7 X 11.5 Long Title.P65
Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81553-6 - Astrophysics for Physicists Arnab Rai Choudhuri Index More information Index 21 cm line 175, 181–184, 266–269 asymmetric drift 213–215 2dF Survey 293 AU (astronomical unit) 1 3C 273 21, 278, 280–281 γ -ray burst (GRB) 295–296 B band 9 , see cosmological constant B − V 9, 78, 80–83, 159 Balmer lines 78 absolute bolometric magnitude 79, 82–83 Barnard’s star 5 absolute magnitude 9 barred spiral galaxies 263–264 absolute visual magnitude 79, 81–83 baryogenesis 340–341 absorption coefficient 23, 28, 31, 48, 53–54 bending of light 401–404 absorption cross-section 53 Bernoulli’s principle 257, 292 absorption line, see spectral line Bianchi identity 369, 371 accelerated particles, see cosmic rays Big Bang 314–315, 325–326, 331–334, accretion 112, 114, 145–149 339–341 accretion disk 145–149, 282–286 Big Bang nucleosynthesis 100–101, 326, acoustic wave 104–105, 224, 226 331–334, 337 action-at-a-distance 299 binary pulsar 13, 143–145, 415 active galactic nucleus (AGN) 276–278, binary stars 79–80, 110–112 283–286, 345–346 binary X-ray sources 20, 145–149 active galaxies 219, 276–286, 345–346 binding energy (of nuclei) 91–92 adaptive optics 17 bipolar outflows (in star-forming affine parameter 399 regions) 194 afterglow (of gamma-ray burst) 295 blackbody radiation 23–25, 30, 33–34, 57, age of Universe 3, 89, 198, 203, 275, 321–322 148, 314–315, 323, 342, 426–427 AGN (active galactic nucleus) 276–278, black hole 10–11 283–286, 345–346 as central engine of active galaxies Alfven´ wave 258 282–286, 346 Alfven’s´
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