Software Systems for Astronomy

Albert R Conrad

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This book covers the use and development of software for astronomy. It describes the control systems used to point the telescope and operate its camer... Lees meer

Research on Teaching Astronomy in the Planetarium

Timothy F Slater, Coty B Tatge

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• From a noted specialist in astronomy education and outreach, this Brief provides an overview of the most influential discipline-based science educatio... Lees meer

Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This White Paper describes the state of astrobiology in Europe today and its relation to the European society at large. With contributions from author... Lees meer

The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan

Thierry Montmerle, Yi Zhou, Yves Gomas

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This book presents the exceptional biography of the 20 th century Chinese astronomer Cheng Maolan, who came to France in 1926 on a China-France cooper... Lees meer

Numerical Modelling of Astrophysical Turbulence

Wolfram Schmidt

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• In this "SpringerBrief" the author considers the underlying problems and questions that are common to numerical models of turbulence in different astr... Lees meer

From Stars to States

Thierry J -L Courvoisier

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• The aim of this essay is to understand the relationship between knowledge and society and to reflect on the links between science and political decisi... Lees meer

Three Body Dynamics and Its Applications to Exoplanets

Zdzislaw Musielak, Billy Quarles

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This brief book provides an overview of the gravitational orbital evolution of few-body systems, in particular those consisting of three bodies. The a... Lees meer

The Importance of Binaries in the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae

Henri M J Boffin, David Jones

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• It is now clear that a binary evolutionary pathway is responsible for a significant fraction of all planetary nebulae, with some authors even going so... Lees meer

Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment

Pamela Elizabeth Clark

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This SpringerBrief details the MESSENGER Mission, the findings of which present challenges to widely held conventional views and remaining mysteries s... Lees meer

Space Weather and Coronal Mass Ejections

Tim Howard

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• Space weather has attracted a lot of attention in recent times. Severe space weather can disrupt spacecraft, and on Earth can be the cause of power ou... Lees meer

Measuring the Angular Momentum of Supermassive Black Holes

Laura Brenneman

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• Measuring the spin distribution of supermassive black holes is of critical importance for understanding how these black holes and their host galaxies ... Lees meer

The Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies

Jeremy Wood

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This SpringerBrief summarizes the latest relevant research and discoveries that have been made in the area of ringed small bodies and small body taxon... Lees meer

The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge

Charles Byrne

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• Since Luna and Lunar Orbiter photographed the far side of the Moon, the mysterious dichotomy between the face of the Moon as we see it from Earth and ... Lees meer

The Interstellar Medium, Expanding Nebulae and Triggered Star Formation

Thomas G Bisbas

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This brief brings together the theoretical aspects of star formation and ionized regions with the most up-to-date simulations and observations. Beginn... Lees meer

High Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos

Debanjan Bose, Subhendu Rakshit

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This book provides a pedagogical introduction to the likely sources of these neutrinos, their propagation and detection mechanisms. Detection of high ... Lees meer

Extrasolar Planets and Their Host Stars

Kaspar Von Braun, Tabetha Boyajian

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• This book explores the relations between physical parameters of extrasolar planets and their respective parent stars. Planetary parameters are often d... Lees meer

Mathematical Modelling of Meteoroid Streams

Galina O Ryabova

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• Modern computer power and high-precision observational data have greatly improved the reliability of meteoroid stream models. At present, scientific r... Lees meer

The Fundamentals of Modern Astrophysics

Mikhail Ya Marov

• Paperback | Engels | Springerbriefs in Astronomy
• The Fundamentals of Modern Astrophysics provides an overview of the modern science of astrophysics. It covers the Sun, Solar System bodies, exoplanets... Lees meer