
Planetary Nebulae
Proceedings of the 155th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Innsbruck, Austria, July 13-17, 1992
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published on 31. August 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXXVIII, 604 pages
978-0-7923-2440-9 (ISBN)
Description
Planetary nebulae are a keystone for the understanding of the evolution of stars, for deep insights into the physical processes prevailing in highly excited dilute nebulae, and for the chemical evolution in galaxies. These objects, displaying an intriguing morphology, have a `short' lifetime of a few tens of thousands of years, and have become one of the best studied classes of celestial sources. However, despite large and successful efforts from both the observational and theoretical side, planetary nebulae still keep some of their secrets (like the widely unknown distances) and will undoubtedly also be objects of thorough investigations in the years to come.
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` ... the editors have done a good job and I can wholeheartedly recommend this volume to both non-specialists and active researchers. 'Space Science Reviews, 75 (1996)
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XXXVIII, 604 p.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1019 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-2440-9 (9780792324409)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-2088-3
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R. Weinberger | A. Acker
Planetary Nebulae
Proceedings of the 155th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Innsbruck, Austria, July 13-17, 1992
Book
08/1993
1st Edition
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€96.00
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Content
Introductory Review: Planetary Nebulae.- I. The Observational PN Database.- II. Highlights on the Nuclei.- III. Highlights on the Nebulae.- IV. Planetary Nebulae Connection: Evolution from the AGB.- V. Planetary Nebulae Connection: Evolution to White Dwarfs.- VI. Planetary Nebulae in Galactic Systems.- Author Index.- Object Index.