Encyclopedia of Astrophysics

• Søren Bertil F. Dorch, University of Copenhagen and The Royal Library, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Cosmology Editor: Darach Watson Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Computational Cosmology Cosmic Inflation Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Cosmological Constant Dark Energy First Stars Gamma Ray Bursts Afterglows Gamma Ray Bursts Observations Gamma Ray Bursts Theory Gravitational Lensing Lambda Cold Dark Matter Supernovae as Distance Indicators Quintessence Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Stellar astrophysics Editor: Torben Arentoft Accretion Discs Astrometry Betelgeuse Black Holes Brown Dwarfs Cool Star Magnetism Core-collapse Supernova Simulations Eta Carinae Parker Wind Petersen Diagram for Pulsation Variable Stars Planetary Nebulae Quark Stars Starspots Stellar Atmosphere Models Stellar Convection Simulations Stellar Dynamos Stellar Wind Models Type Ia Supernovae Supernova Type Ia Simulations Space Exploration Exploration of Europa Exploration of Mars Exploration of Pluto Gaia Mission NASA Pioneer Anomaly

Extragalactic Astronomy Editor: Bo Milvang-Jensen Active Galactic Nuclei Cosmic X-ray Sources Fundamental Plane Galactic Magnetic Fields Great Attractor N-body Simulations Sloan Digital Sky Survey Tully-Fisher Relation Solar Physics Coronal Heating Coronal Loops High Resolution Groundbased Observations of the Sun Hydromagnetic Dynamo Theory Magnetic Flux Emergence Magneto-Convection Parker Wind Solar Activity Solar Flare Simulations Solar Granulation Solar Satellites Solar Telescopes Solar Wind Sun-Climate Research Sunspots Theoretical Helio- and asteroseismology Planetary Physics Astrobiology Aurora Celestial Mechanics Computational Celestial Mechanics Drake Equation Exoplanets Exploration of Europa Exploration of Mars Exploration of Pluto Formation of the Solar System KAM Theory in Celestial Mechanics Microlensing Exoplanets Observations of Protoplanetary Disks Pioneer Anomaly Planetary Dynamos Planetary Formation and Migration SETI Stability of the Solar System Astrometry Editor: Norbert Zacharias Astrometry Astrometry with Gaia Astrometry with HST Ground-based optical interferometry Hipparcos and Tycho catalogs Milky Way astrometry Radio astrometry and the ICRF Solar neighborhood from ground-based parallaxes Solar system astrometry Space interferometry mission

Computational Astrophysics Editor: Bertil Dorch ABC Flow Accretion Discs Archontis Dynamo Computational Celestial Mechanics Computational Cosmology Core-collapse Supernova Simulations Fast Dynamos Flux Transport Dynamos Flux Tubes Galactic Magnetic Fields Hydromagnetic Dynamo Theory KAM Theory in Celestial Mechanics Magnetic Flux Emergence into the Atmosphere: Computer Models Magneto-Convection Magnetohydrodynamics Magnetorotational Instability MHD Reconnection MHD Turbulence N-body Simulations Nonlinear Dynamos Shock Structures Solar Activity Solar Dynamo Solar Flare Simulations Solar Granulation Stellar Atmosphere Models Stellar Convection Simulations Stellar Wind Models Supernova Type Ia Simulations Radiative Transfer Radiation Hydrodynamics Theoretical Helio- and asteroseismology History of Astronomy Reimarus Ursus Celestial Mechanics Editor: Alessandra Celletti Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov Astrometry Astrometry with Gaia Celestial mechanics Central configurations Chaos Computational celestial mechanics Exoplanets Exploration of the solar system Full Kepler's problem Galactic dynamics Hamiltonian systems History of dynamical systems KAM theory for the three-body problem Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theory Lunar theory N-body choreographies N-body simulations (gravitational) Near earth objects dynamics Nekhoroshev theory Normal forms Orbit determination Periodic orbit Perturbation theory (dynamical systems) Planetary formation and migration Regularization theory Relativistic Celestial Mechanics Rotational dynamics Singular perturbation theory Solar System Ephemerides Solar system astrometry Space Manifold dynamics Space debris Stability Stability of Hamiltonian equilibria Stability of the solar system Symplectic maps Three body problem Tidal friction Yarkovsky effect

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