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Impact cratering : processes and products / / edited by Gordon R. Osinski and Elisabetta Pierazzo
| Impact cratering : processes and products / / edited by Gordon R. Osinski and Elisabetta Pierazzo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.3/97 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
OsinskiGordon R
PierazzoElisabetta |
| Soggetto topico |
Impact craters
Cratering |
| ISBN |
1-118-44730-1
1-299-15776-9 1-118-44733-6 1-118-44732-8 |
| Classificazione |
445
551.3/97 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; ONE: Impact cratering: processes and products; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Formation of hypervelocity impact craters; 1.2.1 Contact and compression; 1.2.2 Excavation stage; 1.2.3 Modification stage; 1.2.4 Post-impact hydrothermal activity; 1.3 Morphology and morphometry of impact craters; 1.3.1 Simple craters; 1.3.2 Complex craters; 1.3.3 Multi-ring basins; 1.4 Impactites; 1.4.1 Classification of impactites; 1.4.2 Impact melt-bearing impactites; 1.5 Recognition of impact craters
1.6 Destructive effects of impact events1.7 Beneficial effects of impact events; 1.7.1 Microbiological effects; 1.7.2 Economic effects; 1.8 When a crater does not exist: other evidence for impact events; 1.9 Concluding remarks; References; TWO: Population of impactors and the impact cratering rate in the inner Solar System; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Population of impactors in the inner Solar System; 2.3 Impact frequency of NEOs with the Earth; 2.4 Comparison with the impact record on terrestrial planets; 2.4.1 The Earth; 2.4.2 The other terrestrial planets 2.5 Variability of the impact frequency during the last 3 Ga2.6 The early cratering history of the Solar System; 2.7 Conclusions; References; THREE: The contact and compression stage of impact cratering; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Maximum pressures during contact and compression; 3.2.1 The planar impact approximation; 3.2.2 Energy partition during compression; 3.2.3 Unloading of the projectile; 3.3 Jetting during contact and compression; 3.4 The isobaric core; 3.5 Oblique impact; 3.6 The end of contact and compression; References; FOUR: Excavation and impact ejecta emplacement; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Excavation4.3 Impact plume; 4.4 Generation of continuous ejecta blankets; 4.5 Rayed craters; 4.6 Generation of multiple ejecta layers; 4.6.1 Observations; 4.6.2 Initial impact melt production and early emplacement; 4.6.3 Late-stage melt emplacement - the surface melt flow phase; 4.7 Distal impact ejecta; 4.8 Depth of excavation; References; FIVE: The modification stage of crater formation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Morphology and morphometry of simple and complex impact craters; 5.2.1 Simple crater morphology; 5.2.2 Complex crater morphology; 5.2.3 Crater morphology as a function of size 5.3 Kinematics of crater collapse5.3.1 Kinematics of simple crater formation; 5.3.2 Kinematics of complex crater formation; 5.4 Subsurface structure of complex impact craters; 5.4.1 Crater rim; 5.4.2 Ring syncline; 5.4.3 Central uplift; 5.4.4 Peak ring; 5.5 Mechanics of cavity collapse: what makes the target so weak?; 5.5.1 Target disintegration into blocks; 5.5.2 Distributed and localized brittle deformation; 5.5.3 Localized melting; 5.5.4 Temporary weakening; 5.6 Effects of oblique impact incidences on cavity collapse; 5.7 Effects of rheologically complex targets on cavity modification References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877022003321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The formation of stars / / Steven W. Stahler and Francesco Palla
| The formation of stars / / Steven W. Stahler and Francesco Palla |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 852 p.) |
| Disciplina |
520
523.8/8 523.88 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PallaF (Francesco) |
| Collana | Physics textbook |
| Soggetto topico |
Stars - Formation
Stars - Evolution |
| ISBN |
1-281-76453-1
9786611764531 3-527-61867-8 3-527-61868-6 |
| Classificazione |
443
445 523.88 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Formation of Stars; Contents; Preface; I Star Formation in Our Galaxy; 1 Overview; 1.1 Stellar Nurseries:Orion; 1.2 Stellar Nurseries: Taurus-Auriga; 1.3 Stars and Their Evolution; 1.4 The Galactic Context; 2 The Interstellar Medium; 2.1 Galactic Gas and Its Detection; 2.2 Phases of the Interstellar Medium; 2.3 Interstellar Dust: Extinction and Thermal Emission; 2.4 Interstellar Dust: Properties of the Grains; 3 Molecular Clouds; 3.1 Giant Molecular Clouds; 3.2 Virial Theorem Analysis; 3.3 Dense Cores and Bok Globules; 4 Young Stellar Systems; 4.1 Embedded Clusters
4.2 T and R Associations4.3 O B Associations; 4.4 Open Clusters; 4.5 The Initial Mass Function; II Physical Processes in Molecular Clouds; 5 Molecular Transitions: Basic Physics; 5.1 Interstellar Molecules; 5.2 Hydrogen (H2); 5.3 Carbon Monoxide (CO); 5.4 Ammonia (NH3); 5.5 Water (H2O); 5.6 Hydroxyl (OH); 6 Molecular Transitions: Applications; 6.1 Carbon Monoxide; 6.2 Ammonia; 6.3 Hydroxyl; 7 Heating and Cooling; 7.1 Cosmic Rays; 7.2 Interstellar Radiation; 7.3 Cooling by Atoms; 7.4 Cooling by Molecules and Dust; 8 Cloud Thermal Structure; 8.1 The Build up of Molecules 8.2 The Molecular Interior8.3 Photodissociation Regions; 8.4 J-Shocks; 8.5 C-Shocks; III From Clouds to Stars; 9 Cloud Equilibrium and Stability; 9.1 Isothermal Spheres and the Jeans Mass; 9.2 Rotating Configurations; 9.3 Magnetic Flux Freezing; 9.4 Magnetostatic Configurations; 9.5 Support from MHD Waves; 10 The Collapse of Dense Cores; 10.1 Ambipolar Diffusion; 10.2 Inside-Out Collapse; 10.3 Magnetized Infall; 10.4 Rotational Effects; 11 Protostars; 11.1 First Core and Main Accretion Phase; 11.2 Interior Evolution: Deuterium Burning; 11.3 Protostellar Disks; 11.4 More Massive Protostars 11.5 The Observational Search12 Multiple Star Formation; 12.1 Dynamical Fragmentation of Massive Clouds; 12.2 Young Binary Stars; 12.3 TheOrigin of Binaries; 12.4 Formation of Stellar Groups; 12.5 Massive Stars and Their Associations; IV Environmental Impact of Young Stars; 13 Jets and Molecular Outflows; 13.1 Jets from Embedded Stars; 13.2 Molecular Outflows; 13.3 Wind Generation: Pressure Effects; 13.4 Wind Generation: Rotation and Magnetic Fields; 13.5 Jet Propagation and Entrainment; 14 Interstellar Masers; 14.1 Observed Characteristics; 14.2 Maser Theory: Basic Principles 14.3 Maser Theory: Further Considerations14.4 Tracing Jets and Outflows; 15 Effects of Massive Stars; 15.1 HII Regions; 15.2 Ultracompact HII Regions and Hot Cores; 15.3 Winds and Molecular Outflows; 15.4 Photoevaporation of Gas; 15.5 Induced Star Formation; V Pre-Main-Sequence Stars; 16 Quasi-Static Contraction; 16.1 The Stellar Birthline; 16.2 The Contraction Process; 16.3 Nuclear Reactions; 16.4 Brown Dwarfs; 16.5 Spinup and Spindown; 17 T Tauri Stars; 17.1 Line and Continuum Emission; 17.2 Outflow and Infall; 17.3 Circumstellar Disks; 17.4 Temporal Variability 17.5 Post-T Tauri Stars and Beyond |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144720303321 |
| Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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