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I'm a master student in physics. I need suggestions for good astrophysics books with complete theoretical treatment.
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Suman Saha said:I'm a master student in physics. I need suggestions for good astrophysics books with complete theoretical treatment.
Carroll - An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics
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I really like Astrophysics for Physicists by Choudhuri, but it might not be deep enough for you.
Otherwise: Radiative Processes in Astrophysics by Rybicki and Lightman (this is pretty thorough) and Theoretical Astrophysics by Padmanabhan (but I found the English difficult to follow)
Otherwise: Radiative Processes in Astrophysics by Rybicki and Lightman (this is pretty thorough) and Theoretical Astrophysics by Padmanabhan (but I found the English difficult to follow)
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The Physics of Astrophysics, Vol I & II, by Shu
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