Blowing bubbles in the cosmos : astronomical winds, jets, and explosions / T.W. Hartquist, J.E. Dyson, and D.P. Ruffle.

Author
Hartquist, T. W. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description
x, 167 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Subject(s)
Related name
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. The First Discoveries of Astronomical Winds
  • 2. The Magnitudes of Astronomical Quantities
  • 3. Stellar Evolution
  • 4. Basic Structures of Winds and Windblown Bubbles
  • 5. Star Formation and Low-Mass Young Stellar Objects
  • 6. Regions of High-Mass Star Formation
  • 7. Winds from Main-Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Stars
  • 8. Supernovae and Their Remnants
  • 9. Galactic Winds, Starburst Superwinds, and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation
  • 10. Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei
  • 11. Some Other Windy and Explosive Sources.
ISBN
0195130545
LCCN
2003051706
OCLC
52133102
RCP
C - S
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