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DICTIONARY OF GEOPHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, and ASTRONOMY
DICTIONARY OF
GEOPHYSICS,
ASTROPHYSICS,
AND
ASTRONOMY
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY
OF PHYSICS
Dipak Basu
Editor-in-Chief
PUBLISHED VOLUMES
Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics
Dipak Basu
Dictionary of Material Science
and High Energy Physics
Dipak Basu
Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics,
and Astronomy
Richard A. Matzner
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
A VOLUME IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY
OF PHYSICS
DICTIONARY OF
GEOPHYSICS,
ASTROPHYSICS,
AND
ASTRONOMY
Edited by
Richard A. Matzner
CRC Press
Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
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Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics, and astronomy / edited by Richard A. Matzner.
p. cm. — (Comprehensive dictionary of physics)
ISBN 0-8493-2891-8 (alk. paper)
1. Astronomy—Dictionaries. 2. Geophysics—Dictionaries. I. Matzner, Richard A.
(Richard Alfred), 1942- II. Series.
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PREFACE
-rays, X-rays, infrared, radio) and in new fields: neutrino and
(soon) gravitational wave astronomy. High resolution mapping of planets continuously yields new
discoveries in the history and the environment of the solar system. Theoretical developments are
matching these observational results, with new understandings from the largest cosmological scale to
the interior of the planets. Geophysics mirrors and drives this research in its study of our own planet,
and the analogies it finds in other solar system bodies. Climate change (atmospheric and oceanic
long-timescale dynamics) is a transcendingly important societal, as well as scientific, issue. This
dictionary provides the background and context for development for decades to come in these and
related fields. It is our hope that this dictionary will be of use to students and established researchers
alike.
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Helen Nelson, and later, Ms. Colleen McMil-
lon, in the construction of this work. Finally, I acknowledge the debt I owe to Dr. C.F. Keller, and to
the late Prof. Dennis Sciama, who so broadened my horizons in the subjects of this dictionary.
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Richard Matzner
Austin, Texas
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
This work is the result of contributions from 52 active researchers in geophysics, astrophysics
and astronomy. We have followed a philosophy of directness and simplicity, while still allowing
contributors flexibility to expand in their own areas of expertise. They are cited in the contributors’
list, but I take this opportunity to thank the contributors for their efforts and their patience.
The subject areas of this dictionary at the time of this writing are among the most active of the
physical sciences. Astrophysics and astronomy are enjoying a new golden era, with remarkable
observations in new wave bands (
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