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9789810215149

Frontiers of Astronomy in 1990s

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  • ISBN13:

    9789810215149

  • ISBN10:

    9810215142

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1993-09-01
  • Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
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Table of Contents

Preface
Local Organizing Committee
Opening Address
Astronomy in Japanp. 2
The 8.5-Meter Spectroscopic Survey Telescopep. 7
A Brief Introduction of Astronomical Research in Taiwanp. 12
ROSAT - A New View of the X-Ray Skyp. 16
The Scientific Programme of ESA: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Solar System Explorationp. 27
TeV Gamma Ray Sourcesp. 38
The Large-Scale Distribution of Galaxiesp. 52
Gravitational Lensesp. 65
The Peculiar Velocity Field in the Local Universep. 71
Intensity Correlation of Ionizing Background at High Redshiftsp. 78
Selection Effects in Multicolor Survey for High-Redshift Quasarsp. 84
Probability of Lensing Magnification by Cosmologically-Distributed Point Massesp. 88
Gravitational Lensing of Gamma-Ray Burstsp. 94
Statistical Lensing: Giant Luminous Arcs in Clusters of Galaxiesp. 98
UV Heating of Cool Dust in Spiral Galaxiesp. 104
Supernovae from Core Collapse of Massive Starsp. 110
The Evolution of Novae Spectrap. 127
The Edge of the Galactic Discp. 138
Radio Luminosity of Type I Pulsarsp. 144
A Model-Independent Measurement of Our Virgo-Infall Velocityp. 149
An Efficient Method for the Calculation of Mean Extinctionp. 155
Following Survey of Blue Objects Ton and PHLp. 161
Solar Differential Rotationp. 164
Dynamics of the Lower Atmosphere of Solar Flaresp. 176
The Zodiacal Cloudp. 180
Boundary Element Method for Solving 3-D Solar Magnetic Fieldsp. 192
10cm Full Disk Magnetic Field Telescopep. 198
Sundman's Inequality, Saari's Inequality and Hill-Type Stabilityp. 206
List of Participantsp. 213
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