Reviews in Modern Astronomy 9
Cosmic Magnetic Fields
Contents:
- Karl Schwarzschild Lecture:
Scaling Laws in Multiple Light Scattering under very Small Angles
By Henk van de Hulst - Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture:
Gamma Rays from Compact Objects
By Karl Mannheim - Highlight Results from the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
By Volker Schönfelder - HIPPARCOS, a new Start for many Astronomical and Astrophysical Topics
By Catherine Turon - GAIA, the Successor of HIPPARCOS in the 21st Century
By Ulrich Bastian and Elena Schilbach - The Operations Model for the Very Large Telescope
By Dietrich Baade - The Heinrich Hertz Telescope - A New Instrument for Submillimeter-wavelength Astronomy
By Jacob W.M. Baars and R.N. Martin - The Extragalactic Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant: Controversies and Misconceptions
By Lucienne Gouguenheim, L. Bottinelli, G. Theureau, G. Paturel, and P. Teerikorpi - Why is there still Controversy on the Hubble Constant?
By Gustav A. Tammann - Dust in Interplanetary Space: a Component of Small Bodies in the Solar System
By Ingrid Mann - Production of Energetic Particles at the Heliospheric Shock - Implications for the Global Structure of the Heliosphere
By Horst Fichtner - Calibrating Late Stellar Evolution by means of zeta Aur Systems - Blue Loop Luminosity as a Critical Test for Core-Overshooting
By Klaus-Peter Schröder and Peter P. Eggleton - Jets in High-Luminosity Compact Radio Sources
By J. Anton Zensus, Thomas P. Krichbaum, and Andrew P. Lobanov - Positions, Motions, and Evolution of the Oldest Stellar Populations
By Gerard Gilmore - Modelling the Evolution of Galaxies
By Markus Samland and Gerhard Hensler - Fields of Activity for Astronomers and Astrophysicists in Industry - Survey and Experience in Chemical Industry
By Josef Kallrath