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Stars and space with MATLAB apps : with companion media pack /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Green, Dan, 1943- (Author)
Corporate Author: World Scientific (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2020]
Subjects:
MATLAB.
Application software > Development.
Astrology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Getting Started with Matlab
  • 1.1. Windows and Editor
  • 1.2. Script and Live Coding Options
  • 1.3. Using the App Coding Tools
  • 1.4. App Examples
  • Chapter 2. Apps for Stars
  • 2.1. Gravitational Clumping
  • 2.2. Neutrons and Protons
  • 2.3. Solar Hydrogen and Helium
  • 2.4. Protostars
  • Star Formation
  • 2.5. Constant Density "Star"
  • 2.6. Solar Temperature and Color
  • 2.7. Star ODE
  • 2.8. Polytropic Star Model
  • 2.9. BVP for the Sun
  • 2.10. Magnetic Bottle
  • 2.11. Fusion on Earth
  • Chapter 3. Stellar Evolution
  • 3.1. Stellar Pulsations
  • 3.2. Pressure
  • 3.3. White Dwarf
  • 3.4. Stellar Pressure
  • Relativistic
  • 3.5. White Dwarf
  • Gravitational Radiation
  • 3.6. Neutron Star, Pulsar
  • 3.7. The "Chirp"
  • 3.8. Gravitational Antenna
  • 3.9. Radial and Circular Geodesics
  • 3.10. General Geodesic Motion
  • 3.11. Geodesic Motion in a Kerr Metric
  • Chapter 4. Apps for Solar Exploration
  • 4.1. Eccentric Kepler
  • 4.2. Time Orbits
  • 4.3. Energy Orbits
  • 4.4. Perihelion Advance
  • 4.5. Simple Rocket
  • Symbolic
  • 4.6. Rocket on Earth
  • Saturn 5
  • 4.7. Rocket with Air Drag
  • 4.8. Two-stage Rocket
  • 4.9. Docking
  • 4.10. Lunar Lander
  • 4.11. Earth's Atmosphere
  • 4.12. Mach Cone
  • 4.13. Re-entry
  • Atmosphere
  • 4.14. The Space Elevator
  • 4.15. The Rail Gun
  • 4.16. Tides and Moons
  • 4.17. Lagrange Points
  • 4.18. Planetary Perturbations
  • 4.19. Mars-Earth
  • Transfer Orbit
  • 4.20. Jupiter Gravity Assist
  • Chapter 5. Apps for Star Treks
  • 5.1. Planets and Stellar Wobble
  • 5.2. Brute Force Approach
  • 5.3. Light Pressure
  • Sailing
  • 5.4. Ion Exhaust
  • 5.5. Ramjet
  • 5.6. Time Dilation
  • 5.7. Relativistic Rocket
  • g
  • 5.8. Relativistic Rocket
  • Fuel
  • 5.9. Energy and Power Issues
  • 5.10. Other Possibilities
  • 5.11. Conclusions
  • Chapter 6. Additional Miscellaneous Topics
  • 6.1. EM-FFT for Poisson Equation
  • 6.2. Quantum Scattering Off a Barrier
  • 6.3. Wave Packet in a Well
  • 6.4. Whale Song
  • 6.5. "Pure" Tones
  • 6.6. Vacuum Energy
  • Horizons in de Sitter Space
  • Appendix A: App Scripts
  • A.1. Taylor Script
  • A.2. Taylor Live
  • A.3. Plot-Demo-App
  • A.4. 3D Graphics Demo App
  • A.5. Data Histogram App
  • A.6. Straight Line Fit App
  • A.7. ODE Example App
  • A.8. BVP Example App
  • A.9. Taylor-App
  • Appendix B: Symbols
  • Appendix C: Properties of the Sun
  • Appendix D: Properties of the Planets
  • Appendix E: Properties of the Earth's Atmosphere
  • Appendix F: Acronyms
  • References
  • Index