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Stars, Nebulae and the Interstellar Medium: Observational Physics and Astrophysics complements the author's highly successful Astrophysical Techniques, Fourth Edition (2004). This book describes those characteristics of stars, groups of stars, and the material between the stars that can be directly observed or inferred from the study of electromagnetic emissions and, occasionally, high-energy particles. Providing a wealth of material of interest and use to a wide range of readers, the descriptive chapters are accessible to scientifically literate nonspecialists while the complete text is suitable for most advanced undergraduates in astrophysics.

Fundamentals: Mass. Composition of 'solar' type stars and white dwarfs. Physical background: Physics of gases. Particle physics. Radiation laws. Energy transport. Potential energy. Bulk properties of stars: Mass limits. Energy sources. Energy transfer. Luminosity. Sizes and densities. Physical background: Spectroscopy. Radiative transfer. Effective surface gravity. Atomic and ionic populations. Stars - Observations and observed types and properties: Photometry. Spectroscopy. Surface temperature. HR diagram . Variable stars. Abundances. Rotation. Magnetic fields. Black holes. The Sun: Basic data. Limb darkening. Solar surface features. Solar neutrinos. Solar corona. Stellar winds: Solar wind. Stellar winds. Physical background: Masers. Synchrotron radiation. H II regions and related objects: H II regions - theory, physical properties, formation and evolution. H II regions as distance yardsticks. Planetary nebulae. Supernova remnants. The interstellar medium: Basic properties. Dust grains. Interstellar gas. Cosmic rays. Stellar formation and evolution: Star formation. Post-main sequence evolution. Appendices.