Introduction -- Flare Stars in a Quiescent State: General Characteristics of Flare Stars -- Photospheres -- Chromospheres and Transition Regions -- Coronae and Stellar Winds -- Heating Mechanisms for Stellar Atmospheres -- Flares: General Description of Stellar Flares -- Temporal Characteristics of Flares -- Flare Energy -- Dynamics and Radiation Mechanisms of Flares -- Models of Stellar Flares…
Invited Lectures -- Observations of Photosphere and Chromosphere -- Solar Flares — Observations and Theory -- Coronal Mass Ejections and Magnetic Helicity -- High Energy Radiation from the Sun -- Physics of Solar Prominences -- Eight Years of Soho: Some Highlights -- Contributed Papers -- 2 1/2-D Compressible Reconnection Model -- Waiting Time Distribution of CMES -- Simultaneous Visible and …
Adaptive Optics Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Reduction Strategies -- The Sun and (Exo-)Planets -- Star Formation and Brown Dwarfs -- Evolved Stars -- Galactic Center and AGN -- Galaxies and Cosmology.The field of Adaptive Optics (AO) for astronomy has matured in recent years, and diffraction-limited image resolution in the near-infrared is now routinely achieved by ground-based 8 to 10…
Photon Scattering -- Lepton Scattering -- Quasi-Elastic Lepton-Quark Scattering -- The Hydrogen Atom -- Many Electron Atoms -- Hadrons -- Covalent and Ionic Bonding -- Intermolecular Forces -- Cold Neutron Scattering -- The Nuclear Force and the Deuteron -- Quantum Gases -- Quantum Liquids -- Metals -- Nuclei — Droplets of a Fermi Liquid -- Stars, Planets, and Asteroids -- Elementary Particle…
The Early Years -- Construction of the Telescope -- Radio Lines from Molecules -- Dispatched to Tucson -- Expanding the Tucson Facilities -- Providing Adequate Electricity -- Lightning and Kitt Peak -- Software -- Millimeter-Wave Electronics -- Quantifying mm-Wave Astronomy -- Scheduling -- Improving the Performance of the 36-ft Telescope -- The 25-m Telescope -- Odds and Ends -- The MMA and AL…
An Introduction to the Physics of the Early Universe -- Cosmological Perturbation Theory -- Cosmic Microwave Backgrond Anisotropies -- Oberservational Cosmology -- Dark Matter and Dark Energy -- String Cosmology -- Brane-World Cosmology -- Gravitational Wave Astronomy: the High Frequency Window -- Computational Black Hole Dynamics.The Physics of the Early Universe is an edited and expanded vers…
Neutrinos, Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology and Gravity -- The Neutrino Mass Matrix — From A4 to Z3 -- Neutrinos — Inner Properties and Role as Astrophysical Messengers -- Lepton Flavor Violation in the SUSY Seesaw Model: An Update -- Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter in the Galaxy -- Supernovae and Dark Energy -- Semiclassical Cosmology with Running Cosmological Constant -- Limits on New Invers…
ElectroWeak Symmetry Breaking as of 2003, on the Way to the Large Hadron Collider -- Current Status of the CKM Matrix and the CP Violation -- Neutrino Masses -- Neutrinos -- Baryo- and Leptogenesis (Outline) -- Scalar Fields in Particle Physics in Cosmology -- Inflation, Quantum Fluctuations and Cosmological Perturbations -- Cosmic Microwave Background Cosmology -- Cosmology with Supernovae 1A …
A Comparative Study of the Outer Planets Before the Exploration of Saturn by Cassini/Huygens: Introduction -- Formation and Evolution of the Giant Planets -- Formation of the Outer Planets -- Formation and Composition of Planetesimals -- Formation of the Cores of the Outer Planets -- Structure and Evolution of Giant Planets -- Formation of Giant Planets — An Attempt in Matching Observational …
Solar Wind, Foreshock, Magnetosheath -- The Near-Earth Solar Wind -- The Foreshock -- The Magnetosheath -- The Bow Shock -- Cluster at the Bow Shock: Introduction -- Quasi-perpendicular Shock Structure and Processes -- Quasi-parallel Shock Structure and Processes -- Cluster at the Bow Shock: Status and Outlook -- Magnetopause and CUSP -- Magnetopause and Boundary Layer -- Cluster at the Magneto…