1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stellar structure -- 1.2. Equations of stellar structure -- 1.3. Our Sun -- 1.4. Stellar atmospheres -- 1.5. Stellar evolution 1.6. Galaxies -- 2. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 2.1. Coordinate systems, parallax and radial velocities -- 2.2. The equatorial coordinate system -- 2.3. Rotational transformations -- 2.4. Stellar motions -- 2.5. Measuring stellar parallaxes -- 2.6. Hipparcos results -- 2.7. Time in astronomy -- 2.8. Inertial reference frames -- 2.9. Galactic structure, space distribution of stars -- 2.10. The interstellar medium -- 2.11. Star counts -- 2.12. Initial stellar mass function -- 2.13. Stellar kinematics -- 2.14. GAIA -- 2.15. Galactic rotation -- 2.16. Mass of the galaxy -- 2.17. Milky Way formation -- 2.18. Galactic gamma-ray halo (FERMI bubbles) 3. External galaxies -- 3.1. History -- 3.2. Elliptical galaxies -- 3.3. Spiral galaxies -- 3.4. The Tully-Fisher relationship for spiral galaxies -- 3.5. Spiral structures through stochastic star formation -- 3.6. The cosmic distance ladder -- 3.7. Dark matter -- 3.8. Large-scale distribution of galaxies -- 3.9. Hubble deep field images -- 3.10. Galaxy formation and evolution -- 3.11. Gamma-ray burst sources -- 3.12. Galaxy Zoo Project 4. Active galaxies, quasars and supermassive black holes -- 4.1. Active galaxies -- 4.2. Classifications of active galaxies -- 4.3. Reverberation mapping -- 4.4. Discovery and history of quasars -- 4.5. Powehi -- 4.6. Synchrotron emission -- 4.7. Accreting black holes -- 4.8. Eddington accretion rate -- 4.9. Jet acceleration -- 4.10. Synchrotron-self-Compton jets -- 4.11. Unified model of quasars -- 4.12. Quasar variability -- 4.13. Multi-messenger astrophysics -- 4.14. AGN-galaxy feedback 5. General relativity and cosmology -- 5.1. A brief history of cosmology -- 5.2. Newtonian derivation of the cosmological equations -- 5.3. General relativistic derivation of cosmology -- 5.4. Big Bang cosmology -- 5.5. Confirmation of the Big Bang -- 5.6. Problems with the Big Bang theory -- 5.7. The future evolution of the accelerating Universe -- 5.8. Finding mass in the Universe -- 5.9. WMAP results -- 5.10. Age of the Universe -- 5.11. Problems with the determination of Ho 'Hubble tension' -- 5.12. Gravitational waves -- Appendix A. New instruments in progress.
This book is designed to be an advanced undergraduate or graduate level text book on Extragalactic astrophysics. It is specifically designed for programs that do not have separate classes in cosmology and galactic structure.
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying astronomy.
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Dr James R Webb is currently a full professor of physics and Director of the Stocker Astroscience Center at Florida International University (FIU). He received his bachelor's degree in physics at Ball State University, and his masters and PhD in astronomy at the University of Florida. His research area is the study of blazar variability on all timescales and, although primarily an optical astronomer, he has worked in the UV, X-ray and gamma-ray spectral domains as well.
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Astrophysics. Galaxies. Galaxies & stars. Astronomy and astrophysics.