Credits, further reading, and referencesAstrophysics – specialized topicsBinney, J. and Tremaine, S., Galactic Dynamics, Princeton University Press, 1987 (10)
Böhm-Vitense, E., Stellar Astrophysics, two volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1989 (2,3,4)
Burke, B. and Graham-Smith, F., An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2002
Clayton, D., Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, McGraw-Hill, 1968 (2,3,4)
Hanson, C., Kawaler, S. and Trimble, V., Stellar Interiors, 2nd Ed., Springer-Verlag, 2004 (2,3,4)
Kraus, J., Radio Astronomy, 2nd Ed., Cygnus-Quasar, 1986 (10)
Krolik, J., Active Galactic Nuclei, Princeton University Press, 1999 (7)
Lang, K., Astrophysical Formulae, 3rd Ed., Springer-Verlag, 1999
Rose, W., Advanced Stellar Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, 1998
Rossi, B. and Olbert, S., Introduction to the Physics of Space, McGraw-Hill, 1970 (5,8)
Rybicki, G. and Lightman, A., Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Wiley-Interscience, 1979 (5,6,7,8,9)
Schneider, P., Ehlers, J. and Falco, E., Gravitational Lenses, Springer-Verlag, 1992 (12)
Schwarzschild, M., Structure and Evolution of the Stars, Princeton University Press, 1958 (2,3,4)
Shapiro, S. and Teukolsky, S., Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars, Wiley-Interscience, 1983 (4)
Swihart, T., Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy, Wiley, 1968 (4)
Tucker, W., Radiation Processes in Astrophysics, MIT Press, 1975 (5,6,8,9)
Verschuur, G. and Kellermann, K., Radio Astronomy, 2nd Ed., Springer-Verlag, 1988 (8, 10)
Weinberg, S., Gravitation and Cosmology, Wiley, 1972 (6, 12)
Physics textbooksBekefi, G. and Barrett, A., Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves, and Radiation, MIT Press, 1977 (5, 11)
Bergmann, P., Introduction to Special Relativity, Prentice-Hall, 1942 (7)
Cohen-Tannoudji, C., Diu, B. and Laloe, F., Quantum Mechanics, Wiley-Interscience, 1977 (10)
French, A., Special Relativity, Norton, 1968 (7)
Gasiorowicz, S., Quantum Physics, 3rd Ed., Wiley-Interscience, 2003 (10)
Symon, K., Mechanics, 3rd Ed., Addison Wesley, 1971 (1)
Review articlesCarlstrom, J., Holder, G., and Reese, E., “Cosmology with the S-Z effect,” ARAA 40, 643 (2002) (9)
Cowie, L. and Songaila, A., “High-resolution optical and ultraviolet absorption-line studies of the interstellar gas,” ARAA 24, 499 (1986) (10)
Cox, D., “The three-phase interstellar medium revisited,” ARAA 43, 337 (2005) (10)
Melia, F. and Falcke, H., “The supermassive black hole at the galactic center,” ARAA 39, 309 (2001) (1)
R. Narayan and M. Bartelmann, “Lectures on gravitational lensing,” arXiv:astro-ph/9606001v2 (1997) (12)
Refregier, A., “Weak gravitational lensing by large-scale structure,” ARAA 41, 645 (2003) (12)
R. Remillard, and J. McClintock, , “X-ray properties of black-hole binaries,” ARAA 44, 49 (2006) (4)
Rosati, P., Borgani,, S. and Norman, C., “The evolution of x-ray clusters of galaxies,” ARAA 40, 539 (2002) (9)
Sofue, Y. and Rubin, V., “Rotation curves of spiral galaxies,” ARAA, 39, 137 (2001) (10)
T. Tauris and E. van den Heuvel, “Formation and evolution of compact stellar x-ray sources,” in Lewin, W. and Klis, M., eds., Compact Stellar X-ray Sources, Cambridge University Press, 2006 (4)
Urry, C. and Padovani, P., “Unified schemes for radio-loud active galactic nuclei,” PASP, 107, 803 (1995) (7)
General astrophysics texts for science majorsCarroll, B. and D., Ostlie, An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, 2nd Ed., Addison Wesley, 2007
Duric, N., Advanced Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, 2004
Harwit, M., Astrophysical Concepts, 4th Ed., Springer-Verlag, 2006
Longair, M., The Cosmic Century, Cambridge University Press, 2006
Padmanabhan, T., An Invitation to Astrophysics, World Scientific, 2006; see also his graduate texts (Theoretical Astrophysics)
Rose, W., Astrophysics, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1973
Shu, F., An Introduction to Astronomy, University Science Books, 1982
Unsold, A. and Baschek, B. (W. Brewer, trans.), The New Cosmos: An Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5th Ed., Springer-Verlag, 2002
Zeilik, M. and Gregory, S., Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4th Ed., Saunders College Publishing, 1998
Research resultsReview articles in the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics; each volume contains a list of titles of the previous dozen or so volumes
Articles in amateur astronomy magazines such as Sky and Telescope (see “News Notes”) and Astronomy
Occasional review articles in American Scientist, Physics Today, and Scientific American
NASA's Astrophysical Data System (ADS) on the Internet; search for review articles on a given topic or for a specific journal article.
General referenceCox, A., ed., Allen's Astrophysical Quantities, 4th Ed., AIP, 2000
Lang, K., Astrophysical Formulae 3rd Ed., Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 1999
Maran, S., The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia, Van Nostrand/Reinhold, 1992
Meyers, R., ed., Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, AIP, 1989
Mitton, J., Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Murdin, P., Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, four volumes, Nature Publishing Group, 2001
Ridpath, I., Norton's 2000.0 Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, Longman, 1989
Zimmerman, R., The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space, Onyx, 2000
