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020			_a9781139171083
082			_a523.01 _bP186T
100			_aPadmanabhan, T. _eAuthor _lEnglish _92091
245		0	_aTheoretical Astrophysics _b: Volume 1 _c/ by T. Padmanabhan. _h[Electronic Resource]
260			_aCambridge _b: Cambridge University Press, _c2000
300			_a601p.
520			_aGraduate students and researchers in astrophysics and cosmology need a solid understanding of a wide range of physical processes. This clear and authoritative book has been designed to help them to develop the necessary toolkit of theory. The book is modular in design, allowing the reader to pick and choose a selection of chapters, if necessary. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with the accompanying two volumes (covering stars and stellar systems, and galaxies and cosmology, respectively). After reviewing the basics of dynamics, electromagnetic theory, and statistical physics, the book carefully develops a solid understanding of radiative processes, spectra, fluid mechanics, plasma physics and MHD, dynamics of gravitating systems, general relativity, nuclear physics, and other key concepts. Throughout, the reader's understanding is developed and tested with problems and helpful hints. This welcome volume provides graduate students with an indispensable introduction to and reference on all the physical processes they will need to successfully tackle research in astrophysics and cosmology.
650			_aAstrophysics _9944
650			_aPhysics _915817
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139171083 _qPDF _yClick to Access the Online Book
942			_cEBK _nYes
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