![]() QB462.2.K63 2013 523.010285′53–dc23 2012051612 ISBN 978-4-1 Hardback Additional resources for this publication at Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Mathematica (Computer program language) I. Astrophysics – Data processing – Textbooks. Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() Astrophysics through computation : with Mathematica® support / Brian Koberlein, David Meisel. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Koberlein, Brian. First published 2013 Printed in the United States of America A catalog record for this publication is available from the British Library. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. BDK thanks Julia and Douglas for bringing love and joy to his universe.Īstrophysics Through Computation With Mathematica® SupportīRIAN KOBERLEIN Rochester Institute of Technology, New YorkĭAVID MEISEL State University of New York, GeneseoĬambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013-2473, USA Information on this title: © Brian Koberlein and David Meisel 2013 This publication is in copyright. David Meisel is Distinguished Professor of physics and astronomy at the State University of New York, Geneseo.ĭDM thanks Carolyn for 56 years of shared entropy that made his contribution possible. Downloadable Mathematica® resources available at Brian Koberlein is Senior Lecturer of physics and astronomy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. ![]() It will serve students, professionals, and capable amateurs to master the quantitative details of modern astrophysics and the computational aspects of their research projects. The text also shows the advantages and disadvantages of using analytical and computational methods. Topics covered include many classical and historically interesting problems, enabling students to appreciate the mathematical and scientific challenges that have been overcome in the subject’s development. The contents are supported by more than 110 class-tested Mathematica® notebooks, allowing rigorous solutions to be explored in a visually engaging way. 1.1 Fundamental stellar properties.ġ.2 Determination of stellar mass.Ģ.1 Radiative transfer and the flow of photons through matter.Ģ.2 Formal solution of radiative transfer.Ģ.3 The gray-body approximation.Ģ.4 Continuous opacity in a real hydrogen star.Ģ.5 The case of spectrum lines.ģ.4 The virial theorem and stellar structure.ģ.5 Fusion in the stellar core.ģ.6 Beyond the polytropic model.Ĥ.1 Atmospheres beyond local thermodynamic equilibrium.Ĥ.2 Expanding atmospheres and the Sobolev method.Ĥ.3 Properties of gas degeneracy.ĥ.1 From special relativity to general relativity.ĥ.3 Einstein's field equations.ĥ.4 Solving Einstein's equations.ĥ.5 Tests of general relativity.ħ.1 Charges in cold plasmas.ħ.2 Photons in cold plasmas.ħ.3 Generalized magnetoionic radio wave propagation.ħ.4 Pulsar signals as probes of the interstellar medium.Ĩ.1 The existence of dark matter.Ĩ.2 Revisiting the Trapezium cluster.Ĩ.3 The Hénon–Heiles equations.Ĩ.4 The central black hole of the Milky Way.Ĩ.6 The interplay of gas and dust.ĩ.2 Quasars and radio galaxies.ĩ.4 Distribution of galaxies.ĩ.5 Extragalactic bending of light.ĩ.6 The cosmic microwave background.Īstrophysics Through Computation With Mathematica® Support This new text surveys a series of fundamental problems in astrophysics, both analytically and computationally, for advanced students in physics and astrophysics.
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