Collection Development Policies:
Astronomy/Astrophysics
Purpose:
To support teaching and research through the doctoral level astronomy.
General Collection Guidelines:
- Languages:
English is the primary language of collection.
- Chronological Guidelines:
Research interest is primarily in the
twentieth century. Books dealing with historical, philosophical, and cultural
aspects of mathematics are of interest but receive second priority.
- Geographical Guidelines:
Not applicable
- Treatment of the Subject:
Lower-division textbooks generally are not
purchased. Upper-division textbooks and popular works are acquired selectively.
Emphasis is on graduate level texts and research material.
- Types of Material:
Acquisitions are primarily in the form of monographs
and periodicals, but also include atlases, catalogs, charts proceedings/transactions
of conferences, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, technical reports,
microforms, and government documents in any suitable format.
- Date of Publication:
Emphasis is on the acquisition of current
imprints. Retrospective materials may be purchased either in the original,
reprint, microform, or electronic version depending on availability and cost.
- Other General Considerations:
The Palomar Observatory Sky Atlas is a major astronomical resource
Observations and Qualifications by Subject with
Collection Level:
Astronomy
Theoretical Astrophysics:
C(2) / B
Includes gravitational instability; neutrino astronomy; x-ray and gamma-ray
astronomy; stellar atmospheres, envelopes, structure, evolution, and nucleosynthesis;
relativistic astrophysics, etc.
Solar System:
C(1) / B
Includes sun (solar photosphere and chromosphere,
sunspots, solar wind, radio radiation, solar eclipses,
solar rotation, etc.) and the planets, comets, asteroids,
meteors and meteorites, interplanetary matter, extrasolar
planets, etc.
Stars:
C(1) / B
Includes pulsars, stellar parallaxes, magnitudes, colors,
temperatures, masses, magnetic fields and rotation; binary
and variable stars; novae and supernovae; low-luminosity
stars; star formation; etc.
Interstellar Matter:
C(1) / B
Includes Super Nova Remnants, Gaseous Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae,
Cosmic Rays, etc.
Radio Sources:
C(1) / B
Includes wave-length specific X-ray and Gamma-ray Sources; Cosmic
Radiation; radio; millimeter, submillimeter; infrared, optical,
UV, x-ray; etc.
Stellar Systems:
C(1) / B
Includes kinematics, quasars, and dynamics of stellar
systems, stellar associations, galactic and globular clusters,
galactic magnetic field and radio radiation, single and
multiple galaxies, inter- galactic matter, etc.
Astrophysics
Positional Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics:
C(1)
Includes astronomical constants, time rotation of the earth, latitude determination,
polar motion, geodetic astronomy, navigation, orbits.
Space Research:
C(1)
Includes extraterrestrial research, lunar planetary probes, etc.
Cosmology:
C(1) / B
Includes theoretical and observational aspects, large
scale structure, computational studies.
Gravitation:
C(1) / B
Includes theories of gravity, gravitational wave/radiation,
numerical relativity, classic and quantum gravity.
Eileen Brady
Spring 2004