New Windows to the Universe
XIth European Meeting of the International Astronomical Union
Published on 30. November 1990
Book
Hardback
487 pages
978-0-521-40140-1 (ISBN)
Description
New windows to the universe presents a timely and stimulating exposition of six major areas in astrophysics. Volume one contains the sun and solar like stars, stellar structure and evolution, and, astronomical instrumentation. Volume two contains structure and evolution of galaxies, active galaxies and cosmology, and a section on interstellar and intergalactic medium. Scientists from all over the world met in Tenerife to give their perspective on their area of expertise. The resulting volumes will be of lasting value to the astrophysical community.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1012 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-40140-1 (9780521401401)
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Content
Part I. Structure and Evolution of Galaxies: 1. Structure of the galaxy G. Gilmore; 2. Properties of normal galaxies R. I. Jedzejewski; 3. Field galaxy evolution T. J. Broadhurst; 4. HII regions, morphology and star formation in disc galaxies J. E. Beckman and J. Cepa; 5. Photo-chemical evolution of galaxies N. Arimoto; 6. Activity in the nuclei of normal galaxies R. D. Davies; 7. Star information in distant galaxies B. Rocca Volmerange; 8. Morphology of high redshift galaxies F. Hammer; 9. High redshift quasars and the evolution of the luminosity function P. C. Hewett and S. J. Warren; Part II. Active Galaxies and Cosmology: 10. Birth of the myth of the birth of the universe H. Reeves; 11. Cosmic microwave background: The state of the art J. L. Sanz and E. Martinez-Gonzalez; 12. The extragalactic extended narrow line region C. Tadhunter; 13. The infrared properties of the broad line region A. G. de Bruyn; 14. Theory of the broad line region (BLR) S. Collin-Souffrin; 15. High-energy emission from active galactic nuclei G. F. Bignami; 16. X-ray spectroscopy of AGN K. A. Pounds; 17. The non-thermal continuum of compact sources G. Ghisellini; Part III. Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium: 18. The nature of post-main-sequence bipolar outflows J. P. Phillips; 19. Activity in young stars: stellar winds and bipolar outflows A. Natta; 20. Composition of dust in the ISM. Observations P. Wesselius; 21. Composition of the dust in the interstellar medium. Interpretation A. Leger, L. d'Hendecourt, L. Verstraete and P. Ehrenfreund; 22. Chemical processes in interstellar clouds Y. P. Viala; 23. High velocity clouds, and their interaction with the galactic disc U. Mebold, K. S. de Boer and A. Wennmacher; 24. The local interstellar medium R. Genova; 25. Wolf-Rayet stars and ring nebulae L. J. Smith; 26. Supernova remnants R. G. Strom.