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