Astronomy in Focus XXX
As Presented at the IAU XXX General Assembly, 2018

Presents the most relevant contributions from the 15 Focus Meetings included during the XXX IAU General Assembly in Vienna, 2018.

Maria Teresa Lago (Edited by)

9781108488730, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 April 2020

400 pages
25.5 x 17.8 x 2.7 cm, 1.16 kg

Astronomy in Focus presents the most relevant contributions from the Focus Meetings included during the XXX IAU General Assembly held in Vienna, Austria, from 20–31 August 2018. Focus meetings are proposed by groups of scientists with aims to promote cross-disciplinary interactions while maintaining a well-defined focus on a particular topic. They usually address a new scientific area or an emerging field that is not well, or in some cases not at all, represented under the IAU's existing Commission structure. The XXX IAU General Assembly included six scientific symposia, a special symposium focused on the IAU's centenary and fifteen Focus Meetings. The latter comprised twelve scientific Focus Meetings plus two on the mission and activities of the IAU Offices of Astronomy Outreach and Astronomy for Development and the final one promoted by the Working Group on Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics.

FM1. A Century of Asteroid Families
FM3. Radio Galaxies: Resolving the AGN Phenomenon
FM4. Magnetic Fields along the Star-Formation Sequence
FM5. Understanding Historical Observations to Study Transient Phenomena
FM6. Galactic Angular Momentum
FM7. Radial Metallicity Gradients in Star Forming Galaxies
FM9. Solar Irradiance: Physics-Based Advances
FM10. Nano Dust in Space and Astrophysics
FM11. JWST: Launch, Commissioning, and Cycle 1 Science
FM12. Calibration and Standardization Issues in UV-VIS-IR Astronomy
FM13. Global Coordination of International Astrophysics and Heliophysics Activities from Space and Ground
FM15. Astronomy for Development.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB], Astronomy, space & time [PG]