Astronomical Soc./Pacific
At the edge of the universe; latest results from the deepest astronomical surveys; proceedings.
These proceedings from the October 2006 meeting contain 98 contributions commenting on a range of research topics, from the first billion years of galaxy formation to massive galaxies at high redshift. Aimed at both students and researchers, the collection includes such topics as large-scale radiative transfer simulations of reionizations, the evolution of galaxies from optical and near-infrared surveys, young galaxies in the early universe, results from the deepest extra-galactic surveys at the edge of the x-ray universe, charting the obscured AGN population in the deepest XMM-Newton surveys, the power of stacking x-ray spectroscopy in deep chandra fields, deep radio surveys, proto-clusters and high-z radio galaxies, information from mid-infrared wavelengths, the lifecycle of massive red galaxies, the star formation history of the universe and observing the edge of the universe with gamma-rays. Contributors also offer reports from many observation stations. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Cool stars, stellar systems, and the sun; proceedings. (CD-ROM included)
Based upon materials presented at the November 2006 workshop, these papers reflect scholars' continuing interest in stellar activity indicators, the solar-stellar connection, stellar evolution, brown dwarfs and related seismology as well as new observations in mid-IR and high-angular resolution. General topics include helioseismology and abundances, star formation from cores to disks, characteristics of brown dwarfs, solar and stellar magnetic fields, stellar evolutionary models, extrasolar planets, and stellar winds and spins. This also includes a tribute to the work of astrophysicist John Bahcall, descriptions of splinter sessions and topics and, on the accompanying CD, conference posters. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Cosmic frontiers; proceedings.
These proceedings of the July and August 2006 conference include reports of recent observational breakthroughs from surveys and what they imply for theories of galaxy formation and cosmology. Topics include the cosmic microwave background, including the halo mass function in the dark ages, cosmic microwave background challenges to the standard model, and the role of the local void; those on cosmic dawn include redshift quasars and the Subaru telescope; those on large scale structure consider redshift-space distortions and dark energy; a number of papers describe galaxy formation and evolution, including those on age-dating the red sequence in low-redshift clusters; those on AGN evolution include the connection between black hole mass and dark matter halo mass; those on feedback and environment include constraining feedback in galaxy formation and mass and the morphology-density relation; and those on galaxy evolution and the environment include a survey. Includes summaries of posters. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Infrared diagnostics of galaxy evolution; proceedings.
With a focus on how mid-infrared spectroscopy can explain the contribution of star formation and active galactic nuclei to the bolometric luminosity of individual extragalactic sources, these proceedings of the November 2005 conference provide an overview of the roles of both infrared imaging and spectroscopy in studying astrophysical environments. General topics of the 14 review talks, 45 contributed talks and 112 posters include the physics of dust and molecular gas, galaxies in the local universe, galaxies in the field and in clusters at moderate redshifts, far-infrared diagnostics, starburst galaxies, continuum and broadband diagnostics, galaxies at high redshift, active galactic nuclei, the starburst/AGN connection and ULIRG dynamics, feedback and the environment and future prospects in research. The editors provide an author index and each article includes comprehensive references. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The national virtual observatory; tools and techniques for astronomical research; proceedings. (CD-ROM included)
This book/CD-ROM proceedings package collects work from three National Virtual Observatory (NVO) Summer Schools, which were sponsored by the National Science Foundation and NASA. An introduction describes the motivation for the creation of the VO, overviews its components, and previews the software that accompanies the book. The remainder of the book is divided into sections on VO tools, science with the VO, technologies and protocols, accessing and publishing data in the VO, and foundation technologies. A glossary is included. The CD-ROM contains libraries and tools developed for the NVO Summer Schools. According to the editors, the book's "potential users range from software developers who know their star sign at one extreme to astronomy professors who have trouble using e-mail at the other. As much of the material in the book is computing-oriented, the ideal reader probably sits somewhere in the middle ground, either a developer with an interest in astronomy or an astronomer who has some coding experience." (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Subsurface amd atmospheric influences on solar activity; proceedings.
Drawn from those presented at the April 2007 workshop, this collection of papers focuses on solar active regions and their origin and evolution on the sun as indicated by helioseismology, magnetometry and modeling. Nine posters join the one keynote, 12 invited and 27 contributed talks represented here, and the collection covers flows around active regions on the surface and below (including surface flows from magnetograms and large eddy simulation of solar photosphere convection with realistic physics), flux emergence and cancellation (including hinode observations of flux emergence in quiet an active regions), space weather and active regions from back to front (including challenges created by active regions in global models), the morphology of active regions and filaments (include the life and death of solar active regions), and magnetic flux and magneto-acoustic waves (including a report on the interaction between magneto-acoustic waves and magnetic fields). (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
