Research Catalog

Title

Frontiers of astronomy in 1990s : Beijing, P.R. China, 30 October- 6 November 1992 / editor, Li Qibin.

Publication

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors

• Li, Qibin.
• Zhongguo tian wen xue hui.
• Zhongguo ke xue yuan.

Description

xiii, 217 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

Astronomy > Congresses

Note

• Workshop sponsored by the United Laboratory for Optical, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on the occasion of the founding of the Chinese Astronomical Society--P. v.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Astronomy in Japan / Y. Kozai -- The 8.5-Meter Spectroscopic Survey Telescope / F. Bash -- A Brief Introduction of Astronomical Research in Taiwan / C.-H. Tsai -- ROSAT - A New View of the X-Ray Sky / J. Trumper -- The Scientific Programme of ESA: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Solar System Exploration / W. Wamsteker -- TeV Gamma Ray Sources / T. C. Weekes -- The Large-Scale Distribution of Galaxies / G. Borner -- Gravitational Lenses / J.-P. Swings -- The Peculiar Velocity Field in the Local Universe / M. Han -- Intensity Correlation of Ionizing Background at High Redshifts / Lin Zuo -- Selection Effects in Multicolor Survey for High-Redshift Quasars / X.-H. Fan -- Probability of Lensing Magnification by Cosmologically-Distributed Point Masses / Y. C. Pei -- Gravitational Lensing of Gamma-Ray Bursts / S. Mao -- Statistical Lensing: Giant Luminous Arcs in Clusters of Galaxies / X. Wu -- UV Heating of Cool Dust in Spiral Galaxies / Xu Cong.
• Supernovae from Core Collapse of Massive Stars / W. Hillebrandt -- The Evolution of Novae Spectra / R. E. Williams -- The Edge of the Galactic Disc / M. Creze -- Radio Luminosity of Type I Pulsars / Y.-H. Zhao and Lu Tan -- A Model-Independent Measurement of Our Virgo-Infall Velocity / N. Y. Lu -- An Efficient Method for the Calculation of Mean Extinction / Z.-F. Xing -- Following Survey of Blue Objects Ton and PHL / E. Chavira -- Solar Differential Rotation / H.- Y. Chiu -- Dynamics of the Lower Atmosphere of Solar Flares / M. D. Ding -- The Zodiacal Cloud / Y. L. Xu, S. F. Dermott, D. D. Durda, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman and J. C. Liou -- Boundary Element Method for Solving 3-D Solar Magnetic Fields / Yu Qing, Y. H. Yan and Kang Feng -- 10cm Full Disk Magnetic Field Telescope / Y. Y. Deng, G. X. Ai and J. S. Wang -- Sundman's Inequality, Saari's Inequality and Hill-Type Stability / Y. C. Ge and X. Leng.

ISBN

9810215142

OCLC

ocm29590348

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