Comets to Cosmology: Proceedings of the Third IRAS Conference, Held at Queen Mary College, University of London, July 6-10, 1987 [Lecture Notes in Physics 297]

Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/none as issued. About fine, first edition, first printing. Brown, mustard and white cloth boards. Binding is sturdy, square and tight. Previous owner's name stamped neatly on top edge, otherwise as new. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with formulas, b/w photos, graphs, and drawings. x, 415 [2] pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall. These proceedings are concerned with discoveries from the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite IRAS including follow-up projects in theoretical and observational astronomy. In particular, they stress the solar system results from IRAS. A huge range of astronomical topics is addressed including asteroids, comets, dust in the solar neighbourhood, young stars, old stars, the interstellar medium, and the Galactic cosmic background at various wavelengths.. ---Publisher's web siteThe impact of IRAS on asteroidal science, S. F. Dermott, P. D. Nicholson, Y. Kim, B. Wolven, E. F. Tedesco; Iras observations of asteroids, E. F. Tedesco, D. L. Matson, G. J. Veeder, L. A. Lebofsky; Models for infrared emission from zodiacal dust, Michael G. Hauser; Separating the solar system and galactic contributions to the diffuse infrared background, William Reach, Carl Heiles; Zodiacal dust properties as deduced by inversion of iras observations, A.-Ch. Levasseur-Regourd, R. Dumont; The infrared spectrum of Comet P/Halley, Thérèse Encrenaz; Halley’s Comet, I. P. Williams; The albedo of large refractory particles from p/Tempel 2, Mark V. Sykes; Infrared studies of solar system bodies, Dale P. Cruikshank; The large scale distribution of infrared radiation in our Galaxy, Harm J. Habing; Large scale structure of dust and gas in the Galaxy, E. R. Deul; Model for the galactic infrared emission, P. Cox, P. G. Mezger; The nature of the Galactic bulge, Robin Harmon, Gerard Gilmore; A procedure for distinguishing thermal and synchrotron components of the radio continuum emission of the Galactic disc, A. Broadbent, J. L. Osborne, C. G. T. Haslam; Infrared cirrus, Jean-Loup Puget; Infrared emission from the solar neighborhoodF. Boulanger, M. Pérault; A post-iras interstellar dust model, Francois-Xavier Desert, Francois Boulanger, Michel Pérault; The excitation of the infrared emission from visual reflection nebulae, K. Sellgren, M. W. Castelaz, M. W. Werner, L. Luan; Extended infrared emission near stars, F. O. Clark, R. J. Laureijs, C. Y. Zhang, G. Chlewicki, P. R. Wesselius, Beyond the asymptotic giant branch, Sun Kwok, Kevin Volk; The study of star formation with IRAS, Charles A. Beichman; The luminosity functions of taurus and chamaeleon, J. D. Hughes, J. P. Emerson; Infrared spectra of young stellar objects, Fred C. Adams, Frank H. Shu; High luminosity galaxies in the IRAS survey, D. B. Sanders, B. T. Soifer, G. Neugebauer; Starbursts: Nature and environment, Colin. A. Norman; Star formation in normal galaxies, Bruce G. Elmegreen; The association between stellar bars and enhanced activity in the central kiloparsec of spiral galaxies, N. A. Devereux; Global properties of star formation in spiral galaxies, T. N. Rengarajan, K. V. K. Iyengar; Radio and optical studies of a complete sample of IRAS galaxies, R. D. Wolstencroft, S. W. Unger, A. Pedlar, J. N. Heasley, Q. A. Parker, J. W. Menzies et al.; Optical and far infrared properties of a 60µm flux limited sample of IRAS galaxies, J. Vader Patricia, M. Simon; IRAS observations of normal galaxies: The UGC redshift sample, C. J. Lonsdale, W. L. Rice, G. D. Bothun; Separation of nuclear and disk components in IRAS observations of spiral galaxies, Roger Ball, K. Y. Lo; A post IRAS view of active galaxies, A. Lawrence; Far infrared emission of type 2 seyferts, Walter F. Kailey, Marcia J. Lebofsky; Starbursts in interacting galaxies, R D Joseph; The role of bars in starburst galaxies, T G Hawarden, C M Mountain, P J Puxley, S K Leggett; Are starbursts the result of the fine tuning of dynamical timescales? P. N. Appleton, Curtis Struck-Marcell; IRAS observations of an optical sample of interacting galaxies, Susan A. Lamb, Howard A. Bushouse, Michael W. Werner, Bruce F. Smith; Cosmological background radiation in the infrared, B. J. Carr; Rocket observation of the diffuse infrared radiation, T. Matsumoto; Spectrum of the cosmic microwave background, P. L. Richards; From star formation to galaxy formation, Joseph Silk; Galaxies as tracers of the mass distribution, G. Efstathiou; Young galaxies, G. Burbidge, A. Hewitt; Infrared and optical observations of distant radio galaxies, J. S. Dunlop, M. S. Longair; A very deep IRAS survey at the North Ecliptic Pole, J. R. Houck, P. B. Hacking, J. J. Condon; Cosmological evolution of starburst galaxies and IRAS counts at 60 µm, A. Franceschini, L. Danese, G. De Zotti, C. Xu; The IRAS dipole, Michael Rowan-Robinson; A redshift survey of IRAS galaxies, Michael A. Strauss, Marc Davis; The impact of infrared astronomy on the distance scale, L. Gouguenheim.