Astronomy and Astrophysics : Recent Developments - Procs of the 10th Portuguese Meeting.

Astronomy and Astrophysics : Recent Developments - Procs of the 10th Portuguese Meeting.

This book discusses many of the recent theoretical and observational developments that have significant implications for astronomy and astrophysics. The main themes are (i) cosmology, (ii) gravitational wave astronomy and gravitational physics, (iii) stellar astrophysics, and (iv) active galactic nu...

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Main Author: Ugoccioni, R. (Roberto)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2001.
Subjects:
Astronomy > Congresses.
Astrophysics > Congresses.
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface ; Part I: Cosmology ; New Cosmological Data and the 'Best-Fit' FRW Universe ; Measuring the Universe with the Cosmic Microwave Background ; Cosmology with Varying Constants ; Nearby Type IA Supernovae Searches: The Portuguese Experience and Plans for the Future.
  • Initial Conditions for Hybrid Inflation The Density Parameter in Scalar Field Cosmologies ; Distant Galaxy Clusters: New Detections and Follow-Up Observations in the Optical ; PSCZ vs 1.2 Jy Velocity Fields: A Spherical Harmonics Comparison ; Part II: Relativistic Astrophysics.
  • Matter Trapped Gravitational Waves Astrophysical Implications of the R-Mode Instability ; Black Holes with Toroidal, Cylindrical and Planar Horizons in Anti-de Sitter Spacetimes in General Relativity and their Properties; Quasi-Normal Modes in Schwarzschild Anti-de Sitter Spacetimes ; Pair Creation of Particles and Black Holes in External Fields.
  • Defining a Test Particle's Velocity at the Schwarzschild Horizon Part III: Stellar and Gallactic Astrophysics ; Searching the Whole Sky for Variability ; The Solar Nuclear Region as Probed by Acoustic-Gravity Waves ; T Tauri Stars: Near Infrared Spectroscopy.
  • The Circumstellar Environment of Young Stellar Objects: Modelling the Dust Emission Using ISO and Ground-Based Observations Helium-to-Metal Enrichment Ratio: Determinations on the Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram after Hipparcos ; High-Resolution Modelling of the Disk-Halo Interaction.

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