A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott
| A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott |
| Autore | Tyson Neil deGrasse |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Cosmology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Accelerating expansion of the universe
Accretion (astrophysics) Alpha particle Andromeda Galaxy Angular diameter Astrobiology Astrophysics Atomic nucleus Barred spiral galaxy Big Bang Calculation Chemical element Chronology of the universe Circumference Copernican principle Cosmic Background Explorer Cosmic microwave background Cosmic string Cosmogony Dark energy De Sitter space Deuterium Dimension Earth Einstein field equations Elementary particle Elliptic orbit Energy density Event horizon Exoplanet Extraterrestrial life Galactic Center Galactic year Galaxy cluster Googol Gravitational wave Gravity Hawking radiation Hubble Space Telescope Hubble's law Inflation (cosmology) Interstellar medium Irregular galaxy Jim Peebles Jupiter Kepler (spacecraft) Kuiper belt Light-year Longevity Luminosity Main sequence Measurement Metric expansion of space Milky Way Molecule Neutron star Neutron Newton's law of universal gravitation Nitrogen Nuclear fusion Nuclear reaction Observable universe Orion Nebula Photon Physicist Planck (spacecraft) Planetary habitability Planetary nebula Positron Prediction Pressure Quantity Quantum tunnelling Quasar Real Humans Red giant Result Satellite galaxy Saturn Shape of the universe Solar System Solar mass Spacecraft Spiral galaxy Star Supernova Temperature The Astrophysical Journal The Pluto Files Thermal radiation Universe Today Universe Uranus Vacuum energy Vacuum state Wavelength Weakly interacting massive particles Welcome to the Universe White dwarf Year |
| ISBN | 0-691-22361-0 |
| Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto's Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Tyson Neil deGrasse
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
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Cosmological Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy
| Cosmological Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy |
| Autore | Bamba Kazuharu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy
apparatus astronomical and space-research instrumentation Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) brans-dicke theory comparative planetology composite dark matter Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature cosmo-particle physics cosmoligical parameters cosmological model cosmological parameters cosmology dark atoms dark energy Dark Energy dark energy model dark energy models dark matter Dark Matter de Sitter vacuum dosmological parameters dynamical Chern-Simons modified gravity Einstein-Aether theory of gravity extragalactic objects and systems field theory fundamental astronomy galactic rotation curve Hawking radiation higher dimension gauged super-gravity black hole Hubble constant hyper-color instruments junction conditions loop quantum cosmology memory n/a normal galaxies null hypersurfaces parametrizations particle physics properties of specific particles QCD quantum gravity quantum optical systems quantum optics quantum tunneling phenomenon scalar-tensor gravity spacetime symmetry statistical analysis Supernovae |
| ISBN | 3-03921-765-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910367746403321 |
Bamba Kazuharu
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Quantum Cosmology
| Quantum Cosmology |
| Autore | Moniz Paulo Vargas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics
Research and information: general |
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ADM formalism
backreaction effects bounce bounce models Brans-Dicke theory canonical quantum gravity classical and quantum cosmology clocks cyclic universe dark energy singularities de Broglie-Bohm interpretation early universe cosmology entanglement entropy exact solutions extended theories of gravity generalized uncertainty principles Hawking radiation instantons loop quantum cosmology multiverse n/a no-boundary proposal noether symmetries noncommutativity observations polymer quantum mechanics quantum cosmology quantum fields quantum fields in curved spacetime quantum geometrodynamics quantum gravity shape invariant potentials singularity and bounce string cosmology superspace supersymmetric quantum cosmology supersymmetric quantum mechanics supersymmetry third quantisation time uniqueness of the quantization universe-antiuniverse pair weyl curvature hypothesis Wheeler-DeWitt equation |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585942903321 |
Moniz Paulo Vargas
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| Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 | ||
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What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn
| What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn |
| Autore | Bailyn Charles D. |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.8/875 |
| Collana | Princeton Frontiers in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Black holes (Astronomy)
Astrophysics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bondi-Hoyle accretion
Hawking radiation John Archibald Wheeler Kerr black hole Schwarzschild black hole X-ray astronomy X-ray detectors X-ray sources accretion disk accretion disks accretion energy accretion flows accretion accretor mass active galactic nuclei astronomical literature astronomical objects astronomy binary star system black hole evolution black hole formation black holes celestial sources collimated emission beams event horizon event horizons galaxy gas flow geometry general relativity gravitational physics gravitational potential energy gravitational radiation gravitational waves infalling material innermost stable circular orbit intermediate-mass black holes jets kinetic energy light travel luminosity mass infall rate merging black holes multiverses nonspinning black hole observational astrophysics optical stars outflows quantum mechanics quasars quasi-stellar objects radiation relativity scientific study singularities spinning black hole star stellar evolution stellar-mass black holes supermassive black holes supernova explosions supernovae theoretical physics wormholes |
| ISBN | 1-4008-5056-8 |
| Classificazione | US 2200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing Black Holes: Event Horizons and Singularities -- 2. Accretion onto a Black Hole -- 3. Outflows and Jets -- 4. Stellar-Mass Black Holes -- 5. Supermassive Black Holes -- 6. Formation and Evolution of Black Holes -- 7. Do Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Exist? -- 8. Black Hole Spin -- 9. Detecting Black Holes through -- 10. Black Hole Exotica -- Glossary -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786656903321 |
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| Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
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What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn
| What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn |
| Autore | Bailyn Charles D. |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.8/875 |
| Collana | Princeton Frontiers in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Black holes (Astronomy)
Astrophysics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bondi-Hoyle accretion
Hawking radiation John Archibald Wheeler Kerr black hole Schwarzschild black hole X-ray astronomy X-ray detectors X-ray sources accretion disk accretion disks accretion energy accretion flows accretion accretor mass active galactic nuclei astronomical literature astronomical objects astronomy binary star system black hole evolution black hole formation black holes celestial sources collimated emission beams event horizon event horizons galaxy gas flow geometry general relativity gravitational physics gravitational potential energy gravitational radiation gravitational waves infalling material innermost stable circular orbit intermediate-mass black holes jets kinetic energy light travel luminosity mass infall rate merging black holes multiverses nonspinning black hole observational astrophysics optical stars outflows quantum mechanics quasars quasi-stellar objects radiation relativity scientific study singularities spinning black hole star stellar evolution stellar-mass black holes supermassive black holes supernova explosions supernovae theoretical physics wormholes |
| ISBN | 1-4008-5056-8 |
| Classificazione | US 2200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing Black Holes: Event Horizons and Singularities -- 2. Accretion onto a Black Hole -- 3. Outflows and Jets -- 4. Stellar-Mass Black Holes -- 5. Supermassive Black Holes -- 6. Formation and Evolution of Black Holes -- 7. Do Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Exist? -- 8. Black Hole Spin -- 9. Detecting Black Holes through -- 10. Black Hole Exotica -- Glossary -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817229703321 |
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| Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
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