International Astronomical Union. Symposium Books
Galileo s Medicean Moons
By International Astronomical Union. Symposium
"IAU Symposium 269 celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's discovery of the Medicean Moons, Jupiter's four largest satellites, exploring the impact his findings have had on science an...
Read MoreThe astrophysics of planetary systems
By International Astronomical Union. Symposium
This volume provides a detailed snapshot of the state-of-the-art of the field fifteen years after the first extrasolar planet discovery announcement. The major review articles and contributed paper...
Read MoreActive OB stars
By International Astronomical Union. Symposium
IAU Symposium 272 presents an overview of the latest research into active OB stars. These massive, volatile objects serve as test beds for extreme conditions, and research into them has entered a n...
Read MorePhysics of sun and star spots
By International Astronomical Union. Symposium
Celebrating the centenary of George Ellery Hale's discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots, IAU Symposium 273 reviews the recent advances made in the fields of solar and stellar magnetism. Sunspots...
Read MoreRelativity in fundamental astronomy
By International Astronomical Union. Symposium
"General relativity provides our best description of gravitation in modern physics - currently all observations and tests of gravitational theories have agreed with it. GR is applied in fields as d...
Read MoreStellar populations
By International Astronomical Union. Symposium
IAU Symposium 262 presents reviews on the current understanding of the theories of stellar evolution, galaxy formation and galaxy evolution. It emphasises what we have learned in the past few years...
Read MoreTracing the ancestry of galaxies
By International Astronomical Union. Symposium
We are living in the golden era of multiwavelength astronomical observations, probing deep areas of the sky. Sophisticated instruments allow us to compare galaxies at high redshifts, when the Unive...
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