Astronomy

Kuhn T S 1957 The Copernican Revoiution Pianetary Astronomy in the Deveiopment of Western Thought (Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press)... 

Chandrasekhar S 1943 Stochastic problems in physics and astronomy Rev. Mod. Rhys. 15 1... 

Winnewisser G 1994 Submillimeter and infrared astronomy reoent soientifio and teohnioal developments Infra. Rhys. Tech. 35 551-67... 

Barrett A H 1983 The beginnings of moleoular radio astronomy Serendipitous Discoveries in Radio Astronomy ed K Kellerman and B Sheets (Green Bank, WV NRAO)... 

Phillips T G and Keene J 1992 Submillimeter astronomy Proc. IEEE 80 1662-78... 

Yoshida, H. Recent Progress in the Theory and Application of Symplectic Integrators. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 56 (1993) 27-43 Trobec, R., Merzel, F., Janezic, D. On the Complexity of Parallel Symplectic Molecular Dynamics Algorithms. J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 37 (1997) 1055-1062... 

Radio antennas Radio astronomy Radioautogiaphy Radiochemical analysis Radiochemical technology Radiofibrosis Radio frequency... 

Classical astronomy is largely concerned with the classification of stars without regard to the details of their constituent plasmas (63). Only more recently have sateUite-bome observations begun to yield detailed data from the high temperature regions of other stellar plasmas. Cosmic plasmas of diverse size scales have been discussed (64). 

S. Mitton, ed.. The Cambridge Emyclopedia of Astronomy, Crown PubHshers, Inc., New York, 1977. 

The longest wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectmm are sensitive probes of molecular rotation and hyperfine stmcture. An important appHcation is radio astronomy (23—26), which uses both radio and microwaves for chemical analysis on galactic and extragalactic scales. Herein the terrestrial uses of microwave spectroscopy are emphasized (27—29). 

J. D. Kraus, Radio Astronomy, 2nd ed., Cygnus-Quasar Books, PoweU, Ohio, 1986. 

G. L. Verschuur and K. I. KeUermann, eds.. Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy, 2nd ed., Springer-Vedag, New York, 1988. 

B. E. Burke and E. Graham-Smith, An Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996. 

R. H. Edwards, Eow Density Flows through Tubes andNoyyles, Vol. 51, Pt. 1, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronomy, New York, 1977. 

Peter C. Eklund, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA Philip J. Johnson, Ford Motor Company, Automotive Components Division, Schaefer Court 11, 14555 Rotunda Drive, Dearborn, Michigan 48120, USA Costa Komodromos, Gas Research Centre, British Gas, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 36U, United Kingdom Max L. Lakt, Applied Sciences, Inc. 141 West Xenia Avenue, Cederville, Ohio 45314, USA... 

University of Hawaii, Depariment of Physics and Astronomy, 2505 Correa Road,... 

Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-HeUas, P.O. Box 1527, Herakho, Crete, Greece 71110 Physics Department, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1470, Herakho,Greece 71409 Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055... 

Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330-8268... 

CCT refers to the appearance of the light generated by a very hot (i.e., incandescent) object, the temperature of which is measured in kelvins (K). As a body is heated, it begins to produce a reddish-yellow, and then a yellow-white light. As temperature increases, the apparent color of the light changes to blue-white. In astronomy, for example, older, cooler... 

Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Sheffield Sheffield S3 7RH United Kingdom... 

One may question the relevance of this problem, or, in Kuhn s terminology, whether it belongs to normal science or to revolutionary science . Kuhn has commented on this classification ... to answer the question normal or revolutionary one must first ask, for whom . He gives two examples the advent of Copernican astronomy was a revolution for everyone, but the discovery of molecular oxygen was a revolution only for chemists. 

Sir Bernard Lovell, the founder of Britain s Jodrell Bank Observatory, brings our attention to a present development which, unfortunately, does not favor serendipitous discoveries. What he wrote about astronomy in 1984 is certainly valid for chemistry too I was enthusiastic when. .. computers became a major force in astronomical research. .. But even the greatest blessings tend to be mixed. .. Computers are no exception. .. I fear that literal-minded, narrowly focused computerized research is proving antithetical to the free exercise of that happy faculty known as serendipity. .. . 

Intended to supersede the Physikalisch-chemische Tabellen by H. Landolt and R. Bomstein of which the 6th ed. began publication in 1950 under title Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Physik, Chemie, Astronomie, Geophysik und Technik. 

In astronomy, we are interested in the optical effects of the turbulence. A wave with complex amplitude U(x) = exp[ irefractive index, resulting in a random phase structure by the time it reaches the telescope pupil. If the turbulence is weak enough, the effect of the aberrations can be approximated by summing their phase along a path (the weak phase screen approximation), then the covariance of the complex amplitude at the telescope can be shown to be... 

The performance of an optical imaging system is quantified by a point-spread function (PSF) or a transfer function. In astronomy we image spatially incoherent objects, so it is the intensity point-spread function that is used. The image is given by a convolution of the object 0, r]) with the PSF... 

Roy, A.E. and Clarke, D., Astronomy, volume Principles and Practice, Adam Hilger, Bristol, 2nd ed., 1982... 

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