Bibliograph

Chandra's cosmos, dark matter, black holes, and other wonders revealed by NASA's premier X-ray observatory, Wallace H. Tucker

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Chandra's cosmos, dark matter, black holes, and other wonders revealed by NASA's premier X-ray observatory, Wallace H. Tucker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chandra's cosmos

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

946142031

Responsibility statement

Wallace H. Tucker

Sub title

dark matter, black holes, and other wonders revealed by NASA's premier X-ray observatory

Table Of Contents

Cool stories from the hot universe -- The big. Galaxy clusters ; The evidence for dark matter ; Cold dark matter ; Dark matter going bananas ; The wonderful-- and fearful-- dark side ; What is dark energy? ; The cosmic web -- The bad. Taking pleasure in the dimness of stars ; Cygnus X-1, microquasars, and the galactic jet set ; Downtown Milky Way ; The secret in the middle ; Ducks unlimited ; The origin and growth of supermassive black holes ; Green black holes ; Black hole feedback -- The beautiful. Going not gentle into that good night ; Core collapse ; The Crab and other pulsar wind nebulas ; A thin cosmic rain : particles from outer space ; Elemental change ; Cosmic renewal

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