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1 online resource (418 pages) |
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Intro -- Foreword of the Director of the PI Institute -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Space Debris: Optical Measurements -- Contents -- 1 Space Debris -- 1.1 Satellite Infrastructure -- 1.2 Spatial Distribution -- 1.3 Origins and Sources -- 1.4 Population Growth -- 2 Measurement Techniques -- 2.1 Passive Optical -- 2.2 Optical Active, Satellite Laser Ranging -- 2.3 Radar -- 2.4 In-Situ -- 3 Research with Passive Optical Telescopes -- 3.1 Survey, Astrometry and Cataloguing -- 3.2 Photometry, Light Curves -- 3.3 Color Photometry -- 3.4 Reflectance Spectroscopy -- 4 Conclusions -- References |
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Meteors: Light from Comets and Asteroids -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: The Space of Meteoroids -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Terms in Meteor Astronomy -- 2 Atmospheric Interaction: Basics of Meteor Physics -- 3 The Nature of Meteor Radiation: Spectra and Meteoroid Composition -- 4 Meteor Observations and Meteoroid Population Studies -- 5 Summary -- References -- Extrasolar Enigmas: From Disintegrating Exoplanets to Exoasteroids -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Observing Methods and Strategies -- 2.1 Radial Velocities (RV) -- 2.2 The Transit Method -- 2.3 Transmission Spectroscopy and Exo-Atmospheres |
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2.4 Observing Strategies of Exoplanetary Space Missions -- 3 Dust Environment in Exoplanets -- 3.1 Absorption, Scattering, and Extinction -- 3.2 Cross-Section, Opacity, and Phase Function -- 3.3 Albedo, Equilibrium Temperature, and Radiative Acceleration -- 3.4 Dust Condensation -- 3.5 Dust Sublimation -- 4 Known Disintegrating Exoplanets -- 4.1 Kepler-1520b -- 4.1.1 Interpretation -- 4.1.2 Variability -- 4.1.3 Pre-transit Brightening -- 4.1.4 Particle Size and Chemical Composition -- 4.2 K2-22b -- 5 Minor Bodies in Extrasolar Systems -- 5.1 Exo-Asteroids: A Debris Disk Around WD 1145+017 |
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5.2 Exo-Comets -- 6 Boyajian's Star -- 6.1 Discovery and the Kepler Light Curve -- 6.2 Follow Up Observations -- 6.3 The Long Term Variability -- 6.4 Possible Explanation and Models -- 6.4.1 A Swarm of Comets -- 6.4.2 Massive Asteroids Wrapped in Dust -- 6.4.3 The Lord of the Rings -- 7 Ongoing and Future Space Missions -- 7.1 TESS -- 7.2 The PLATO Space Mission -- 7.3 The ARIEL Space Mission -- References -- Physical Conditions and Chemical Abundances in Photoionized Nebulae from Optical Spectra -- Contents -- 1 A Very Brief Introduction on Emission Line Spectra of Photoionized Nebulae |
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1.1 Why Are Abundances in Photoionized Nebulae Important in Astrophysics? -- 1.2 Recent Reviews on Chemical Abundance Determinations -- 2 Observational Spectroscopic Data: The First Step to Obtain Reliable Abundances -- 3 Determination of Physical Conditions and Ionic Abundances -- 3.1 The Direct Method -- 3.1.1 Analysis Tools -- 3.2 Abundances in Distant Photoionized Nebulae: The Strong Line Methods -- 4 Advances in Abundances Determinations in Photoionized Nebulae -- 4.1 Atomic Data -- 4.2 Ionization Correction Factors -- 4.3 Oxygen Enrichment in PNe |
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This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science. The chapters are written by expert members of an EU-funded ERASMUS+ program of strategic partnership between several European institutes. The 13 reviews comprise the topics: Space debris, optical measurements Meteors, light from comets and asteroids Extrasolar enigmas: from disintegrating exoplanets to exo-asteroids Physical conditions and chemical abundances in photoionized nebulae from optical spectra Observational Constraints on the Common Envelope Phase A modern guide to quantitative spectroscopy of massive OB stars Explosion mechanisms of core-collapse supernovae and their observational signatures Low-mass and substellar eclipsing binaries in stellar clusters Globular cluster systems and Galaxy Formation Hot atmospheres of galaxies, groups, and clusters of galaxies The establishment of the Standard Cosmological Model through observations Exploiting solar visible-range observations by inversion techniques: from flows in the solar subsurface to a flaring atmosphere Starburst galaxies The book is intended for the general astronomical community as well as for advanced students who could use it as a guideline, inspiration and overview for their future careers in astronomy |
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4.4 Abundance Gradients in the Milky Way and in Nearby Spiral Galaxies from Direct Abundance Determinations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
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Astrophysics.
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astrophysics.
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Astronomy, space & time.
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Relativity physics.
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Astronautics.
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Astrophysics.
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Science -- Astronomy.
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Science -- Cosmology.
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Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science.
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Astrophysics
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| Genre/Form |
Observations
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kabáth, Petr
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Jones, David, 1985-
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Skarka, Marek
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| ISBN |
9783030385095 |
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3030385094 |
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9788303038500 |
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8303038508 |
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