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The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds mm and Sub-mm Observations in Astrophysics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Zermatt, Switzerland, 22-25 September 1988 to Commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the University of Cologne and the 20th Anniversary of the Gornergrat Observatory / / edited by Gisbert Winnewisser, John T. Armstrong
| The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds mm and Sub-mm Observations in Astrophysics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Zermatt, Switzerland, 22-25 September 1988 to Commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the University of Cologne and the 20th Anniversary of the Gornergrat Observatory / / edited by Gisbert Winnewisser, John T. Armstrong |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1989.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 463 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Physical chemistry Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy Physical Chemistry |
| ISBN | 3-540-46187-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Some historical remarks -- Molecular lines: Past, present, future -- Galactic molecular surveys: The role of small telescopes -- Mass calibration of CO surveys: New insight from IRAS -- IRAS view at nearby molecular clouds -- Physical conditions in dark clouds -- High latitude molecular clouds and the IR cirrus -- Physical conditions in molecular clouds: Sub-mm and far-IR co observations -- The physical structure of star forming regions -- Circumstellar envelopes -- Molecular line surveys -- The structure and kinematics of molecular clouds from large scale mapping of millimeter lines -- The population and distribution of massive stars embedded in galactic molecular clouds -- Magnetic fields in interstellar water masers -- IRAS sources beyond the solar circle -- The prevalence of neutral gas in massive post-main-sequence nebulae -- Detection of far-infrared 13Co line emission -- Deuterated water in hot cores -- Metsähovi MM-wave observations of interstellar clouds and SiO masers -- Star formation in bright-rimmed globules: Evidence for radiation-driven implosion -- Co observations in the direction of supernova remnants -- Dense cores associated with diffuse, high-latitude molecular clouds -- First results from observations of southern star forming regions with the swedish ESO submillimetre telescope -- Methyl cyanide (CH3CN) in molecular cloud cores -- CO Observations of 2nd quadrant IRAS Sources -- Dust temperature estimations for dark clouds in the taurus region deduced from correlations between 13CO line and 100 ?m infrared emission -- Optically thick 13CO emission from the orion GMC -- Detection of 53 new 86 GHz SiO masers associated with IRAS point sources -- The largest molecular cloud complexes in the southern milky way -- Molecular outflows -- Optical emission-line jets in star formation regions -- The galactic center—A larger scale view -- The nearby cassiopeia and cepheus molecular clouds and the existence of a close supernova remnant -- H2 2.12 ?m spectroscopy and imaging of HH objects -- Sulfur oxides in ? ophiuchi cloud cores: Symptoms of star formation? -- Measurement of the magnetic field in the molecular cloud B1 -- Iraso6277+7125: An atomic and molecular outflow source in the galactic cirrus? -- The morphology of the bipolar outflow in L1551 -- CO outflow and global properties of the high latitude cloud L1642 -- Dust and gas in a high latitude cloud interacting with high velocity clouds -- Recent observations of the molecular outflow source L1551 IRS5 -- The structure of the molecular outflow associated with HH7-11 -- The starforming dark cloud ? cha I: Sest* co observations -- On fragmentation of dark clouds -- CO in the dark clouds north of the California nebula NGC 1499 -- A CO survey of the giant molecular cloud complex toward Cas A -- A complete CO map of the nearest molecular cloud, L1457 -- A survey of dark clouds near L1495 -- Observations of H2 18O at 547 GHz with the Kuiper Airborne Observatory -- G159.6-18.5: A possible high galactic latitude supernova remnant -- Proper motions of the oh masers in W3(OH) -- The embedded objects in ? cha I cloud -- Submillimeter spectroscopy of the very dense gas in star formation regions -- CO survey of faint IRAS point sources -- Far-infrared spectroscopy of bipolar flows -- A complete co survey of the large magellanic cloud -- The molecular content of galaxies -- On the far-IR and sub-MM spectra of spiral galaxies -- [CII] line emission from spiral galaxies -- A 12Co survey of the small magellanic cloud -- MM observations of the magellanic clouds and of a few galactic molecular clouds -- Giant molecular cloud complexes in irregular galaxies -- Fine structure F.I.R. lines: A tool to investigate the circumstellar envelope of some young stars -- Molecular cloud evolution and star formation -- Magnetic fields in molecular clouds: Regulators of star formation -- On the interaction between a hypersonic jet and the interstellar medium -- A non-local model of line emission from molecular clouds -- Diffuse reflected light from high latitude dust clouds -- Laboratory spectroscopy: The rotation-torsion spectrum of carbodiimide, HNCNH -- Molecular abundances in the dense interstellar and circumstellar clouds -- Formation of molecules in the gas phase -- Formation of molecules on grain surfaces -- Circumstellar chemistry -- Chemical models of hot molecular cores -- Cosmic ray induced photodestruction of interstellar molecules -- Ab initio calculations on molecules of astrochemical interest -- Microdynamics of adsorbed polyaromatic hydrocarbons on small graphite particles -- A non-circumstellar origin of the hump -- Chemical pathways from atomic silicon ions to compounds of silicon -- Focal plane imaging array for astronomical spectroscopy at 3MM wavelength -- The U.C. Berkeley infrared spatial interferometer: Instrumentation and first results -- The Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope -- The 10 m submillimeter telescope (SMT) -- The KOSMA observatory -- Optimizing the use of telescope time -- The cologne 3m radio telescope: Its associated electronics and operation -- The stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy—A 3m class airborne telescope -- The receivers of the University of Cologne 3 m radio telescope -- Highly precise reflectors and mirror in fibre-composite technology -- The status of the IRAM telescopes -- The cologne acousto-optical spectrometers -- Measurements of CO in the terrestrial mesosphere. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257388903321 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1989 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds mm and Sub-mm Observations in Astrophysics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Zermatt, Switzerland, 22-25 September 1988 to Commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the University of Cologne and the 20th Anniversary of the Gornergrat Observatory / / edited by Gisbert Winnewisser, John T. Armstrong
| The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds mm and Sub-mm Observations in Astrophysics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Zermatt, Switzerland, 22-25 September 1988 to Commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the University of Cologne and the 20th Anniversary of the Gornergrat Observatory / / edited by Gisbert Winnewisser, John T. Armstrong |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1989.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 463 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Physical chemistry Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy Physical Chemistry |
| ISBN | 3-540-46187-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Some historical remarks -- Molecular lines: Past, present, future -- Galactic molecular surveys: The role of small telescopes -- Mass calibration of CO surveys: New insight from IRAS -- IRAS view at nearby molecular clouds -- Physical conditions in dark clouds -- High latitude molecular clouds and the IR cirrus -- Physical conditions in molecular clouds: Sub-mm and far-IR co observations -- The physical structure of star forming regions -- Circumstellar envelopes -- Molecular line surveys -- The structure and kinematics of molecular clouds from large scale mapping of millimeter lines -- The population and distribution of massive stars embedded in galactic molecular clouds -- Magnetic fields in interstellar water masers -- IRAS sources beyond the solar circle -- The prevalence of neutral gas in massive post-main-sequence nebulae -- Detection of far-infrared 13Co line emission -- Deuterated water in hot cores -- Metsähovi MM-wave observations of interstellar clouds and SiO masers -- Star formation in bright-rimmed globules: Evidence for radiation-driven implosion -- Co observations in the direction of supernova remnants -- Dense cores associated with diffuse, high-latitude molecular clouds -- First results from observations of southern star forming regions with the swedish ESO submillimetre telescope -- Methyl cyanide (CH3CN) in molecular cloud cores -- CO Observations of 2nd quadrant IRAS Sources -- Dust temperature estimations for dark clouds in the taurus region deduced from correlations between 13CO line and 100 ?m infrared emission -- Optically thick 13CO emission from the orion GMC -- Detection of 53 new 86 GHz SiO masers associated with IRAS point sources -- The largest molecular cloud complexes in the southern milky way -- Molecular outflows -- Optical emission-line jets in star formation regions -- The galactic center—A larger scale view -- The nearby cassiopeia and cepheus molecular clouds and the existence of a close supernova remnant -- H2 2.12 ?m spectroscopy and imaging of HH objects -- Sulfur oxides in ? ophiuchi cloud cores: Symptoms of star formation? -- Measurement of the magnetic field in the molecular cloud B1 -- Iraso6277+7125: An atomic and molecular outflow source in the galactic cirrus? -- The morphology of the bipolar outflow in L1551 -- CO outflow and global properties of the high latitude cloud L1642 -- Dust and gas in a high latitude cloud interacting with high velocity clouds -- Recent observations of the molecular outflow source L1551 IRS5 -- The structure of the molecular outflow associated with HH7-11 -- The starforming dark cloud ? cha I: Sest* co observations -- On fragmentation of dark clouds -- CO in the dark clouds north of the California nebula NGC 1499 -- A CO survey of the giant molecular cloud complex toward Cas A -- A complete CO map of the nearest molecular cloud, L1457 -- A survey of dark clouds near L1495 -- Observations of H2 18O at 547 GHz with the Kuiper Airborne Observatory -- G159.6-18.5: A possible high galactic latitude supernova remnant -- Proper motions of the oh masers in W3(OH) -- The embedded objects in ? cha I cloud -- Submillimeter spectroscopy of the very dense gas in star formation regions -- CO survey of faint IRAS point sources -- Far-infrared spectroscopy of bipolar flows -- A complete co survey of the large magellanic cloud -- The molecular content of galaxies -- On the far-IR and sub-MM spectra of spiral galaxies -- [CII] line emission from spiral galaxies -- A 12Co survey of the small magellanic cloud -- MM observations of the magellanic clouds and of a few galactic molecular clouds -- Giant molecular cloud complexes in irregular galaxies -- Fine structure F.I.R. lines: A tool to investigate the circumstellar envelope of some young stars -- Molecular cloud evolution and star formation -- Magnetic fields in molecular clouds: Regulators of star formation -- On the interaction between a hypersonic jet and the interstellar medium -- A non-local model of line emission from molecular clouds -- Diffuse reflected light from high latitude dust clouds -- Laboratory spectroscopy: The rotation-torsion spectrum of carbodiimide, HNCNH -- Molecular abundances in the dense interstellar and circumstellar clouds -- Formation of molecules in the gas phase -- Formation of molecules on grain surfaces -- Circumstellar chemistry -- Chemical models of hot molecular cores -- Cosmic ray induced photodestruction of interstellar molecules -- Ab initio calculations on molecules of astrochemical interest -- Microdynamics of adsorbed polyaromatic hydrocarbons on small graphite particles -- A non-circumstellar origin of the hump -- Chemical pathways from atomic silicon ions to compounds of silicon -- Focal plane imaging array for astronomical spectroscopy at 3MM wavelength -- The U.C. Berkeley infrared spatial interferometer: Instrumentation and first results -- The Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope -- The 10 m submillimeter telescope (SMT) -- The KOSMA observatory -- Optimizing the use of telescope time -- The cologne 3m radio telescope: Its associated electronics and operation -- The stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy—A 3m class airborne telescope -- The receivers of the University of Cologne 3 m radio telescope -- Highly precise reflectors and mirror in fibre-composite technology -- The status of the IRAM telescopes -- The cologne acousto-optical spectrometers -- Measurements of CO in the terrestrial mesosphere. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466803003316 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1989 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objects [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tenerife, Spain, April, 21-25, 1986 / / edited by Keith O. Mason, Michael G. Watson, Nicolas E. White
| The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objects [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tenerife, Spain, April, 21-25, 1986 / / edited by Keith O. Mason, Michael G. Watson, Nicolas E. White |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1986.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1986 |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| ISBN | 3-540-47358-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Indirect imaging of accretion disks in binaries -- Spectrum and polarization of the continuum from accretion disks in active galaxies and quasars -- Accretion disks in low-mass X-ray binaries -- Theory and observations of time-dependent accretion disks -- On the long term activity of pop. I binary systems containing an X-ray pulsar -- X-ray properties of magnetic cataclysmic variable systems -- Evolution of magnetic cataclysmic binaries -- The evolution of magnetic cataclysmic variables -- Quasi-periodic oscillations in low-mass X-ray binaries -- Quasi-periodic oscillations -- The X-ray variability of active galactic nuclei -- Variability in accreting black holes -- Rapid X-ray variability in radio-quiet AGN: A probe of the innermost regions of the active nucleus -- Iron lines from galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources -- Discrete spectra of accreting compact sources -- Radio emission from X-ray binaries and the proto-type jets of SS433 -- X-ray observations of the jets in SS433 -- Cygnus X-3 -- More surprises from NGC 4151 -- The promise of high resolution UV spectroscopy for understanding the winds of cataclysmic variable stars -- BL Lacertae objects: Accretion, jets, and winds -- X-ray spectral formation in low mass X-ray binaries -- Continuum features in quasars -- The soft X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257449203321 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objects [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tenerife, Spain, April, 21-25, 1986 / / edited by Keith O. Mason, Michael G. Watson, Nicolas E. White
| The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objects [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tenerife, Spain, April, 21-25, 1986 / / edited by Keith O. Mason, Michael G. Watson, Nicolas E. White |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1986.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1986 |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| ISBN | 3-540-47358-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Indirect imaging of accretion disks in binaries -- Spectrum and polarization of the continuum from accretion disks in active galaxies and quasars -- Accretion disks in low-mass X-ray binaries -- Theory and observations of time-dependent accretion disks -- On the long term activity of pop. I binary systems containing an X-ray pulsar -- X-ray properties of magnetic cataclysmic variable systems -- Evolution of magnetic cataclysmic binaries -- The evolution of magnetic cataclysmic variables -- Quasi-periodic oscillations in low-mass X-ray binaries -- Quasi-periodic oscillations -- The X-ray variability of active galactic nuclei -- Variability in accreting black holes -- Rapid X-ray variability in radio-quiet AGN: A probe of the innermost regions of the active nucleus -- Iron lines from galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources -- Discrete spectra of accreting compact sources -- Radio emission from X-ray binaries and the proto-type jets of SS433 -- X-ray observations of the jets in SS433 -- Cygnus X-3 -- More surprises from NGC 4151 -- The promise of high resolution UV spectroscopy for understanding the winds of cataclysmic variable stars -- BL Lacertae objects: Accretion, jets, and winds -- X-ray spectral formation in low mass X-ray binaries -- Continuum features in quasars -- The soft X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466699703316 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
| ||
Physics of Classical Novae [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of Colloquium No. 122 of the International Astronomical Union. Held in Madrid, Spain, on 27–30 June 1989 / / edited by Angelo Cassatella, Roberto Viotti
| Physics of Classical Novae [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of Colloquium No. 122 of the International Astronomical Union. Held in Madrid, Spain, on 27–30 June 1989 / / edited by Angelo Cassatella, Roberto Viotti |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1990.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 464 p. 11 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 523.8 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 3-540-46638-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Welcome address -- Cataclysmic variables as binary stars: Then and now -- The long term behaviour of classical old novae -- Classical novae: Properties between outbursts -- Galactic distribution and outburst frequency of classical novae -- Novae in clusters and galaxies -- Strong magnetic fields in nova systems -- Quasi-periodic outburst activity of novae at minimum -- Spin period variations of the white dwarf in FO AQR/H2215-086 -- The galactic nova rate -- A possible nova from the IRAS point source catalogue -- Where is nova 1437? — Surprises in the space density of cataclysmic variables -- On the postoutburst far ultraviolet declines of WZ sagittae and V1500 CYGNI -- Spectroscopic observations of the southern old novae CP PUP and V841 OPH -- CP puppis: Another V1500 Cyg? -- The uv luminosity of old novae -- V 1500 Cyg: Slow variability in post-nova stage -- Maximum magnitude vs. rate of decline for novae of the LMC -- On V603 Aql and magnetic novae -- Optical studies of classical novae in outburst -- Chemistry of nova envelopes -- Ultraviolet observations of classical novae in outburst -- Multi-wavelength observations of novae in outburst -- New infrared results for classical novae -- Recent and future x-ray observations of classical novae during the outburst stage -- New results about post optical maximum oscillations of novae -- Simultaneous optical and UV spectra of the two LMC novae 1988 -- Optical spectrophotometry of nova PW vulpeculae -- The early outburst spectra of nova V1506 CYGNI -- Mass of the, ejected envelope of LV vulpeculae -- The peculiar slow nova X serpentis -- Images and light curves of the radio remnants of novae -- Optical imagery of nova remnants -- Physical properties and abundances of novae in the nebular phase -- An H? image of nova V1500 cygni twelve years after outburst -- PAH'S and silicate emission in nova cen 1986 -- Mm CO observation of the old nova NQ Vul -- Nova Ophiuchi 1988: 0.9–1.35 ?m spectroscopy -- Measurements of outburst characteristics, temperatures, densities and abundances in the ejecta of Nova Muscae 1983 -- Element abundances of nova PW vulpeculae -- Chemical composition of Nova Centauri 1986 -- Ultraviolet spectroscopy of the shell of RR pic -- Infrared spectra of recent novae -- The ionization of novae ejecta -- Winds from disks -- Physics of mass ejection during nova outbursts -- Effects of the presence of supercritical winds -- Formation and evolution of dust in novae -- Model atmospheres for novae during the early stages -- The continuum spectra of accretion discs in novalike objects -- Infra-red emission from classical novae -- Cool envelopes of post-novae constraints on the decline of the white dwarf -- Chemical routes to dust formation in the ejecta of novae -- Modelling the common envelope phase in classical novae -- Ionization and temperature structure in nova shells -- Formation of the balmer line in the optically thick nova envelope -- HeI emission line formation in symbiotic stars and novae -- Soft x-ray emission from classical novae in outburst -- Classical novae in the context of the evolution of cataclysmic binaries -- The origin and evolution of novae -- Novae between outbursts -- The cyclic evolution of classical novae -- Thermonuclear runaway model -- Theoretical implications of nova abundances -- The theoretical frequency of classical nova outbursts as a function of white dwarf mass -- Accretion on CO white dwarfs. influence of the external burning shells on the evolution -- Effective growth rate of white dwarf mass in nova outbursts -- The white dwarf mass and orbital period distributions in zero-age cataclysmic variables -- Diffusion in novae at high accretion rates -- On the nature of the outflow from nova stars occurring immediately after ejection of an envelope -- Novae as local thermonuclear runaways -- Recurrent novae -- The symbiotic novae -- Spectroscopic results of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi -- A spectroscopic survey of recurrent novae at minimum -- Possible x-ray flares in a recurrent nova -- The 1989 outburst of V404 cygni: A very unusual x-ray nova -- The structure of the envelopes of symbiotic novae -- HM Sge still evolving -- IR observations of the symbiotic nova HM sagittae -- The light curve of the symbiotic nova HM sagittae -- The nova type outburst of the symbiotic star AS 296 -- Co-ordinated optical and radio observations of symbiotic stars -- High resolution spectroscopy of symbiotic stars -- Some comments on classical novae and related systems. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257438603321 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1990 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Physics of Classical Novae [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of Colloquium No. 122 of the International Astronomical Union. Held in Madrid, Spain, on 27–30 June 1989 / / edited by Angelo Cassatella, Roberto Viotti
| Physics of Classical Novae [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of Colloquium No. 122 of the International Astronomical Union. Held in Madrid, Spain, on 27–30 June 1989 / / edited by Angelo Cassatella, Roberto Viotti |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1990.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 464 p. 11 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 523.8 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 3-540-46638-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Welcome address -- Cataclysmic variables as binary stars: Then and now -- The long term behaviour of classical old novae -- Classical novae: Properties between outbursts -- Galactic distribution and outburst frequency of classical novae -- Novae in clusters and galaxies -- Strong magnetic fields in nova systems -- Quasi-periodic outburst activity of novae at minimum -- Spin period variations of the white dwarf in FO AQR/H2215-086 -- The galactic nova rate -- A possible nova from the IRAS point source catalogue -- Where is nova 1437? — Surprises in the space density of cataclysmic variables -- On the postoutburst far ultraviolet declines of WZ sagittae and V1500 CYGNI -- Spectroscopic observations of the southern old novae CP PUP and V841 OPH -- CP puppis: Another V1500 Cyg? -- The uv luminosity of old novae -- V 1500 Cyg: Slow variability in post-nova stage -- Maximum magnitude vs. rate of decline for novae of the LMC -- On V603 Aql and magnetic novae -- Optical studies of classical novae in outburst -- Chemistry of nova envelopes -- Ultraviolet observations of classical novae in outburst -- Multi-wavelength observations of novae in outburst -- New infrared results for classical novae -- Recent and future x-ray observations of classical novae during the outburst stage -- New results about post optical maximum oscillations of novae -- Simultaneous optical and UV spectra of the two LMC novae 1988 -- Optical spectrophotometry of nova PW vulpeculae -- The early outburst spectra of nova V1506 CYGNI -- Mass of the, ejected envelope of LV vulpeculae -- The peculiar slow nova X serpentis -- Images and light curves of the radio remnants of novae -- Optical imagery of nova remnants -- Physical properties and abundances of novae in the nebular phase -- An H? image of nova V1500 cygni twelve years after outburst -- PAH'S and silicate emission in nova cen 1986 -- Mm CO observation of the old nova NQ Vul -- Nova Ophiuchi 1988: 0.9–1.35 ?m spectroscopy -- Measurements of outburst characteristics, temperatures, densities and abundances in the ejecta of Nova Muscae 1983 -- Element abundances of nova PW vulpeculae -- Chemical composition of Nova Centauri 1986 -- Ultraviolet spectroscopy of the shell of RR pic -- Infrared spectra of recent novae -- The ionization of novae ejecta -- Winds from disks -- Physics of mass ejection during nova outbursts -- Effects of the presence of supercritical winds -- Formation and evolution of dust in novae -- Model atmospheres for novae during the early stages -- The continuum spectra of accretion discs in novalike objects -- Infra-red emission from classical novae -- Cool envelopes of post-novae constraints on the decline of the white dwarf -- Chemical routes to dust formation in the ejecta of novae -- Modelling the common envelope phase in classical novae -- Ionization and temperature structure in nova shells -- Formation of the balmer line in the optically thick nova envelope -- HeI emission line formation in symbiotic stars and novae -- Soft x-ray emission from classical novae in outburst -- Classical novae in the context of the evolution of cataclysmic binaries -- The origin and evolution of novae -- Novae between outbursts -- The cyclic evolution of classical novae -- Thermonuclear runaway model -- Theoretical implications of nova abundances -- The theoretical frequency of classical nova outbursts as a function of white dwarf mass -- Accretion on CO white dwarfs. influence of the external burning shells on the evolution -- Effective growth rate of white dwarf mass in nova outbursts -- The white dwarf mass and orbital period distributions in zero-age cataclysmic variables -- Diffusion in novae at high accretion rates -- On the nature of the outflow from nova stars occurring immediately after ejection of an envelope -- Novae as local thermonuclear runaways -- Recurrent novae -- The symbiotic novae -- Spectroscopic results of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi -- A spectroscopic survey of recurrent novae at minimum -- Possible x-ray flares in a recurrent nova -- The 1989 outburst of V404 cygni: A very unusual x-ray nova -- The structure of the envelopes of symbiotic novae -- HM Sge still evolving -- IR observations of the symbiotic nova HM sagittae -- The light curve of the symbiotic nova HM sagittae -- The nova type outburst of the symbiotic star AS 296 -- Co-ordinated optical and radio observations of symbiotic stars -- High resolution spectroscopy of symbiotic stars -- Some comments on classical novae and related systems. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466707003316 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1990 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Planet Mercury : From Pale Pink Dot to Dynamic World / / by David A. Rothery
| Planet Mercury : From Pale Pink Dot to Dynamic World / / by David A. Rothery |
| Autore | Rothery David A |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina |
500.5
520 523.4 530 |
| Collana | Springer Praxis Books |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Planetology Space sciences Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
| ISBN | 3-319-12117-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A Pale Pink Dot -- Mariner 10 -- High time for another mission? -- The surface as seen by MESSENGER -- Magnetosphere and exosphere as seen by MESSENGER -- More questions than answers? -- Appendix. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299443003321 |
Rothery David A
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 2: Astronomical Techniques, Software, and Data / / edited by Howard E. Bond
| Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 2: Astronomical Techniques, Software, and Data / / edited by Howard E. Bond |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (38 illus. in color. eReference.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Microwaves Optical engineering Statistics Data mining Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation |
| ISBN | 94-007-5618-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Series Preface -- Preface to Volume 2 -- Editor-in-Chief -- Volume Editor -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Astronomical Photometry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Properties of Photometric Detectors -- 2.1 Photographic Plates -- 2.2 Photomultipliers -- 2.3 CCDs -- 3 The General Photometric Problem -- 3.1 Atmospheric Extinction -- 3.2 Bandpass Mismatch -- 3.3 Zero Points -- 3.4 Methodology -- 3.5 Higher-Order Effects -- 3.6 General Comments -- 3.7 Differential Photometry -- Time-Domain Photometry -- 4 Measuring the Instrumental Magnitudes -- 4.1 Photoelectric Photometry -- 4.2 Aperture Photometry with CCDs -- 4.3 Concentric-Aperture Photometry with CCDs -- 4.4 Profile-Fitting Photometry -- References -- 2 Astronomical Spectroscopy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Introduction to Astronomical Spectrographs -- 2.1 The Basics -- 2.1.1 Selecting a Blocking Filter -- 2.1.2 Choosing a Grating -- 2.2 Conventional Long-Slit Spectrographs -- 2.2.1 An Example: The Kitt Peak RC Spectrograph -- 2.3 Echelle Spectrographs -- 2.3.1 An Example: MagE -- 2.3.2 Coude Spectrographs -- 2.4 Multi-object Spectrometers -- 2.4.1 Multi-slit Spectrographs -- Example: IMACS -- 2.4.2 Fiber-fed Bench-Mounted Spectrographs -- An Example: Hectospec -- 2.5 Extension to the UV and NIR -- 2.5.1 The Near Ultraviolet -- 2.5.2 Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and OSIRIS -- 2.6 Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy of Extended Sources:Fabry-Perots and Integral Field Spectroscopy -- 3 Observing and Reduction Techniques -- 3.1 Basic Optical Reductions -- 3.1.1 Multi-object Techniques -- 3.1.2 NIR Techniques -- 3.2 Further Details -- 3.2.1 Differential Refraction -- 3.2.2 Determining Isolation -- 3.2.3 Assigning Fibers and Designing Multi-slit Masks -- 3.2.4 Placing Two Stars on a Long Slit -- 3.2.5 Optimal Extraction -- 3.2.6 Long-Slit Flat-Fielding Issues -- Featureless Flats.
Illumination Correction Flats -- Summary -- 3.2.7 Radial Velocities and Velocity Dispersions -- Precision Radial Velocities -- Laboratory Wavelengths -- 3.2.8 Some Useful Spectral Atlases -- 3.3 Observing Techniques: What Happens at Night -- 3.3.1 Observing with a Long-Slit Spectrograph -- 3.3.2 Observing with a Multi-fiber Spectrometer -- 3.3.3 Observing with a NIR Spectrometer -- Wrap-Up and Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Infrared AstronomyFundamentals -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Terminology and Units -- 1.2 Blackbody Radiation and Emissivity -- 2 Overview of Atmospheric Transmission from 1 to 1,000m -- 2.1 Atmospheric Extinction -- 2.2 Atmospheric Refraction -- 3 Background Emission from the Ground -- 3.1 Near-IR Airglow -- 3.2 Thermal Emission from Sky and Telescope -- 4 Background Emission from Space -- 5 Detectors Used in Infrared Astronomy -- 5.1 Thermal Detectors -- 5.2 Photon Detectors -- 5.3 Detector Arrays -- 5.4 Microwave Kinetic Induction Detectors -- 6 Optimizing the Signal-to-Noise Ratio -- 6.1 Signal-to-Noise Equation -- 6.2 Ground-Based Observations in the Infrared -- 6.3 IR-Optimized Telescopes -- 6.4 Data Taking in the Presence of High Background Emission -- 6.4.1 Near-infrared Imaging -- 6.4.2 Mid-infrared Imaging -- 6.4.3 Reducing the OH Background -- 6.5 Airborne and Space Infrared Missions -- 6.5.1 Airborne Astronomy -- 6.5.2 Space Infrared Missions -- IRAS -- Spitzer Space Telescope -- Herschel Space Telescope -- Wide Field Infrared Survey Experiment -- James Webb Space Telescope -- 7 Infrared Standards and Absolute Calibration -- 7.1 Ground-Based Photometry -- 7.2 Near-IR Sky Surveys -- 7.3 Space Infrared Calibration -- IRAS -- MSX -- Spitzer -- WISE -- Hubble Space Telescope and JWST -- Herschel Space Observatory -- 7.4 Absolute Calibration -- 7.5 Definition of a Filter Wavelength. 7.6 Correction to a Monochromatic Wavelength -- 8 Infrared Spectroscopy -- 8.1 Spectroscopic Standards (Spectral Libraries) -- 8.2 Taking Near-IR Spectra: An Example -- 8.3 Telluric Correction -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Astronomical Polarimetry:Polarized Views of Stars andPlanets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What is Polarization? -- 2.1 Jones Formalism -- 2.2 Stokes Formalism -- 2.3 Mueller Matrices -- 2.4 The Poincaré sphere -- 3 Polarizing Mechanisms -- 3.1 Broadband Polarization -- 3.1.1 Scattering and Reflection -- 3.1.2 Polarization-Dependent Absorption and Emission -- 3.1.3 Synchrotron and Cyclotron Radiation -- 3.2 Spectral Line Polarization -- 3.2.1 The Zeeman Effect -- 3.2.2 The Hanle Effect and Other Line Polarization Effects -- 4 The Polarimetrist's Toolkit -- 4.1 Polarizers -- 4.1.1 Sheet or Plate Polarizers -- 4.1.2 Polarizing Beam-Splitters -- 4.2 Retarders -- 4.2.1 Fixed Linear Retarders -- 4.2.2 Variable Retarders -- 4.3 Novel Components -- 4.4 Detectors -- 5 Polarimeter Implementation: How to Deal with Systematic Effects -- 5.1 Some Definitions -- 5.2 Modulation and Demodulation -- 5.3 Boosting Polarimetric Sensitivity -- 5.4 Spectral Modulation -- 5.5 Instrumental Polarization Effects -- 5.6 Calibration -- 5.7 Performance Prediction -- 6 Modern Polarimeters -- 6.1 Requirements -- 6.2 Dual-Beam Polarimeters -- 6.3 Polarizer-Only Polarimeters -- 6.4 Solar Polarimetry -- 6.5 Exoplanet Detection and Characterization -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Sky Surveys -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Definitions and Caveats -- 1.2 The Types and Goals of Sky Surveys -- 1.3 The Data Explosion -- 2 A (Very) Brief History of Sky Surveys -- 3 A Systematic Exploration of the Sky -- 3.1 The Role of Technology -- 3.2 Data Parameter Spaces -- 3.3 Exploring the Parameter Spaces -- 4 Characteristics and Examples of Sky Surveys. 4.1 A Sampler of Panoramic Sky Surveys and Catalogs -- 4.1.1 Surveys and Catalogs in the Visible Regime -- 4.1.2 Surveys in the Infrared -- 4.1.3 Surveys and Catalogs in the Radio -- 4.1.4 Surveys at Higher Energies -- 4.2 Synoptic Sky Surveys and Exploration of the Time Domain -- 4.2.1 General Synoptic Surveys in the Visible Regime -- 4.2.2 Supernova Surveys -- 4.2.3 Synoptic Surveys for Minor Bodies in the Solar System -- 4.2.4 Microlensing Surveys -- 4.2.5 Radio Synoptic Surveys -- 4.2.6 Other Wavelength Regimes -- 4.3 Toward the Petascale Data Streams and Beyond -- 4.4 Deep Field Surveys -- 4.5 Spectroscopic Surveys -- 4.6 Figures of Merit -- 5 From the Raw Data to Science-Ready Archives -- 5.1 Data Processing Pipelines -- 5.2 Source and Event Classification -- 5.3 Data Archives, Analysis, and Exploration -- 6 Concluding Comments -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: A Partial List of Sky Surveys, Facilities, and Archives as of 2011 -- References -- 6 Techniques of RadioAstronomy -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 A Selected List of Radio Astronomy Facilities -- 2 Radiative Transfer and Black Body Radiation -- 2.1 The Nyquist Theorem and Noise Temperature -- 2.2 Overview of Intensity, Flux Density, and Main Beam Brightness Temperature -- 2.3 Interstellar Dispersion and Polarization -- 3 Receiver Systems -- 3.1 Coherent and Incoherent Receivers -- 3.1.1 Receiver Calibration -- 3.1.2 Noise Uncertainties Due to Random Processes -- 3.1.3 Receiver Stability -- 4 Practical Aspects of Receivers -- 4.1 Bolometer Radiometers -- 4.2 Coherent Receivers -- 4.2.1 Noise Contributions in Coherent Receivers -- 4.2.2 Mixers -- 4.2.3 Square-Law Detectors -- 4.2.4 The Minimum Noise in a Coherent System -- 4.3 Back Ends -- 4.3.1 Polarimeters -- 4.3.2 Spectrometers -- 5 Antennas -- 5.1 The Hertz Dipole -- 5.2 Filled Apertures -- 5.2.1 Angular Resolution and Efficiencies. 5.2.2 Efficiencies for Compact Sources -- 5.2.3 Foci, Blockage, and Surface Accuracy -- 5.3 Single Dish Observational Techniques -- 5.3.1 The Earth's Atmosphere -- 5.3.2 Meter and Centimeter Calibration Procedures -- 5.3.3 Millimeter and Submillimeter Calibration Procedures -- 5.3.4 Bolometer Calibrations -- 5.3.5 Continuum Observing Strategies -- 5.3.6 Additional Requirements for Spectral Line Observations -- 5.3.7 Spectral Line Observing Strategies -- 6 Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis -- 6.1 Calibration -- 6.2 Responses of Interferometers -- 6.2.1 Time Delays and Bandwidth -- 6.2.2 Beam Narrowing -- 6.2.3 Source Size -- 6.3 Aperture Synthesis -- 6.3.1 Interferometric Observations -- 6.4 Interferometer Sensitivity -- 6.5 Corrections of Visibility Functions -- 6.5.1 Amplitude and Phase Closure -- 6.5.2 Calibrations, Gridding, FFTs, Weighting, and Self-Calibration -- 6.5.3 More Elaborate Improvements of Visibility Functions: The CLEANingProcedure -- 6.5.4 More Elaborate Improvements of Visibility Functions: The Maximum EntropyProcedure -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Radio and OpticalInterferometry: BasicObserving Techniquesand Data Analysis -- 1 Interferometry in Astronomy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Scientific Impact -- 2 Interferometry in Theory and Practice -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Interferometry in Theory -- 2.3 Interferometry in Practice -- 2.3.1 Quantum Limits of Amplifiers -- 2.4 Atmospheric Turbulence -- 2.4.1 Phase Fluctuations: Length Scale -- 2.4.2 Phase Fluctuations: Time Scale -- 2.4.3 Calibration: Isoplanatic Angle -- 3 Planning Interferometer Observations -- 3.1 Sensitivity -- 3.1.1 Radio Sensitivity -- 3.1.2 Visible and Infrared Sensitivity -- 3.1.3 Overcoming the Effects of the Atmosphere: Phase Referencing, AdaptiveOptics, and Fringe Tracking -- 3.2 (u,v) Coverage -- 3.3 Field-of-View. 3.4 Spectroscopic Capabilities. |
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Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 6: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology / / edited by William C. Keel
| Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 6: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology / / edited by William C. Keel |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 illus. eReference.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cosmology
Astrophysics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy - Observations Space sciences Astrophysics and Astroparticles Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
| ISBN | 94-007-5609-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems -- Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology -- Series Preface -- Preface to Volume 6 -- Editor-in-Chief -- Volume Editor -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 GalaxyMorphology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview -- 3 Galaxy Classification -- 4 A Continuum of Galactic Forms -- 5 Galaxy Types: Stage, Family, and Variety -- 5.1 Elliptical and Spheroidal Galaxies -- 5.2 S0 and Spiral Galaxies -- 5.3 Irregular Galaxies -- 6 Other Dimensions to Galaxy Morphology -- 6.1 Outer Rings and Pseudorings -- 6.2 Inner and Outer Lenses -- 6.3 Nuclear Rings and Bars -- 6.4 Spiral Arm Morphologies -- 6.5 Luminosity Effects -- 7 The Morphology of Galactic Bars and Ovals -- 8 Dust Morphologies -- 9 The Morphologies of Galactic Bulges -- 10 Effects of Interactions and Mergers -- 10.1 Normal Versus Catastrophic Rings -- 10.2 Environmental Effects on Star-Forming Disks -- 10.3 Interacting and Peculiar Galaxies -- 10.3.1 Tidal Tails, Arms, Bridges, and Streams -- 10.3.2 Dust-Lane Ellipticals -- 10.3.3 Shell/Ripple Galaxies -- 10.3.4 Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies -- 10.4 Warps -- 10.5 The Morphology of Active Galaxies -- 10.6 The Morphology of Brightest Cluster Members -- 11 Star Formation Morphologies -- 11.1 Halpha Imaging -- 11.2 Ultraviolet Imaging -- 11.3 Atomic and Molecular Gas Morphology -- 12 Infrared Observations: Galactic Stellar Mass Morphology -- 13 Intermediate and High Redshift Galaxy Morphology -- 14 Giant Low-Surface-Brightness Galaxies -- 15 Galaxy Morphology in Color -- 15.1 Normal Galaxies -- 15.2 Dwarf Galaxies -- 15.2.1 dE, dS0, BCD, and cE Galaxies -- 15.2.2 Local Group Dwarf Spheroidals and Irregulars -- 15.2.3 Dwarf Spirals -- 15.3 Galaxy Zoo Project -- 15.4 Isolated Galaxies -- 15.5 Deep Field Color Imaging -- 16 Large-Scale Automated Galaxy Classification.
17 The Status and Future of Morphological Studies -- References -- 2 Elliptical and Disk Galaxy Structure and Modern Scaling Laws -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Early Beginnings -- 1.2 The Modern Galaxy -- 2 Elliptical Galaxy Light Profiles -- 2.1 Sérsic's Model -- 2.1.1 Dark Matter Halos -- 2.2 The Core-Seacutersic Model -- 2.2.1 Central Mass Deficits -- 2.3 Excess Nuclear Light -- 2.4 Excess Halo Light -- 3 Structure-Related Scaling Relations -- 3.1 Linear Relations -- 3.1.1 Luminosity-(Central Surface Brightness) Relation -- 3.1.2 Luminosity-Concentration Relation -- 3.1.3 Concentration-(Central Surface Brightness) Relation -- 3.2 Curved Relations -- 3.2.1 Luminosity-(Effective Surface Brightness) Relation -- 3.2.2 Size-Luminosity Relation -- 3.2.3 Size-Concentration Relation -- 3.2.4 Size-(Effective Surface Brightness) Relation -- 3.3 Broken Relations -- 3.3.1 Luminosity-(Central Surface Brightness) Relation -- An Alternate View -- 3.3.2 Luminosity-Color Relation -- 3.3.3 Dynamics -- 4 Disk Galaxy Light Profiles -- 4.1 The Bulge-Disk Decomposition -- 4.2 Dust and Inclination Corrections -- 4.3 Pseudobulges -- 4.3.1 Sacutersic Index -- 4.3.2 Rotation -- 4.3.3 Ages -- 4.3.4 Scaling Relations -- 4.4 Bulgeless Galaxies -- 4.5 Barred Galaxies -- 5 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Star Formation in Galaxies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Formalism -- 2.2 Conditions for Star Formation -- 2.2.1 Gravitational Instability -- 2.2.2 Shear Criterion -- 2.2.3 Formation of a Cold Phase -- 2.3 Galactic Influences on the Star Formation Rates -- 2.3.1 Free Fall -- 2.3.2 Hydrostatic Equilibrium -- 2.3.3 Gravitation Versus Dispersion -- 2.3.4 Self-regulated Star Formation -- 2.3.5 Cloud Collapse Versus Stellar Disruption -- 2.3.6 Cloud-Cloud Collisions -- 2.3.7 Physics of the ISM -- 2.3.8 Influence of the Spiral Arms?. 2.3.9 Galactic Influences on the SFR: A Tentative Summary -- 2.4 Starbursts and Peculiar Star Formation Regimes -- 3 Measuring Star Formation Rates -- 3.1 Proto-Stars, Young Stars and Stellar Remnants -- 3.2 Stellar Continuum -- 3.3 Recombination Emission Lines -- 3.3.1 Motivation and General Approach -- 3.3.2 Application to H alpha -- 3.3.3 Lyman alpha -- 3.4 The Role of Dust -- 3.4.1 Extinction Corrections from Recombination Lines -- 3.4.2 Extinction Corrections in the UV -- 3.4.3 Other Considerations on the Dust Attenuation -- 3.4.4 Far-Infrared Star Formation Rates -- 3.4.5 The Mixed Tracers -- 3.5 Other Spectral Diagnostics -- 3.5.1 [OII] 3,727aring Forbidden Line -- 3.5.2 [CII] 158 mu m Fine structure line -- 3.6 Radio Emission -- 3.7 X-Ray Luminosity -- 3.8 Additional Factors -- 3.8.1 The Effect of the Metallicity -- 3.8.2 Choice of the IMF -- 3.8.3 Effect of the Star Formation Micro-History -- 4 Star Formation Observed in Galaxies -- 4.1 Star Formation in the Local Galaxies -- 4.2 The Schmidt Laws -- 4.2.1 Preliminary Considerations: Many "Laws -- 4.2.2 Which Law Is Right? -- 4.2.3 Which Scale Is Right? -- 4.2.4 Schmidt Laws: Current Observational Status -- 4.2.5 Starbursts and the Schmidt Law -- 4.3 Observed Thresholds -- 4.4 Relations to the Stellar Content: The Specific Star Formation Rate -- 4.5 Star Formation History -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 The Cool ISM in Galaxies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Neutral Hydrogen (HI) in Galaxies -- 2.1 The HI Physics and Observables -- 2.2 The Distribution of HI in Galaxies -- 2.3 The Warm and Cold ISM in Galaxies -- 3 Star Formation and the ISM -- 4 Accretion, Feedback and the Environment -- References -- 5 The Influence of Environment on Galaxy Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Galaxy Populations in Groups and Clusters -- 3 Interaction Types -- 3.1 Gravitational Interactions. 3.2 Hydrodynamical Interactions -- 4 Simulations -- 4.1 Spherical Galaxies -- 4.2 Disk Galaxies -- 5 The Multiphase ISM -- 5.1 Atomic Hydrogen -- 5.2 Molecular Hydrogen -- 5.3 Dust and Metallicity -- 5.4 Cosmic Ray Gas -- 6 Star Formation -- 7 The Global Picture -- 8 Resolved Multiwavelength Interaction Diagnostics -- 8.1 Environmental Effects in Nearby Galaxy Groups -- 8.2 Environmental Effects in Nearby Galaxy Clusters -- 8.2.1 Early Type Galaxies -- 8.2.2 Late Type Galaxies -- Coma Cluster -- Norma Cluster -- Abell 1367 -- Virgo Cluster -- 8.2.3 Dwarf Galaxies -- 8.3 A Holistic View on Ram Pressure Stripping -- 8.3.1 The Response of the Multiphase ISM and Star Formation to Ram Pressure -- 9 The Detailed Picture -- 10 A Local View on the Butcher-Oemler Effect -- 11 Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 Clusters of Galaxies -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What Is a Cluster? -- 1.2 Historical Perspective -- 1.3 Overview -- 2 The Optical Properties of Clusters -- 2.1 The Density-Morphology Relation -- 2.2 The Color-Magnitude Relation -- 2.3 Spectroscopic Properties of Cluster Galaxies -- 2.4 The Fundamental Plane of Early-Type Galaxies -- 2.5 Galaxy Ecology -- 2.5.1 Galaxy Collisions -- 2.5.2 Dynamical Friction -- 2.5.3 Ram-Pressure Stripping -- 2.5.4 Strangulation -- 2.6 Evolution of Galaxy Clusters -- 2.6.1 Color Evolution -- 2.6.2 E+A Galaxies -- 2.6.3 Cluster Archaeology -- 2.6.4 The Luminosity Function -- 2.6.5 Morphology -- 2.6.6 Other Wavebands -- 2.7 The Relation of Clusters to Galaxy Groups -- 2.8 Intra-cluster Light -- 3 X-Ray Emission -- 3.1 The Physics of X-Ray Emission -- 3.1.1 Thermal Bremsstrahlung Emission -- 3.1.2 Bound-Bound Electron Transitions -- 3.1.3 Total Emissivity -- 3.2 The Baryon Content of Galaxy Clusters -- 3.2.1 Temperature and Density Profiles -- 3.2.2 The Entropy Distribution. 3.3 The Cooling Instability -- 3.3.1 Cooling Flows: Comparison to Observations -- 3.3.2 Resolution -- 3.4 The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect -- 4 Dark Matter -- 4.1 Galaxy Dynamics -- 4.2 Hydrostatic Equilibrium -- 4.3 Gravitational Lensing -- 4.4 Implications for Cosmology -- 5 The Formation of Clusters -- 6 Summary and the Future -- 6.1 Summary -- References -- 7 Active Galactic Nuclei -- 1 A Little History -- 2 Fundamental Properties of AGN -- 2.1 Overall Continuum Shape -- 2.2 Emission and Absorption Lines in the Optical - UV -- 2.3 Radio Emission and the Radio-Loud/Radio-Quiet Divide -- 2.3.1 Radio-Loud Versus Radio-Quiet: A True Bimodality? -- 2.3.2 Radio Morphology -- 2.4 Infrared Emission -- 2.5 X-Ray and Higher-Energy Emission -- 2.6 Variability -- 3 The Overall Structure: Unified Models -- 3.1 The Basic Scheme -- 3.2 Evidence for Type 1/Type 2 Unification -- 3.3 Blazars, Jets, and Unified Schemes for Radio-Loud AGN -- 4 Nuclear Black Holes and Accretion -- 4.1 Bondi Accretion -- 4.2 Disk Accretion -- 4.3 Disk Coronae and the 6.4keV Iron Line -- 5 Emission Line Regions -- 5.1 Reverberation Mapping -- 5.2 Physical Conditions in the BLR -- 5.3 Physical Conditions in the Narrow-Line Region -- 5.4 Photoionization -- 6 Nuclear Obscuration: Tori, Broad, and Narrow Absorption Lines -- 6.1 The Torus -- 6.2 Line Absorption -- 7 Jets and Lobes in Radio Loud AGN -- 7.1 Acceleration of Jets -- 7.2 Propagation and Dynamics of Jets at Larger Scales -- 7.3 Emission Mechanisms in Jets -- 8 Final Remarks -- References -- 8 The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 The Two-Point Correlation Function -- 3 Angular Clustering -- 4 Real and Redshift Space Clustering -- 5 Galaxy Bias -- 6 The Dependence of Clustering on Galaxy Properties -- 6.1 Luminosity Dependence -- 6.2 Color and Spectral-Type Dependence. 6.3 Redshift Space Distortions. |
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Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 1: Telescopes and Instrumentation / / edited by Ian S. McLean
| Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 1: Telescopes and Instrumentation / / edited by Ian S. McLean |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (111 illus. in color. eReference.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Springer reference |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Space sciences Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
| ISBN | 94-007-5621-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438120203321 |
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