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Astronomical Time Series

Proceedings of The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium held in Tel-Aviv, Israel, 30 December 1996–1 January 1997

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  • © 1997

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  1. Dan Maoz

    1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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  2. Amiel Sternberg

    1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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  3. Elia M. Leibowitz

    1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 218)

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Table of contents (44 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Invited Papers

    1. Astronomical Time Series Analysis

      • Jeffrey D. Scargle
      Pages 1-12

    2. Time Series Analysis from a Statistical Viewpoint

      • Eric D. Feigelson
      Pages 13-24

    3. Observations of Millisecond Pulsars on Time Scales from 10 Nanoseconds to 10 Years

      • V. M. Kaspi
      Pages 25-36

    4. Microlensing: Current Results and Future Prospects

      • Andrew Gould
      Pages 37-47

    5. Image Subtraction in Time Series Analysis: Application to Microlensing and Light Echoes

      • A. P. S. Crotts
      Pages 49-60

    6. Desperately Seeking Non-Gaussianity

      • W. H. Press, G. B. Rybicki
      Pages 61-72

    7. The Q0957+561 Time Delay, Quasar Structure, and Microlensing

      • R. E. Schild, D. J. Thomson
      Pages 73-84

    8. Reverberation Mapping and the Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei

      • Hagai Netzer, Bradley M. Peterson
      Pages 85-108

    9. Echo Mapping of X-Ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei

      • Keith Horne
      Pages 109-120

    10. Kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries

      • M. Van Der Klis
      Pages 121-132

    11. Radial Velocity Detections of Extra-Solar Planets

      • T. Mazeh
      Pages 133-144

    12. Time and Quantum Measurement

      • R. Edward Nather
      Pages 145-155

    13. Concluding Remarks

      • Eric D. Feigelson
      Pages 157-161
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ELlA M. LEIBOWITZ Director, Wise Observatory Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee The international symposium on "Astronomical Time Series" was held at the Tel Aviv University campus in Tel Aviv, from December 30 1996 to January 11997. It was organized in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Florence and George Wise Observatory (WO) operated by Tel Aviv University. The site of the 1 meter telescope of the observatory is near the town of Mitzpe-Ramon, some 220 km south of Tel Aviv, at the center of the Israeli Negev highland. There were two major reasons for the choice of Time Series as the sub­ ject matter for our symposium. One is mainly concerned with the subject matter itself, and one is related particularly to the Wise Observatory. There is hardly any doubt that astronomical time series are among the most ancient concepts in human civilization and culture. One can even say that astronomical time series preceeded astronomy itself, as the impression of the day /night cycle on Earth is probably the first and most fundamental effect that impress a. human being, or, in fact, most living creatures on this planet. An echo of this idea. can be heard in the Biblical story of Creation, where the concept of night and day preceeds the creation of the astronomical objects.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Dan Maoz, Amiel Sternberg, Elia M. Leibowitz

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