Directory of Astrophysics Resources

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Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties (luminosity, density, temperature, and chemical composition) of celestial objects and the interstellar medium, as well as their interactions.

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Resources in This Category

• AstroEngine

  http://www.astroengine.com/
  Space science blog by Dr Ian O'Neill discussing astrophysics concepts in an informed yet informal way.

• Astrophysics

  http://www.arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph
  E-Print archive since April of 1992.

• Astrophysics

  http://www.physicsplanet.com/articles/astrophysics
  A short introduction to astrophysics with associated articles on a number of topics.

• Astrophysics

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics
  Wikipedia article on this branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of celestial objects and the interstellar medium, as well as their interactions.

• Astrophysics and Astronomy

  http://www.hpwt.de/Astroe.htm
  Introductory essays on astrophysics and astronomy.

• Cambridge Relativity

  http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/
  Beginner's guide to all the basic concepts of Astrophysics written by active scientists at Cambridge University, UK.

• Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

  http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/
  Nationally supported research centre. Find out about current research, upcoming seminars and job opportunities.

• Cause of the Spectral Characteristics of Quasars

  http://charles_w.tripod.com/quasar.html
  Hypothesis which attempts to explain the characteristics of quasi-stellar objects as optical illusions created by gravitational lensing and other phenomena.

• Dyson Sphere

  http://www.aleph.se/Nada/dysonFAQ.html
  A list of frequently asked questions with answers.

• Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics

  http://eaa.crcpress.com/
  Comprehensive archive of explanatory articles on all key Astrophysics topics, categorised and fully searchable; actively updated by the Institute of Physics.

• Encyclopedia of Astrophysics

  http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Encyclopedia_of_astrophysics
  A free peer-reviewed online publication written by scholars from around the world.

• Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics

  http://astro.fnal.gov/
  Partially funded by a NASA Astrophysics Theory grant, find information about the group's past and future meetings.

• Gravity is Cool, or, Why our Universe is Hospitable to Life

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/20/035.html
  Text of the 1999 Oppenheimer lecture at UC Berkeley given by professor Freeman Dyson on the origin of life and other subjects.

• High Energy Astrophysics Group

  http://altamira.asu.cas.cz/
  Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov. Focuses on the research of cosmic objects in X-ray and gamma spectra region. General information, projects and workshops.

• Hubble Distance Shift and the Action Quantum of Light

  http://www.mglewis.info/
  Michael Lewis provides an equation describing the Hubble red shift light decay curve using existing mathematics.

• Living Reviews in Solar Physics

  http://solarphysics.livingreviews.org/
  A peer-refereed, solely online journal publishing invited reviews covering all areas of solar and heliospheric physics research. Published by the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.

• NASA Astrophysics Data System

  http://adsabs.harvard.edu/
  Search system for abstracts in astrophysics, planetary sciences and solar physics.

• Network Generator

  http://www-astro.ulb.ac.be/Netgen/form.html
  Generates astrophysical reaction rates online using an extended database.

• Nuclear Astrophysics Data

  http://t2.lanl.gov/nis/data/astro/
  An area for providing nuclear data for astrophysics calculations, such as nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution, the Big Bang, and super-nova dynamics.

• Olber's Paradox

  http://www.ronaldkoster.net/olber.html
  A well know problem from astrophysics, Olber's paradox (Why is the night sky dark?), solved. As well as Newton's related Gravity paradox.

• Physics Topics - Teaching Notes

  http://orca.phys.uvic.ca/~tatum/
  Teaching notes on celestial mechanics, classical mechanics, and stellar atmospheres.

• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

  http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/sao/
  A research institute of the Smithsonian Institution headquartered in Cambridge, MA, where it is joined with the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) to form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).

• Space Physics Textbook

  https://wiki.oulu.fi/display/SpaceWiki/Plasma+physics
  A free online introduction to space physics in the areas of plasma physics, regions, phenomena, instrumentation and modeling. Last updated October 7, 2008.

• Temporal Annex

  http://temporal_science.tripod.com/
  Information mostly on the fourth dimension and theoretical physics.

• The Astrophysical Journal

  http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/apj
  Devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics.

• The Astrophysics Spectator

  http://www.astrophysicsspectator.com/
  Articles published on this site cover current research in astronomy and astrophysics, describe our current understanding of astronomical phenomena, and comment on issues related to astronomical research.

• The Electric Universe

  http://www.the-electric-universe.info/
  Physics knows four forces; 20th-century scientists were convinced that one of those, the electric force, played no macroscopic role in the Universe; site explains why that is incorrect.

• The NASA Astrophysics Data System

  http://adswww.harvard.edu/
  The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4.0 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy.

• The Structure, Stability, and Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Systems

  http://www.phys.lsu.edu/astro/H_Book.current/H_Book.html
  An interactive Astrophysics textbook from Louisiana State University.

• Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer - THIS

  http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/node/304
  Instrument pages for the transportable receiver designed for atmospheric and astrophysical observations in the mid infrared spectral region (7-28 µm). Developed by the University of Cologne.

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