Astrophysics in the Extreme Ultraviolet: Proceedings of Colloquium No. 152 of the International Astronomical Union, held in Berkeley, California, March 27-30, 1995 / Edition 1

by Stuart Bowyer, Roger F. Malina

Overview

From the beginning of Space Astronomy, the Extreme Ultraviolet band of the spectrum (roughly defined as the decade in energy from 90-900 Å) was deemed to be the ‘unobservable ultraviolet'. Pioneering results from an EUV telescope on the Apollo-Soyuz Mission in 1975 forcibly demonstrated that this view was incorrect; but it required the all-sky surveys of the English Wide-Field Camera and the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer to demonstrate the broad potential of this field. Over 700 EUV sources have now been detected.
Over 150 researchers from 16 countries gathered to share results in this new field at the International Astronomical Union Colloquium No. 152. Papers were presented on a wide variety of topics including cool star coronae, white dwarf atmospheres and evolution, neutron stars, the Io torus, cataclysmic variable stars, active galactic nuclei, the interstellar medium, winds and atmospheres of early type stars, and EUV plasma diagnostics.
Selected manuscripts from this meeting are provided in these Conference Proceedings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792339083
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/31/1996
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	620
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

I. Summaries of Recent Missions.- II. Extragalactic Sources in the EUV.- III. Coronae of Cool Stars.- IV. White Dwarf Structure/Evolution.- V. The Interstellar Medium and Diffuse Background.- VI. Cataclysmic Variable Stars.- VII. Photospheres and Winds of Early-Type Stars.- VIII. Novae X-ray Binaries.- IX. Neutron Stars.- X. Solar System Observations.- XI. Searching for New EUV Sources and Transients.- XII. The Solar/Stellar Connection in the EUV.- XIII. Plasma Diagnostics.- XIV. Future Opportunities in EUV Astronomy.

Editorial Reviews

Researchers share their findings and thoughts relating to the 700 or so sources of radiation that have been detected in the 90-900 angstrom range, which was called unobservable until observations from space in 1975. Summaries of recent missions, extragalactic sources, coronae of cool stars, the structure and evolution of white dwarfs, the interstellar medium and diffuse background, photospheres and winds of early-type stars, solar system observations, searching for new sources and transients, and plasma diagnostics are among the topics of the 98 selected papers. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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