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Cosmic Matter
This 20th volume in the series contains 16 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2007 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "Cosmic Matter", held in Würzburg, Germany. The papers published here discuss a wide range of hot topics, including cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics gravitational waves, extragalactic and stellar astronomy -- together representing the roadmap for astroparticle physics in Europe.
Sea Change at Annapolis
Since 1845, the United States Naval Academy has prepared professional military leaders at its Annapolis, Maryland, campus. Although it remains steeped in a culture of tradition and discipline, the Academy is not impervious to change. Dispelling the myth that the Academy is a bastion of tradition unmarked by progress, H. Michael Gelfand examines challenges to the Naval Academy's culture from both inside and outside the Academy's walls between 1949 and 2000, an era of dramatic social change in American history. Drawing on more than two hundred oral histories, extensive archival research, and his own participatory observation at the Academy, Gelfand demonstrates that events at Annapolis reflect...
Understanding the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization
The dawn of the first stars, galaxies and black holes signaled a fundamental milestone in our Universe’s evolution: the Epoch of Reionization. The light from these galactic ancestors began spreading out, ionizing virtually every atom in existence. Our Universe transitioned from darkness to light, from cold to hot, from simple and boring to the wondrous cosmic zoo we see around us today. Despite its importance, observations of reionization have been few, and their interpretation has been highly controversial. Fortunately, this is rapidly changing. We will soon enter the "Big Data” era of this mysterious epoch, driven by an upcoming wave of observations with state-of-the-art telescopes as ...
Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution
The possibilities of astronomical observation have dramatically increased over the last decade. Major satellites, like the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra and XMM Newton, are complemented by numerous large ground-based observatories, from 8m-10m optical telescopes to sub-mm and radio facilities. As a result, observational astronomy has access to virtually the whole electromagnetic spectrum of galaxies, even at high redshifts. Theoretical models of galaxy formation and cosmological evolution now face a serious challenge to match the plethora of observational data. In October 2003, over 170 astronomers from 15 countries met for a 4-day workshop to extensively illustrate and discuss all major observational projects and ongoing theoretical efforts to model galaxy formation and evolution. This volume contains the complete proceedings of this meeting and is therefore a unique and timely overview of the current state of research in this rapidly evolving field.
The Unsolved Universe: Challenges for the Future
The reviews and highlights included in this book of proceedings of the plenary sessions, of the Joint European and National Astronomical Meeting (2002), cover some of the major fields and projects which will determine the research in astronomy in the next decades. The highlights have been presented by young astronomers from several European countries, selected from a list of proposals submitted by different institutions across Europe. This book reflects the multi-disciplinarity and interaction that took place in the meeting. By including reviews on space and ground-based observational programmes, the scientific topics are associated with the new observational efforts in instrumentation. These projects, under development, are expected to drive the research in the coming decades. With such a wide and interdisciplinary coverage this book provides a comprehensive review on the present status and expectations for some of the major fields in astrophysics. This work is of great relevance for students and researchers alike, as it provides an introductory approach to a wide range of fields in Astronomy, but also includes some detailed reviews for the major topics in each field.
Astrophysical Ages and Time Scales
Annotation In February of 2001, researchers from around the world gathered in Hilo, Hawaii to discuss astrophysical ages and time scales. The 97 papers presented in this volume are organized into sections on the nature of time, precision timing in astronomy, planetary and debris disk systems, the galaxy and the local group, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and the universe. Abstracts of six additional papers also are included. The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Clusters of Galaxies: Volume 3, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series
Series of review papers covering clusters of galaxies and related phenomena.
Clustering at High Redshift
Annotation Astronomers, astrophysicists, and other scientists and researchers from laboratories, observatories, and universities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East present 60 contributions addressing clustering from low to high redshift; clustering measurements in surveys; IR and sub-mm surveys; theory and models; high-redshift clusters of galaxies; QSO absorption lines; primordial galaxies; clustering around QSOs and radio galaxies; and the physics of the intra-cluster medium. Approximately 40 poster sessions are also presented. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
