Our purpose in writing this book is to show how physics has been applied to developing our current understanding of the phase structure, physical condi- tions, chemical makeup and, evolution of the (thermal) interstellar medium. We hope it provides an up-to-date overview which postgraduates, advanced undergraduates, and professionals in astrophysics can use as a "reference of first resort" before going on to read the more specialist monographs or research literature. We have covered the exciting observational results, but without consideration of the experimental techniques or instruments...
Our purpose in writing this book is to show how physics has been applied to developing our current understanding of the phase structure, physical cond...
In the first part, the book gives an up-to-date summary of the observational data. In the second part, it deals with the kinetic description of cosmic ray plasma. The underlying diffusion-convection transport equation, which governs the coupling between cosmic rays and the background plasma, is derived and analyzed in detail. In the third part, several applications of the solutions of the transport equation are presented and how key observations in cosmic ray physics can be accounted for is demonstrated.
In the first part, the book gives an up-to-date summary of the observational data. In the second part, it deals with the kinetic description of cos...
Celestial fundamental catalogues are a prerequisite for the determination of absolute positions and motions in space. Presently, positional astrometry is at the watershed between classical fundamental catalogues, based on moving reference stars, and modern catalogues, based on extragalactic reference objects with non-measurable motion. This book addresses the concepts and methods of the respective construction techniques leading to the stellar frame of the FK5 (fifth fundamental catalogue) and to the newly adopted extragalactic radio reference frame, ICRF (international celestial reference...
Celestial fundamental catalogues are a prerequisite for the determination of absolute positions and motions in space. Presently, positional astrometry...
ETAPS2002wasthe?fthinstanceoftheEuropeanJointConferencesonTheory and Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference that was established in 1998 by combining a number of existing and new conferences. This year it comprised 5 conferences (FOSSACS, FASE, ESOP, CC, TACAS), 13 satellite workshops (ACL2, AGT, CMCS, COCV, DCC, INT, LDTA, SC, SFEDL, SLAP, SPIN, TPTS, and VISS), 8 invited lectures (not including those speci?c to the satellite events), and several tutorials. The events that comprise ETAPS address various aspects of the system - velopmentprocess, includingspeci?cation,...
ETAPS2002wasthe?fthinstanceoftheEuropeanJointConferencesonTheory and Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference that was establishe...
Die Deklaration von Helsinki des Weltarztebundes gilt als wichtigstes Dokument arztlicher Standesauffassung zur medizinischen Forschung am Menschen. Ihr Einfluss auf die arztliche Ethik und auf nationale Regelungen zur biomedizinischen Forschung ist unbestritten. Seit einiger Zeit wird innerhalb des Weltarztebundes uber eine Anderung der Deklaration von Helsinki beraten, die zu einer grundlegenden Umgestaltung der Deklaration und zur Aufhebung wichtiger Prinzipien fuhren konnte. Dies war Anlass eines internationalen Symposions in Gottingen vom 7. bis zum 11. April. Der vorliegende Band...
Die Deklaration von Helsinki des Weltarztebundes gilt als wichtigstes Dokument arztlicher Standesauffassung zur medizinischen Forschung am Menschen. I...
