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Title

2005 : past meets present in astronomy and astrophysics : proceedings of the 15th Portuguese National Meeting, University of Lisbon & Lisbon Astronomical Observatory 28-30 July 2005 / editors, Jose Afonso [and others].

Author

Portuguese Meeting on Astronomy and Astrophysics (15th : 2005 : Lisbon, Portugal)

Publication

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Afonso, José.
• Universidade de Lisboa.
• Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa.

Description

ix, 110 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

• 2005, past meets present in astronomy and astrophysics
• Past meets present in astronomy and astrophysics
• Proceedings of the 15th Portuguese National Meeting

Subject

• Astronomy > Congresses
• Astrophysics > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Evolution of the spin of mercury and its capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance / A. C. M. Correia and J. Laskar -- Trans-Neptunian objects and associated families : confronting colors, correlations and evolution models / N. Peixinho -- The origin of the spins of Kuiper Belt objects / P. Lacerda, C. Dominik, J. Luu and S. Kenyon -- Magnetic turbulence in the solar wind and the earth's plasma sheet / I. Dorotovic and Z. Voros -- The structure revealed by Spitzer in NGC 2264 / P. S. Teixeira, C. J. Lada, M. Marengo, A. Muench, S. T. Megeath, G. Fazio, E. T. Young, J. Muzerolle, N. Siegler, R. Reike and L. Hartmann -- Recent results on interstellar turbulence / M. A. de Avillez and D. Breitschwerdt -- Asteroseismology and variability of young stars / F. J. G. Pinheiro -- On the problem of magnetic braking / J. M. Ferreira, A. Aibeo and J. Lima -- A first step for automatic stellar parameter determination / S. G. Sousa -- Giant transiting planets observations - GITPO / C. Afonso -- Probing the structure and atmospheres of extra-solar planets / N. C. Santos -- What's going on in Canis major? / A. Moitinho, G. Cagarro, R. A. Vazquez, G. Baume and E. E. Giorgi -- Study of three galaxy clusters at intermediate redshifts / C. Lobo and M. S. Roos -- Modelling the warm absorber in NGC 3783 with the TITAN code / A. C. Goncalves, A. Rozanska, S. Collin, A. M. Dumont, M. Mouchet, L. Chevallier and R. W. Goosmann -- Astrophysical tests of fundamental physics / C. J. A. P. Martins -- Gamma ray bursts as cosmological probes / O. Bertolami and P. T. Silva -- Braneworld cosmology : sneutrino inflation and leptogenesis / N. M. C. Santos, M. C. Bento and R. G. Felipe -- XCS - current status / P. T. P. Viana -- Deep ratio observations in the CDFS/GOODS field : optical and X-ray identifications / J. Afonso -- The nature of the optical faint sub-millijansky radio sources : the VLT/VIMOS view / D. Sobral and J. Afonso -- AMS - a magnetic spectrometer on the international space stations / L. Arruda, F. Barao, G. Barreirar, J. Borges, F. Carmo, P. Goncalves, R. Pereira and M. Pimenta -- The legacy of scarobosco : Tractatus de Sphaera / B. Almeida -- Astronomical and geophysical activities in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) during 1781-88 by Bento Sanches Dorta / J. M. Vaquero, R. M. Trigo and M. C. Gallego -- Comparison between Monteiro da Rocha and Wilhelm Olbers' methods for the determination of the orbits of comets / F. B. Figueiredo and Joao Fernandes -- The 1870 portuguese solar eclipse expedition - a preliminary report / V. H. Bonifacio, I. Malaquias and J. M. Fernandez -- The science palaces / J. D. C. G. Jorge -- The astronomer/instrument maker Campos Rodrigues and the contribution of the observatory of Lisbon for the 1900-1901 solar parallax programme / P. Raposo -- The astronomical observatory of Lisbon / P. M. de Abreu -- Time service and legal time in Portugal / M. Silva and R. Agostinho -- Documents of the OAL's architecture / R. G. Batista and R. Agostinho.

ISBN

• 9789812568878 ($59.00)
• 9812568875

OCLC

• ocm76910398
• SCSB-5303792

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries