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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777455603321

Autore

Turon Catherine

Titolo

GAIA : a European space project / / by Catherine Turon and Olivier Bienaymé

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Les Ulis : , : EDP Sciences, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

1-281-25856-3

9786611258566

2-7598-0301-5

1-4175-6155-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

EAS Publications Series ; ; Volume 2

Disciplina

523.8028

Soggetti

Astrometry

European space project

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Conference Photograph; List of Participants; Contents; Section I: GAIA: Unprecedented Performance; Section II: Fundamental Physics: General Relativity; Section III: Astrometric Impact on Stellar Astronomy; Section IV: Sub-Stellar Objects: Brown Dwarfs and Exo-Planets; Section V: Structure, Formation and History of the Galaxy; Section VI: Outside our Galaxy; Section VII: The Solar System Revisited; Section VIII: Posters; Section IX: Conclusion; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the text of the lectures and presentations given during a week in Les Houches to the 70 participants. The main goal of this conference was to open this project to the full astronomical community, and to guide young scientists in the direction of the most promising and exciting project concerning the understanding of the history of the Universe from a complete survey and detailed sampling of its local populations.