Highlights of Astronomy: Volume 16

An authoritative and comprehensive collection of astronomical review articles that reflect the current activity of the international community.

Thierry Montmerle (Edited by)

9781107078840, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 April 2015

802 pages, 50 b/w illus.
25.5 x 18 x 3.2 cm, 1.4 kg

Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 16, summarizes the proceedings of the IAU XXVIII General Assembly held in Beijing, 20–31 August 2012, which brought together more than 2700 astronomers from 75 member countries. The wide range of topics cover the latest developments in almost every area of modern astronomy, including star formation, galaxies, the accelerating cosmos and dark energy, massive stars, high-energy emission in AGN, space-time reference systems, intergalactic magnetic fields, star-planet relations, the interstellar medium, data intensive astronomy, future large scale facilities, and Chinese astronomy. This volume features the Special Sessions, Joint Discussions and Invited Discussions that provide extended reviews of topics, as well as more focused, shorter chapters that reflect the activity of the world community in each field. Taken together with the eight IAU Symposia Proceedings (IAU S288–296), this volume presents the vast panorama of astronomical research at the time of the IAU triennial General Assembly.

Part I. Invited Discourses: 1. The Herschel view of star formation
2. Past, present and future of Chinese astronomy
3. The zoo of galaxies
4. Supernovae, the accelerating cosmos, and dark energy
Part II. Joint Discussion: 5. Very massive stars in the local universe
6. 3-D views of the cycling Sun in stellar context
7. Ultraviolet emission in early-type galaxies
8. From meteors and meteorites to their parent bodies: current status and future developments
9. The connection between radio properties and high-energy emission in AGNs
10. Space-time reference systems for future research
Part III. Special Sessions: 11. Origin and complexity of massive star clusters
12. Cosmic evolution of groups and clusters of galaxies
13. Galaxy evolution through secular processes
14. New era for studying interstellar and intergalactic magnetic fields
15. The IR view of massive stars: the main sequence and beyond
16. Science with large solar telescopes
17. The impact hazard: current activities and future plans
18. Calibration of star-formation rate measurements across the electromagnetic spectrum
19. Future large scale facilities
20. Dynamics of the star-planet relations strategic plan and the Global Office of Astronomy for Development
21. Strategic plan and the Global Office of Astronomy for Development
22. Modern views of the interstellar medium
23. High-precision tests of stellar physics from high-precision photometry
24. Communicating astronomy with the public for scientists
25. Data intensive astronomy
26. Unexplained spectral phenomena in the interstellar medium
27. Light pollution: protecting astronomical sites and increasing global awareness through education.

Subject Areas: Theoretical & mathematical astronomy [PGC], Astronomy, space & time [PG], Mathematics & science [P]