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This concise textbook, designed specifically for a one-semester course in astrophysics, introduces astrophysical concepts to undergraduate science and engineering students with a background in college-level, calculus-based physics.
Preface
Part I Stellar Properties
Introduction
Astronomical Distances
Questions and Exercises
Surface Temperature from a Star’s Color
Stellar Radius from Luminosity and Temperature
Composition and Ionization from Stellar Spectra
Surface Gravity and Escape/Orbital Speed
Stellar Ages and Lifetimes
Stellar Space Velocities
Using Binary Systems to Determine Masses and Radii
Stellar Rotation
Light Intensity and Absorption
Observational Methods
Our Sun
Questions and Exercises
Part II Stellar Structure and Evolution
Hydrostatic Balance between Pressure and Gravity
Transport of Radiation from Interior to Surface
Structure of Radiative versus Convective Stellar Envelopes
Hydrogen Fusion and the Mass Range of Stars
Post-Main-Sequence Evolution: Low-Mass Stars
Post-Main-Sequence Evolution: High-Mass Stars
Part III Interstellar Medium and Formation of Stars and Planets
The Interstellar Medium
Star Formation
Origin of Planetary Systems
Water Planet Earth
Extra-Solar Planets
Part IV Our Milky Way and Other Galaxies
Our Milky Way Galaxy
External Galaxies
Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars
Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Part V Cosmology
Newtonian Dynamical Model of Universe Expansion
Accelerating Universe with a Cosmological Constant
The Hot Big Bang
Eras in the Evolution of the Universe
Appendix A Atomic Energy Levels and Transitions
Appendix B Equilibrium Excitation and Ionization Balance
Appendix C Atomic Origins of Opacity
Appendix D Radiative Transfer