List of Important Publications in Physics - Astrophysics

Astrophysics deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of celestial objects, as well as their interactions and behavior.

• Kepler, Johannes (1609) (in Latin). Astronomia nova . (Available online). Prague.

• — (1992). New Astronomy. Translated by William H. Donahue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-30131-9.

Provided strong arguments for heliocentrism and contributed valuable insight into the movement of the planets, including the first mention of their elliptical path and the change of their movement to the movement of free floating bodies as opposed to objects on rotating spheres (two of Kepler's laws). One of the most important works of the Scientific Revolution.

• Kepler, Johannes (1619) (in Latin). Harmonices Mundi . (Available online).

• — (1997). The harmony of the world. Translated into English with an introduction and notes by E. J. Aiton, A. M. Duncan and J. V. Field. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-209-0.

Developed the third of Kepler's laws.

• Burbidge, E. M.; Burbidge,, G. R.; Fowler, F.; Hoyle, F. (1957). "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars". Reviews of Modern Physics 29 (4): 547. Bibcode 1957RvMP...29..547B. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.29.547.

A landmark article of stellar physics, analysing several key processes that might be responsible for the synthesis of chemical elements in nature and their relative abundances; it is credited with originating what is now the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.

• Faber, Sandra M.; Jackson, Robert (1976). "Velocity dispersions and mass-to-light ratios for elliptical galaxies". Astrophysical Journal 204 (6,): 668. Bibcode 1976ApJ...204..668F. doi:10.1086/154215.

Introduction of the Faber–Jackson law relating galaxy luminosity and velocity dispersion.

• Tully, Brent; Fisher, J. R. (1977). "A new method of determining distances to galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics 54 (3): 661–673. Bibcode 1977A&A....54..661T. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977A%26A....54..661T.

Introduction of the Tully–Fisher relation between galaxy luminosity and rotation-curve amplitude.

• Merritt, Laura; Merritt, David (2000). "A fundamental relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Letters 539 (1): L9–L12. arXiv:astro-ph/0006053. Bibcode 2000ApJ...539L...9F. doi:10.1086/312838.

Introduction of the M-sigma relation between black hole mass and galaxy velocity dispersion.