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Highlights of Astronomy

Part I as Presented at the XVIth General Assembly 1976

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  1. Edith A. Müller
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Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union Highlights (IAUH, volume 4-1)

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  3. Joint Discussions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. X-ray Binaries and Compact Objects

      1. Periods In X-Ray Sources
        • P. J. N. Davison
        Pages 75-86
      2. Recent Transient X-Ray Sources
        • A. P. Willmore
        Pages 87-94
      3. OSO-8 X-Ray Polarimeter and Bragg Crystal Spectrometer Observations
        • R. Novick, H. L. Kestenbaum, K. S. Long, E. H. Silver, M. C. Weisskopf, R. S. Wolff
        Pages 95-97
      4. OSO-8 Observations of Cygnus XR-1
        • J. F. Dolan, B. R. Dennis, C. J. Crannell, K. J. Frost, L. E. Orwig
        Pages 99-100
      5. X-ray Bursts
        • George W. Clark
        Pages 101-110
      6. Globular Cluster X-ray Sources
        • Jonathan E. Grindlay
        Pages 111-122
      7. A Model for Bursting X-ray Sources
        • R. N. Henriksen
        Pages 123-123
      8. Bursting X-ray Sources: A Theoretical Framework for Accretion Models
        • F. K. Lamb, A. C. Fabian, J. E. Pringle, D. Q. Lamb
        Pages 125-125
      9. X-Ray Bursts of Nuclear Origin
        • L. Maraschi, A. Cavaliere
        Pages 127-128
      10. Optical Observations of X-Ray Binaries
        • J. B. Hutchings
        Pages 129-136
      11. Masses of Compact X-Ray Sources
        • Yoram Avni
        Pages 137-143
      12. The Evolutionary History of X-Ray Binaries
        • E. P. J. van den Heuvel, G. J. Savonije
        Pages 144-153
      13. Accretion Flows in Binary X-Ray Systems
        • Richard McCray
        Pages 155-170
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About this book

It has become a tradition in the Union to publish the Invited Discourses and the Proceedings of the Joint Discussions held at a Gene­ ral Assembly in a separate volume entitled HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY. This is the fourth volume of its kind and it contains some of the scientific highlights of the Grenoble General Assembly. In order to reduce its size it was decided to publish its content in two separate parts. The part (I) contains the full texts of the In­ vited Discourses given by Prof. J.-C. Pecker and by Dr. C. Sagan, and an abstract of Dr. P. Morrison's paper, thus complying with his wish to forego publication of the full text of his Discourse. Furthermore it collects the proceedings of three Joint Discussions and one Joint Meeting all of which are related essentially to observations from space, to external galaxies and to cosmology. Part (n) contains the proceedings of the four Joint Discussions and one Joint Meeting related essentially to stars and the structure of our Galaxy. Clearly Volume 4 (parts I and TI) of the Highlights reflects only a part of the scientific activities which took place at the Grenoble General Assembly. Many more important papers and discussions were held during Commission meetings and joint meetings. They may be found in the Commissions' reports published in the Transactions Vol. XVI B, 1977.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Highlights of Astronomy

  • Book Subtitle: Part I as Presented at the XVIth General Assembly 1976

  • Editors: Edith A. Müller

  • Series Title: International Astronomical Union Highlights

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1248-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: International Astronomical Union 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0830-4Published: 30 September 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1248-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2352-3328

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 377

  • Number of Illustrations: 1717 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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