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Cosmic catastrophes : exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe / / J. Craig Wheeler [[electronic resource]]
| Cosmic catastrophes : exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe / / J. Craig Wheeler [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Wheeler J. Craig |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Soggetto topico |
Stars
Supernovae Black holes (Astronomy) Hyperspace |
| ISBN |
1-107-16652-7
1-316-09947-4 1-280-75048-0 0-511-27013-5 9786610750481 0-511-26957-9 0-511-26844-0 0-511-32300-X 0-511-53662-3 0-511-26911-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Setting the stage : star formation and hydrogen burning in single stars -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Background -- 1.3. Evolution -- 2. Stellar death : the inexorable grip of gravity -- 2.1. Red giants -- 2.2. Stellar winds -- 2.3. Quantum deregulation -- 2.4. Core collapse -- 2.5. Transfiguration -- 3. Dancing with stars : binary stellar evolution -- 3.1. Multiple stars -- 3.2. Stellar orbits -- 3.3. Roche lobes : the cult symbol -- 3.4. The first stage of binary evolution : the Algol paradox -- 3.5. Mass transfer -- 3.6. Large separation -- 3.7. Small separation -- 3.8. Evolution of the second star -- 3.9. Common-envelope phase -- 3.10. Gravitational radiation -- 4. Accretion disks : flat stars -- 4.1. The third object -- 4.2. How a disk forms -- 4.3. Let there be light, and X-rays -- 4.4. A source of friction -- 4.5. A life of its own -- 4.6. Fat centers? The DAF zoo -- 5. White dwarfs : quantum dots -- 5.1. Single white dwarfs -- 5.2. Cataclysmic variables -- 5.3. The origin of cataclysmic variables -- 5.4. The final evolution of cataclysmic variables -- 6. Supernovae : stellar catastrophes -- 6.1. Observations -- 6.2. The fate of massive stars -- 6.3. Element factories -- 6.4. Collapse and explosion -- 6.5. Polarization and jets : new observations and new concepts -- 6.6. Type Ia supernovae : the peculiar breed -- 6.7. Light curves : radioactive nickel -- 7. Supernova 1987A : lessons and enigmas -- 7.1. The Large Magellanic Cloud awakes -- 7.2. The onset -- 7.3. Lessons from the progenitor -- 7.4. Neutrinos! -- 7.5. Neutron star? -- 7.6. The light curve -- 7.7. This cow's not spherical -- 7.8. Rings and jets -- 7.9. Other firsts -- 8. Neutron stars : atoms with attitude -- 8.1. History, theory leads, for once -- 8.2. The nature of pulsars, not little green men -- 8.3. Pulsars and supernovae, a game of hide and seek -- 8.4. Neutron star structure, iron skin and superfluid guts -- 8.5. Binary pulsars, "tango por dos" -- 8.6. X-rays from neutron stars, hints of a violent Universe -- 8.7. X-ray flares, a story retold -- 8.8. The Rapid Burster, none of the above -- 8.9. Millisecond pulsars -- 8.10. Soft gamma-ray repeaters, reach out and touch someone -- 8.11. Geminga -- 9. Black holes in theory : into the abyss -- 9.1. Why black holes? -- 9.2. The event horizon -- 9.3. Singularity -- 9.4. Being a treatise on the general nature of death within a black hole -- 9.5. Black holes in space and time -- 9.6. Black-hole evaporation : Hawking radiation -- 9.7. Fundamental properties of black holes -- 9.8. Inside black holes -- 10. Black holes in fact : exploring the reality -- 10.1. The search for black holes -- 10.2. Cygnus X-1 -- 10.3. Other suspects -- 10.4. Black-hole X-ray novae -- 10.5. The nature of the outburst -- 10.6. Lessons from the X-rays -- 10.7. SS 433 -- 10.8. Miniquasars -- 10.9. Giants among us -- 10.10. The middle ground -- 11. Gamma-ray bursts, black holes and the Universe : long, long ago and far, far away -- 11.1. Gamma-ray bursts : yet another cosmic mystery -- 11.2. The revolution -- 11.3. The shape of things -- 11.4. The supernova and gamma-ray-burst connection -- 11.5. The possibilities : birth pangs of black holes? -- 11.6. The short hard bursts -- 11.7. The future -- 11.8. The past in our future : the Dark Ages -- 12. Supernovae and the universe -- 12.1. Our expanding universe -- 12.2. The shape of the universe -- 12.3. The age of the universe -- 12.4. The fate of the universe -- 12.5. Dark matter -- 12.6. Vacuum energy, Einstein's blunder that wasn't -- 12.7. Type Ia supernovae as calibrated candles and understood candles -- 12.8. Supernovae and cosmology -- 12.9. Acceleration! -- 12.10. The shape of the universe revisited -- 12.11. Dark energy -- 12.12. The fate of the universe revisited -- 13. Wormholes and time machines : tunnels in space and time -- 13.1. The mystery of time -- 13.2. Wormholes -- 13.3. Time machines -- 14. Beyond : the frontiers -- 14.1. Quantum gravity -- 14.2. When the singularity is not a singularity -- 14.3. Hyperspace perspectives -- 14.4. String theory -- 14.5. Brane worlds -- 14.6. A holographic universe -- 14.7. Coda. |
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cosmic catastrophes : exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe / / J. Craig Wheeler [[electronic resource]]
| Cosmic catastrophes : exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe / / J. Craig Wheeler [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Wheeler J. Craig |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Soggetto topico |
Stars
Supernovae Black holes (Astronomy) Hyperspace |
| ISBN |
1-107-16652-7
1-316-09947-4 1-280-75048-0 0-511-27013-5 9786610750481 0-511-26957-9 0-511-26844-0 0-511-32300-X 0-511-53662-3 0-511-26911-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Setting the stage : star formation and hydrogen burning in single stars -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Background -- 1.3. Evolution -- 2. Stellar death : the inexorable grip of gravity -- 2.1. Red giants -- 2.2. Stellar winds -- 2.3. Quantum deregulation -- 2.4. Core collapse -- 2.5. Transfiguration -- 3. Dancing with stars : binary stellar evolution -- 3.1. Multiple stars -- 3.2. Stellar orbits -- 3.3. Roche lobes : the cult symbol -- 3.4. The first stage of binary evolution : the Algol paradox -- 3.5. Mass transfer -- 3.6. Large separation -- 3.7. Small separation -- 3.8. Evolution of the second star -- 3.9. Common-envelope phase -- 3.10. Gravitational radiation -- 4. Accretion disks : flat stars -- 4.1. The third object -- 4.2. How a disk forms -- 4.3. Let there be light, and X-rays -- 4.4. A source of friction -- 4.5. A life of its own -- 4.6. Fat centers? The DAF zoo -- 5. White dwarfs : quantum dots -- 5.1. Single white dwarfs -- 5.2. Cataclysmic variables -- 5.3. The origin of cataclysmic variables -- 5.4. The final evolution of cataclysmic variables -- 6. Supernovae : stellar catastrophes -- 6.1. Observations -- 6.2. The fate of massive stars -- 6.3. Element factories -- 6.4. Collapse and explosion -- 6.5. Polarization and jets : new observations and new concepts -- 6.6. Type Ia supernovae : the peculiar breed -- 6.7. Light curves : radioactive nickel -- 7. Supernova 1987A : lessons and enigmas -- 7.1. The Large Magellanic Cloud awakes -- 7.2. The onset -- 7.3. Lessons from the progenitor -- 7.4. Neutrinos! -- 7.5. Neutron star? -- 7.6. The light curve -- 7.7. This cow's not spherical -- 7.8. Rings and jets -- 7.9. Other firsts -- 8. Neutron stars : atoms with attitude -- 8.1. History, theory leads, for once -- 8.2. The nature of pulsars, not little green men -- 8.3. Pulsars and supernovae, a game of hide and seek -- 8.4. Neutron star structure, iron skin and superfluid guts -- 8.5. Binary pulsars, "tango por dos" -- 8.6. X-rays from neutron stars, hints of a violent Universe -- 8.7. X-ray flares, a story retold -- 8.8. The Rapid Burster, none of the above -- 8.9. Millisecond pulsars -- 8.10. Soft gamma-ray repeaters, reach out and touch someone -- 8.11. Geminga -- 9. Black holes in theory : into the abyss -- 9.1. Why black holes? -- 9.2. The event horizon -- 9.3. Singularity -- 9.4. Being a treatise on the general nature of death within a black hole -- 9.5. Black holes in space and time -- 9.6. Black-hole evaporation : Hawking radiation -- 9.7. Fundamental properties of black holes -- 9.8. Inside black holes -- 10. Black holes in fact : exploring the reality -- 10.1. The search for black holes -- 10.2. Cygnus X-1 -- 10.3. Other suspects -- 10.4. Black-hole X-ray novae -- 10.5. The nature of the outburst -- 10.6. Lessons from the X-rays -- 10.7. SS 433 -- 10.8. Miniquasars -- 10.9. Giants among us -- 10.10. The middle ground -- 11. Gamma-ray bursts, black holes and the Universe : long, long ago and far, far away -- 11.1. Gamma-ray bursts : yet another cosmic mystery -- 11.2. The revolution -- 11.3. The shape of things -- 11.4. The supernova and gamma-ray-burst connection -- 11.5. The possibilities : birth pangs of black holes? -- 11.6. The short hard bursts -- 11.7. The future -- 11.8. The past in our future : the Dark Ages -- 12. Supernovae and the universe -- 12.1. Our expanding universe -- 12.2. The shape of the universe -- 12.3. The age of the universe -- 12.4. The fate of the universe -- 12.5. Dark matter -- 12.6. Vacuum energy, Einstein's blunder that wasn't -- 12.7. Type Ia supernovae as calibrated candles and understood candles -- 12.8. Supernovae and cosmology -- 12.9. Acceleration! -- 12.10. The shape of the universe revisited -- 12.11. Dark energy -- 12.12. The fate of the universe revisited -- 13. Wormholes and time machines : tunnels in space and time -- 13.1. The mystery of time -- 13.2. Wormholes -- 13.3. Time machines -- 14. Beyond : the frontiers -- 14.1. Quantum gravity -- 14.2. When the singularity is not a singularity -- 14.3. Hyperspace perspectives -- 14.4. String theory -- 14.5. Brane worlds -- 14.6. A holographic universe -- 14.7. Coda. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784332703321 |
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Wheeler J. Craig
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Extreme Explosions : Supernovae, Hypernovae, Magnetars, and Other Unusual Cosmic Blasts / / by David S. Stevenson
| Extreme Explosions : Supernovae, Hypernovae, Magnetars, and Other Unusual Cosmic Blasts / / by David S. Stevenson |
| Autore | Stevenson David S |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Nuclear physics Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Popular Science in Astronomy Particle and Nuclear Physics |
| ISBN | 1-4614-8136-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Evolution of Massive Stars -- The Top of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram -- Collapsars, Hypernovae, and Long Gamma Ray Bursts -- Quiet supernovae, and Death by Fall-Back -- Luminous Blue Variables and Supernova 'Imposters' -- Death by Magnetar -- Pulsational Pair Instability and Pair Instability Supernovae -- Luminous Blue Flashes -- Population III Stars -- The Impact of Nuclear Reactions of Massive Stars on the Present Day Universe -- Red Novae and the Enigma of V838 Monocerotis. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300367703321 |
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Stevenson David S
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of Supernovae / / edited by Athem W. Alsabti, Paul Murdin
| Handbook of Supernovae / / edited by Athem W. Alsabti, Paul Murdin |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (850 illus., 680 illus. in color. eReference.) |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Collana | Springer reference |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Nuclear chemistry Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences Nuclear Chemistry |
| ISBN | 3-319-21846-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Review of Supernovae and Supernovae Remnants -- Historical Supernovae -- Types of Supernovae -- Supernovae and Stellar Evolution -- Light Curves and Spectra of Supernovae -- Explosion Mechanisms of Supernovae -- Stellar Remnants: Pulsars and Neutron Stars -- Stellar Remnants: Black Holes -- Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae -- Evolution of Supernovae and the Interstellar Medium -- Cosmology from Supernovae -- Supernovae, Galaxies, our Solar System and Life on Earth -- Neutrinos, Gravitational Waves and Cosmic Rays. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910265942303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Kepler's new star (1604) : context and controversy / / edited by Patrick J. Boner
| Kepler's new star (1604) : context and controversy / / edited by Patrick J. Boner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Soggetto topico |
Supernovae - History
Astronomy - History - 17th century |
| ISBN | 90-04-43727-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794329603321 |
| Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kepler's new star (1604) : context and controversy / / edited by Patrick J. Boner
| Kepler's new star (1604) : context and controversy / / edited by Patrick J. Boner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Soggetto topico |
Supernovae - History
Astronomy - History - 17th century |
| ISBN | 90-04-43727-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810956403321 |
| Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Supernovae and gamma-ray bursters / K.W. Weiler, ed.
| Supernovae and gamma-ray bursters / K.W. Weiler, ed. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 471 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Weiler, Kurt Walter |
| Collana | Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 598 |
| Soggetto topico |
Supernovae
Gamma ray bursts |
| ISBN | 3540440534 |
| Classificazione |
LC QB843.S95
52.9.576 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000735869707536 |
| Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Superstelle in esplosione : Fare cosmologia con le supernovae e i gamma-ray burst / / by Alain Mazure, Stéphane Basa
| Superstelle in esplosione : Fare cosmologia con le supernovae e i gamma-ray burst / / by Alain Mazure, Stéphane Basa |
| Autore | Mazure Alain |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2010.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.84465 |
| Collana | Le Stelle |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Astrophysics Gravitation Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory |
| ISBN |
1-283-00286-8
9786613002860 88-470-1625-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Nota di contenuto | Aperitivo -- L’Universo in espansione -- Dall’Universo alle stelle -- Supernova -- Superstelle: i gamma-ray burst -- Pietre miliari nell’esplorazione del Cosmo -- Fari nel Cosmo -- Un brillante, oscuro futuro. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910767588603321 |
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Mazure Alain
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| Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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