Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 General data
- 2 Astronomy and astrophysics
- 3 Radio astronomy
- 4 Infrared and submillimeter astronomy
- 5 Ultraviolet astronomy
- 6 X-ray astronomy
- 7 Gamma-ray astronomy
- 8 Cosmic rays
- 9 Earth's atmosphere and environment
- 10 Relativity and cosmology
- 11 Atomic physics
- 12 Electromagnetic radiation
- 13 Plasma physics
- 14 Experimental astronomy and astrophysics
- 15 Astronautics
- 16 Mathematics
- 17 Probability and statistics
- 18 Radiation safety
- 19 Astronomical catalogs
- 20 Computer science
- 21 Glossary of abbreviations and symbols
- Appendices
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 General data
- 2 Astronomy and astrophysics
- 3 Radio astronomy
- 4 Infrared and submillimeter astronomy
- 5 Ultraviolet astronomy
- 6 X-ray astronomy
- 7 Gamma-ray astronomy
- 8 Cosmic rays
- 9 Earth's atmosphere and environment
- 10 Relativity and cosmology
- 11 Atomic physics
- 12 Electromagnetic radiation
- 13 Plasma physics
- 14 Experimental astronomy and astrophysics
- 15 Astronautics
- 16 Mathematics
- 17 Probability and statistics
- 18 Radiation safety
- 19 Astronomical catalogs
- 20 Computer science
- 21 Glossary of abbreviations and symbols
- Appendices
- Index
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- Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics , pp. 753 - 767Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006