Highlights of Astronomy
Highlights of Astronomy
£69.00
GBPRecording the proceedings of the IAU XXVII General Assembly, this volume of Highlights of Astronomy provides an up-to-date review of modern astrophysics, as discussed by 2400 participants. Covering planets, stars, galaxies, dark matter and modern cosmology, it gives a broad overview, allowing specialists and non-specialists alike to bring themselves up to date with the latest developments. This text brings together the work of observers and theoreticians from widely different fields who work towards a common goal: understanding the physics of the Universe. Together with the Proceedings of the IAU Symposia 262–267, this volume examines all of the astrophysics presented at the General Assembly, and provides a valuable testament to the vigour and momentum of astrophysical discovery in 2009, the International Year of Astronomy.
- Covers virtually all aspects of modern astrophysics
- Provides a detailed record of topics discussed at the IAU XXVII General Assembly, held during the International Year of Astronomy
- Brings together work in widely different fields, with a common goal of understanding the physics of the Universe
Product details
November 2010Hardback
9781107005334
880 pages
254 × 182 × 38 mm
1.67kg
100 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Gruber Cosmology Prize Lecture
- Part II. Invited Discourses
- Part III. Joint Discussions:
- 1. Dark matter in early-type galaxies Léon V. E. Koopmans and Tommaso Treu
- 2. Diffuse light in galaxy clusters Magda Arnaboldi and Ortwin Gerhard
- 3. Neutron stars – timing in extreme environments Tomaso Belloni, Mariano Méndez and Chengmin Zhang
- 4. Progress in understanding the physics of Ap and related stars Margarida Cunha
- 5. Modelling the Milky Way in the age of Gaia Annie C. Robin
- 6. Time and astronomy Pascale Defraigne
- 7. Astrophysical outflows and associated accretion phenomena Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino and Alex C. Raga
- 8. Hot interstellar matter in elliptical galaxies Dong-Woo Kim and Silvia Pellegrini
- 9. Are the fundamental constants varying with time? Paolo Molaro and Elisabeth Vangioni
- 10. 3D views on cool stellar atmospheres – theory meets observation K. N. Nagendra, P. Bonifacio and H. G. Ludwig
- 11. New advances in helio- and astero-seismology
- 12. The first galaxies – theoretical predictions and observational clues
- 13. Eta Carinae in the context of the most massive stars Theodore R. Gull and Augusto Damineli
- 14. The ISM of galaxies in the far-infrared and sub-millimetre
- 15. Magnetic fields in diffuse media Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino and Alex Lazarian
- 16. IHY global campaign – whole heliosphere interval
- Part IV. Special Sessions: SpS 1. IR and sub-mm spectroscopy – a new tool for studying stellar evolution Glenn Wahlgren, Hans Käufl and Florian Kerber
- SpS 2. The international year of astronomy Pedro Russo, Catherine Cesarsky and Lars Lindberg Christensen
- SpS 3. Astronomy in Antarctica in 2009 Michael G. Burton
- SpS 4. Astronomy education between past and future J. P. De Greve
- SpS 5. Accelerating the rate of astronomical discovery Ray P. Norris
- SpS 6. Planetary systems as potential sites for life Régis Courtin, Alan Boss and Michel Mayor
- SpS 7. Young stars, brown dwarfs, and protoplanetary disks Jane Gregorio-Hetem and Silvia Alencar
- SpS 8. The galactic plane N. A. Walton, A. Damineli, M. G. Hoare, J. E. Drew, Roberto D. D. Costa and Walter J. Maciel
- SpS 9. Marking the 400th anniversary of Kepler's 'astronomia nova' T. J. Mahoney
- SpS 10. Next generation large astronomical facilities Gerard F. Gilmore and Richard T. Schilizzi
- Author index.
