Highlights of Astronomy

As Presented at the XXIInd General Assembly of the IAU, 1994

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Since 1967, the most prominent events of a General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union have been published in a separate volume. This volume reports the major scientific presentations made at the XXII General Assembly, August 15-27, 1994, the Hague, the Netherlands. The present volume contains the texts of the three invited discourses and of the papers presented during the 14 joint discussions, a summary of two joint discussions, the papers presented during a special session and the summary of a second one, and the papers presented during two working group meetings.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-07-31
Mått160 x 240 x 40 mm
Vikt1 154 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieInternational Astronomical Union Highlights
Antal sidor732
FörlagKluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN9780792335542

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Preface; I. Appenzeller. I. Invited Discourses. Recent Advances in X-Ray Astronomy; Y. Tanaka. Earth Rotation Variation from Hours to Centuries; J. O. Dickey. The High Energy Frontier; C. Rubbia. II. Joint Discussions. Women in Astronomy; S. Torres-Peimbert. History of Astronomy; S. Débarbat. `75 Years of the IAU'. `Work in Progress'. Current Developments in Astronomy Education; J. R. Percy. Towards the Establishment of the Astronomical Standards; T. Fukushima. Nutation; V. Dehant. Timescales: State of the Art; E. Proverbio. Sun and Heliosphere - Challenges for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Magneto- and Hydrodynamics; M. C. E. Huber. Helio- and Astroseismology; W. Däppen. Dust around Young Stars: How Related to Solar System Dust? Summary; M. S. Hanner. Accuracy of the HR Diagram and Related Parameters; M. Gerbaldi. Recent Advances in Convection Theory and Modelling: Summary; S. Sofia. Stellar and Interstellar Lithium and Primordial Nucleosynthesis; F. Spite. Extragalactic Planetary Nebulae; Y. Terzian. Activity in the Central Part of Galaxies; V. Trimble. Astrophysical Applications of Powerful New Atomic Databases; W. L. Wiese. `The New Atomic Databases'. `Stellar Atmospheres'. `Stellar Structure'. The Status of Archiving Astronomical Data: Summary; R.E.M. Griffin. III. Special Sessions. The Collision of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter; C. de Bergh. Gravitational Lens Monitoring: Summary; J.-P. Swings. IV. Working Group Meetings: A. H. Batten. Problems of Astronomy in Africa. International Catalog Projects. Index of Authors.