Astronomy, space and time Books

I: Infrared Survey Status. The Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky: Progress Report and Scientific Results Overview; N. Epchtein. The Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS): Status Report November 1997; M. Skrutskie. Midcourse Space Experiment...

Preface. Session 1: The Redshift. The Pair of X-Ray Sources Across NGC 4258, Its Relation to Intrinsic Redshifts, Ejection and Quantization; H. Arp. A Fresh Look at Discordant Redshift Galaxies in Compact Groups; J.W. Sulentic, J.B. Smith. Evidence ...

1. Scientific Case. The Formation of Planetary Systems; A.P. Boss. High Resolution Spectroscopy of Vega-Like Stars; S.K. Dunkin, et al. Infrared Observations of planetary atmospheres; T. Encrenaz. Detection of Planets Via Microlensing; R. Ferlet...

Preface. Theoretical Dynamics. Scattering by Resonances; A. Neishtadt. Non-Integrability in Hamiltonian Mechanics; S. Ichtiaroglou. Regular and Irregular Periodic Orbits; G. Contopoulos, E. Grousouzakou. Universal Properties of Escape in Dynamical...

1: Observational Overview. Classical Novae. Recurrent and Symbiotic Novae. CV's. Posters. 2: Individual Objects. Posters. 3: Thermonuclear Runaways. 4: Spectral Evolution of Novae and Problems in Nebular Physics. Posters. 5: Accretion Induced...

Preface; G. D. Watt, P. M. Williams. Introduction; A. Boksenberg. Session A: Protostellar & PMS Shells and Disks. Session B: PMS Outflows. Session C: High Mass Stars & Ultracompact HII Regions. Session D: Dust & Gas: Composition & Chemistry. Session...

Coding (and decoding) coded mask telescopes.- Imaging techniques applied to the coded mask SIGMA telescope.- Wide field monitoring of the X-ray sky using rotation modulation collimators.- Hard X-ray Imaging via focusing optics with mosaic crystals.- A...

Preface; A.L. Peratt. Introduction to plasma astrophysics and cosmology; A.L. Peratt. The redshift revisited; A.K.T. Assis, M.C.D. Neves. Redshift quantization - A review; W.G. Tifft. Determination of true velocity dispersion and the dark matter...

Foreword; J. Davies, D. Burstein. Introductory Remarks; M. Disney. Interstellar grain evolution and temperatures in spiral galaxies; J. Mayo Greenberg, A. Li. Radiative transfer models; G. Bruzual A. Radiative transfer in dusty galaxies; A.N. Witt...

Preface. Overview Talks. Session 1: Spectroscopic Observations of Structures in Winds of OB Stars. Session 2: Connections between Photospheric and Wind Variability in OB Stars. Session 3: Spectroscopic Observations of Structure in Winds of WR-Stars...

Session 1: The Sun and Corona. Session 2: Large-Scale Heliospheric Structure. Session 3: Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere. Session 4: Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere. Session 5: Interstellar Gas and Cosmic Dust. Session 6: Summary.

Preface; M.M. Shapiro, R. Silberberg, J.P. Wefel. I: Cosmic Gamma Rays, X-Rays, and Neutrinos. The Sky as Viewed from the COMPTON Gamma-Ray Observatory; G. Kanbach. Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts; M. Baring. Gamma-Ray Production in the Winds of Wolf-Rayet...

Preface. An Historical Introduction. Session I: Basic Parameters, Properties of Single Wolf--Rayet Stars. Poster Summaries. Session II: Model Atmospheres for Single Wolf--Rayet Stars. Session III: Anisotropic Mass Loss, Disk Formation. Session IV:...

Our Galactic center's proximity allows astronomers to study physical pro­ cesses within galactic nuclei at a level of detail that will never be possible in the more distant, but usually also more spectacular, extragalactic...

Preface. 1: Pulsation and Rotation. 2: Magnetic Fields. 3: X-Ray Observations. 4: Polarization. 5: Be Stars: Spectroscopy and Photometry. 6: Be Stars: Circumstellar Environment. 7: OB Stellar Winds. Objects Index. Author Index. Subject Index.

Preface. Cryogenic Solar Absolute Radiometer -- CSAR. A Review of the Nimbus-y ERB Solar Dataset. Long-Term Variations in Total Solar Irradiance. Solar Total Irradiance Variability from SOVA 2 on Board EURECA. The Periodicity of Solar Activity Cycles...

Cosmical Aerodynamics - Why was it so Difficult?.- Shaping Planetary Nebulae.- Investigating the Kinematics of the Faint Giant Haloes of Planetary Nebulae.- Shock Modelling of Planetary Nebulae.- Imaging Polarimetry of Proto-Planetary Nebulae.- IRAS...

Preface. 1. The Present and the Past of X-Ray Astronomy. 2. X-Ray Clusters and Cluster Environments. 3. Cluster Masses and Dynamics. 4. Cooling Flows and Chemical Abundances. 5. Cluster Lensing and Sunyaev--Sel'dovich Effect. 6. Cluster Formation...

Long-term monitoring is of fundamental significance in solving many important problems in astrophysics and, furthermore, has unequalled value in extending observational runs with small telescopes for the education of young...

A Dynamical Systems Approach to Nonlinear Stellar Pulsations.- Patterns of Aperiodic Pulsation.- Characterisation of the Dynamics of a Variable Star.- An Overview of Stellar Pulsation Theory.- Nonlinear Oscillations and Beats in the Beta Canis Majoris...

For many astronomers, Adaptive Optics is something like a dream coming true. Sinee 1609 and the first observations of celestial bodies performed with the help of an optieal teleseope, astronomers have always fighted to improve...

The 1990s are proving to be a very exciting p&iod for high angular resolution astronomy. At radio wavelengths a combination of new array instruments and pow­ erful imaging algorithms have generated images of unprecedented...

Accretion disks in astrophysics represent the characteristic flow by which compact bodies accrete mass from their environment. Their intrinsically high luminosity, and recent progress in observational accessibility at all...

Modelling the outcomes of high-velocity impacts between small solar system bodies.- A comparison between 2D and 3D wavelet analysis method for asteroid family dynamical study.- Asteroid "clans": super-families or multiple events?.- Catastrophic...

High Resolution K-Band Images of the Galactic Centre.- Circumnuclear Populations in Nearby AGN.- The Ionizing Radiation Field in the Galactic Centre and the Nature of Liners.- The Photoionization Mechanism of LINERs: Stellar and Nonstellar.- The...

Preface. Foreword. 1. Infrared Diagnostics of the Solar Atmosphere and Solar Activity. 2. Infrared Observations of the 1991 Total Solar Eclipse. 3. Infrared Perspectives on Atmospheric Dynamics. 4. Infrared Atomic Physics and Line Formation. 5...

Active Galactic Nuclei radiate over the electro-magnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays. Understanding the physics of these objects therefore requires the synthesis of results from many different domains of Astronomy...

Preface and Highlights. Historical Remarks. Resolutions Adopted. Space Optical Astrometry. Ground-Based Optical Astrometry. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). Impact on Astrophysics. Impact on Geodynamics. Celestial Reference Frame. Terrestrial...

In the last few years great improvements in the study of stellar jets and bipolar outflows have been achieved, both observationally and theoretically. High resolution observations at various frequencies (radio, IR, optical and...

Over the past five de-::ades researchers have sought to develop a new framework that would resolve the anomalies attributable to a patchwork formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics. This book chronicles the development of...

Classical stellar evolution theories have undergone some drastic changes in recent decades. New insights into the development of stellar interiors were obtained from studying stars in various stages of their lives, as well...

This volume is presented as a companion study to my translation of Galileo's MS 27, Galileo's Logical Treatises, which contains Galileo's appropriated questions on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics - a work only recently...

This book represents the proceedings from the NATO sponsored Advanced Research Workshop entitled "Observational Tests of Inflation" held at the University of Durham, England on the 10th-14th December, 1990. In recent years, the...

The morphological scheme devised by Hubble and followers to classify galaxies has proven over many decades to be quite effective in directing our quest for the fundamental pa­ rameters describing the extragalactic manifold...

G. MICHAUD Dipartement de Physique Universiti de Montrial c. P. 6128, succursale A Montrial, Que. , H3C 317 Canada The aim of IAU Symposium 145 was to use the photospheric abundances of the chemical elements to give us some...

Highly ionized atoms in the general interstellar gas of the galactic disk were first detected through interstellar absorption line observations of 0 VI with the Copernicus satellite (Rogerson et al. 1973). Survey measurements...

Symposium 148 "The Magellanic Clouds and their Dynamical Interaction with the Milky Way" was the first IAU Symposium held in Australia since 1973. In all, 23 countries were represented by 149 participants. The Symposium was...

Much of the excitement in modern Solar Physics has come from the realisation that the Sun is a plasma and that this plasma is interacting with the magnetic field in a wide variety of subtle ways. As well as being of great...

This Symposium, the first devoted entirely to the measurement and the role of magnetic fields in the non-solar Universe, was held in Heidelberg, on June 19-23, 1989. The meeting began with review talks on magnetic phenomena...

The first ideas for the symposium were generated in Brussels in the summer of 1986, dur­ ing exquisite lunches in between HST proposal consortium meetings. At the time it was expected that soon after the previous IAU symposium...

Fundamental unsolved problems of stellar astrophysics include the effects of angular momentum on stellar structure and evolution, the nature and efficiency of the processes by which angular momentum is redistributed within and...

G. M. Bernstein, M. L. Fischer, and P. L. Richards Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, California 94720, U. S. A. J. B. Peterson Department of Physics, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08540, U...

The second Erice course in the school of Particle-Astrophysics was held in May, 1988. The topic choosen was Dark Matter. This is one of the most exciting top­ ics at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics. It is...

From the reviews: ".....The book is a very good balance between theory and applications, of analysis and synthesis, keeping always the focus on the comprehension of the physics ruling our planetary system. In summary, this...

When leaving the Victoria airport the day before our Colloquium, I saw a van of the Dunsmuir Lodge marked with big letters which I read as "Alcohol Colloquium". I do often make such blunders because of the global, casual, and...