CONSTRAINTS OF GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS: THE ATMOSPHERE -- INTERFERENCES -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES -- MODERN OPTICAL DESIGN -- STRUCTURAL MECHANICS -- SEGMENTED MIRROR TELESCOPES -- HECTOMETRIC OPTICAL TELESCOPES ESO'S 100-M OWL TELESCOPE CONCEPT -- OPTICAL FABRICATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OPTICAL TELESCOPES, TERRESTRIAL AND SPACE -- OPTICAL TESTING FOR THE NEXT GENERATI…
Space Plasmas -- Nonequilibrium Phenomena in the Magnetosphere -- Complexity and Intermittent Turbulence in Space Plasmas -- Complexity and Topological Disorder in the Earth's Magnetotail Dynamics -- Simulation Study of SOC Dynamics in Driven Current-Sheet Models -- Two State Transition Model of the Magnetosphere -- Global and Multiscale Phenomena of the Magnetosphere -- Low Frequency Magnetic …
Astronomical concepts -- Observational properties of low-mass dwarfs -- The structure, formation and evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs -- The photosphere -- Stellar activity -- Brown dwarfs -- A Galactic structure primer -- The stellar luminosity function -- The mass function -- M dwarfs in the Galactic Halo -- Extrasolar planets.There has been very considerable progress in research …
Outstanding Problems in Particle Astrophysics -- Constructing the Cosmos, from Sunboats to Superclusters -- Recent Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope: A New View of the Infrared Universe -- Beyond the Standard Model in Particle Physics and Cosmology: Convergence or Divergence? -- B-L Genesis: Generalities and Impact on Neutrino Physics -- Stellar Explosion: From Supernovae to Gamma-Ray Bu…
The Dawn of Galaxies -- Evolution of X-Ray Selected AGN -- Clustering of Submillimetre-Selected Galaxies -- Star-Forming Galaxies in the 'Redshift Desert' -- The Near-Infrared View of Galaxy Evolution -- Galaxy Formation and Evolution since z=1 -- Exploring the Reionization Epoch with HST and JWST -- Chemo-Photometric Models of Ring Galaxies -- The Cosmic Evolution of Quasar Hosts -- Stellar Po…
The Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources -- Regular Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Jets -- The Converter Mechanism of Particle Acceleration and its Applications to the Unidentified EGRET Sources -- An Examination of Candidate AGN Counterparts to Unidentified EGRET Sources -- A Search for TeV Emission from X-Ray Selected AGN with Milagro -- Beaming Effects in GRBs an…
Applications -- Volume II in Overview -- The Rotation of Earth and Moon -- Artificial Earth Satellites -- Evolution of the Planetary System -- Program System -- The Program System Celestial Mechanics -- The Computer-Programs NUMINT and LINEAR -- The Computer-Programs SATORB and LEOKIN -- The Computer-Program ORBDET -- The Computer-Program ERDROT -- The Computer-Program PLASYS -- Elements of Spe…
Physical, Mathematical, and Numerical Principles -- Overview of the Work -- Historical Background -- The Equations of Motion -- The Two- and the Three-Body Problems -- Variational Equations -- Theory of Perturbations -- Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations: Principles and Concepts -- Orbit Determination and Parameter Estimation.G. Beutler's Methods of Celestial Mechanics is a c…
Background and Education -- At the 19th Century's End -- A New Abel -- Introduction: Tempora Mutant Et Nos Cum Illis Mutamur -- Geomagnetic and Solar System Research -- Aurora in a Vacuum Chamber -- The Norwegian Auroral Expeditions -- The Universe in a Vacuum Chamber -- Technology and Applied Physics -- Fast Switches and Electromagnetic Cannons -- In as Little as Four Years -- Birkeland the Ma…
General -- Crystalline Silicates -- Water in Space: The Water World of ISO -- Molecular Hydrogen -- Understanding Galaxy Formation with ISO Deep Surveys -- Solar System -- The Planets and Titan Observed by ISO -- Comets, Asteroids and Zodiacal Light as Seen by Iso -- Stars and Circumstellar Matter -- ISO Observations of Pre-Stellar Cores and Young Stellar Objects -- Pre-Main Sequence Stars Seen…