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Fundamentals of Astrophysics

Authors

Stan Owocki
, University of Delaware
Published 2025

Description

Presenting a concise overview of astrophysical concepts, the second edition of this textbook bridges the gap between introductory astronomy books and advanced astrophysics texts. Designed for one-semester astrophysics courses, the textbook is aimed at science and engineering students with college-level calculus-based physics. The new edition features both revisions and additions, with the extension of topics such as luminosity distance and the inclusion of notable developments such as the James Webb and Roman Space Telescopes. As before, the chapters are organized…

New in this edition

  • An introduction to the new Webb and Roman Space Telescopes

  • Sections on time-domain astronomy

  • Gravitational wave results since the first edition

  • Detection of exoplanet bio-signatures with the Webb telescope

  • The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) image of the super-massive black hole in M87 is now compared with recent results for the Sgr A* black hole at the center of our own Milky Way.

  • The section on AGNs adds a discussion of tidal disruption events discovered by projects in time-domain astronomy.

  • Brief discussion of how measurements of baryonic acoustic oscillations can test the standard Lambda-CDM model of cosmology.

  • Concludes with a brief discussion of new efforts to detect the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization signatures of cosmic inflation

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Key features

  • Designed to support elective one-semester courses in astrophysics
  • Gives science and engineering majors a quantitative overview of the subject without assuming knowledge beyond undergraduate-level calculus-based physics
  • Addresses the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook that covers the fundamentals of a wide range of astrophysical topics with an appropriate level of detail
  • Includes questions and exercises with each chapter to support both learning and teaching, with question solutions freely accessible online and exercise solutions/lecture slides available for instructors

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