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• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Part I The Tools of Astronomy
• 1 The Celestial Sphere
• 1.1 The Greek Tradition
• 1.2 The Copernican Revolution
• 1.3 Positions on the Celestial Sphere
• 1.4 Physics and Astronomy
• 2 Celestial Mechanics
• 2.1 Elliptical Orbits
• 2.2 Newtonian Mechanics
• 2.3 Kepler’s Laws Derived
• 2.4 The Virial Theorem
• 3 The Continuous Spectrum of Light
• 3.1 Stellar Parallax
• 3.2 The Magnitude Scale
• 3.3 TheWave Nature of Light
• 3.4 Blackbody Radiation
• 3.5 The Quantization of Energy
• 3.6 The Color Index
• 4 The Theory of Special Relativity
• 4.1 The Failure of the Galilean Transformations
• 4.2 The Lorentz Transformations
• 4.3 Time and Space in Special Relativity
• 4.4 Relativistic Momentum and Energy
• 5 The Interaction of Light and Matter
• 5.1 Spectral Lines
• 5.2 Photons
• 5.3 The Bohr Model of the Atom
• 5.4 Quantum Mechanics andWave–Particle Duality
• 6 Telescopes
• 6.1 Basic Optics
• 6.2 Optical Telescopes
• 6.3 Radio Telescopes
• 6.4 Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy
• 6.5 All-Sky Surveys and Virtual Observatories
• Part II The Nature of Stars
• 7 Binary Systems and Stellar Parameters
• 7.1 The Classification of Binary Stars
• 7.2 Mass Determination Using Visual Binaries
• 7.3 Eclipsing, Spectroscopic Binaries
• 7.4 The Search for Extrasolar Planets
• 8 The Classification of Stellar Spectra
• 8.1 The Formation of Spectral Lines
• 8.2 The Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
• 9 Stellar Atmospheres
• 9.1 The Description of the Radiation Field
• 9.2 Stellar Opacity
• 9.3 Radiative Transfer
• 9.4 The Transfer Equation
• 9.5 The Profiles of Spectral Lines
• 10 The Interiors of Stars
• 10.1 Hydrostatic Equilibrium
• 10.2 Pressure Equation of State
• 10.3 Stellar Energy Sources
• 10.4 Energy Transport and Thermodynamics
• 10.5 Stellar Model Building
• 10.6 The Main Sequence
• 11 The Sun
• 11.1 The Solar Interior
• 11.2 The Solar Atmosphere
• 11.3 The Solar Cycle
• 12 The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation
• 12.1 Interstellar Dust and Gas
• 12.2 The Formation of Protostars
• 12.3 Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution
• 13 Main Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Stellar Evolution
• 13.1 Evolution on the Main Sequence
• 13.2 Late Stages of Stellar Evolution
• 13.3 Stellar Clusters
• 14 Stellar Pulsation
• 14.1 Observations of Pulsating Stars
• 14.2 The Physics of Stellar Pulsation
• 14.3 Modeling Stellar Pulsation
• 14.4 Nonradial Stellar Pulsation
• 14.5 Helioseismology and Asteroseismology
• 15 The Fate of Massive Stars
• 15.1 Post-Main-Sequence Evolution of Massive Stars
• 15.2 The Classification of Supernovae
• 15.3 Core-Collapse Supernovae
• 15.4 Gamma-Ray Bursts
• 15.5 Cosmic Rays
• 16 The Degenerate Remnants of Stars
• 16.1 The Discovery of Sirius B
• 16.2 White Dwarfs
• 16.3 The Physics of Degenerate Matter
• 16.4 The Chandrasekhar Limit
• 16.5 The Cooling of White Dwarfs
• 16.6 Neutron Stars
• 16.7 Pulsars
• 17 General Relativity and Black Holes
• 17.1 The General Theory of Relativity
• 17.2 Intervals and Geodesics
• 17.3 Black Holes
• 18 Close Binary Star Systems
• 18.1 Gravity in a Close Binary Star System
• 18.2 Accretion Disks
• 18.3 A Survey of Interacting Binary Systems
• 18.4 White Dwarfs in Semidetached Binaries
• 18.5 Type Ia Supernovae
• 18.6 Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Binaries
• Part III The Solar System
• 19 Physical Processes in the Solar System
• 19.1 A Brief Survey
• 19.2 Tidal Forces
• 19.3 The Physics of Atmospheres
• 20 The Terrestrial Planets
• 20.1 Mercury
• 20.2 Venus
• 20.3 Earth
• 20.4 The Moon
• 20.5 Mars
• 21 The Realms of the Giant Planets
• 21.1 The Giant Worlds
• 21.2 The Moons of the Giants
• 21.3 Planetary Ring Systems
• 22 Minor Bodies of the Solar System
• 22.1 Pluto and Charon
• 22.2 Comets and Kuiper Belt Objects
• 22.3 Asteroids
• 22.4 Meteorites
• 23 Formation of Planetary Systems
• 23.1 Characteristics of Extrasolar Planetary Systems
• 23.2 Planetary System Formation and Evolution
• Part IV Galaxies and the Universe
• 24 The MilkyWay Galaxy
• 24.1 Counting the Stars in the Sky
• 24.2 The Morphology of the Galaxy
• 24.3 The Kinematics of the MilkyWay
• 24.4 The Galactic Center
• 25 The Nature of Galaxies
• 25.1 The Hubble Sequence
• 25.2 Spiral and Irregular Galaxies
• 25.3 Spiral Structure
• 25.4 Elliptical Galaxies
• 26 Galactic Evolution
• 26.1 Interactions of Galaxies
• 26.2 The Formation of Galaxies
• 27 The Structure of the Universe
• 27.1 The Extragalactic Distance Scale
• 27.2 The Expansion of the Universe
• 27.3 Clusters of Galaxies
• 28 Active Galaxies
• 28.1 Observations of Active Galaxies
• 28.2 A Unified Model of Active Galactic Nuclei
• 28.3 Radio Lobes and Jets
• 28.4 Using Quasars to Probe the Universe
• 29 Cosmology
• 29.1 Newtonian Cosmology
• 29.2 The Cosmic Microwave Background
• 29.3 Relativistic Cosmology
• 29.4 Observational Cosmology
• 30 The Early Universe
• 30.1 The Very Early Universe and Inflation
• 30.2 The Origin of Structure
• Appendix C Solar System Data
• Appendix D The Constellations
• Appendix E The Brightest Stars
• Appendix F The Nearest Stars
• Appendix G Stellar Data
• Appendix H The Messier Catalog
• Appendix I Constants, A Programming Module
• Appendix J Orbit, A Planetary Orbit Code
• Appendix K TwoStars, A Binary Star Code
• Appendix L StatStar, A Stellar Structure Code
• Appendix M Galaxy, A Tidal Interaction Code
• Appendix N WMAP Data
• Suggested Reading
• Index