophysics. This text takes a close look at the radiation and particles that we receive from astronomical objects, providing a thorough…

Each book contains clear chapter objectives and closing summaries, a range of independent learning activities, including assignments, analysis exercises and in-text questions. Science is presented in context, with strong emphasis on economic,…

Written for students undertaking Astrophysics options.Concise, student-friendly, well illustrated and ideal for self-study and revision.Equally suitable for use as stand-alone texts or as ancillary texts to any physics core textbook.

A concise but thorough introduction to the observational data and theoretical concepts underlying modern astronomy, Astrophysics in a Nutshell is designed for advanced undergraduate science majors taking a one-semester course. This well-balanced and…

Here the reader will find a description of the current state of experimentaland theoretical investigations of neutron stars in all their manifestations:radio pulsars, X-ray pul- sars, X-ray bursters, transient X-ray sources, andso on. The approach…

Bridging the gap between physics and astronomy textbooks, this book provides step-by-step physical and mathematical development of fundamental astrophysical processes underlying a wide range of phenomena in stellar, galactic, and extragalactic…