N. Sanchez and A. Zichichi,Current Topics in Astrofundamental Physics: Primordial Cosmology,NATO ASI Series,C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, #511

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J. Franco and A. Carraminana (eds.), Interstellar Turbulence

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A. M. Hubert and C. Jaschek (eds.), B[e] Stars

The B[e] stars are early type stars with hydrogen emission lines, forbidden [FeII] and [OI] emission lines, and with an IR excess due to circumstellar dust. These properties may occur in stars of quite different evolutionary stages. In fact, the group of B[e] stars is very inhomogeneous, and contains pre-main sequence stars, supergiants with disks, compact planetary nebulae, symbiotic stars, and a group of stars with unclear evolutionary phase. The book gives the proceedings of a workshop in Paris in 1997 in which the properties and evolutionary phases of the B[e] stars are discussed. It contains chapters on: (1) the definition of B[e] stars, (2) distances, kinematics and the distribution in our Galaxy, (3) spectroscopy, (4) infrared properties, (5) photometry, polarimetry and variability, (6) models for winds and disks, (7) evolutionary stages, (8) revised classification of B[e] stars. The book ends with an object list of all B[e] stars. The book is very useful for students and researchers of hot star winds and gives nice overviews of the observations and theories and remaining puzzles of these strange objects with winds and outflowing dust-forming disks. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

M. Livio, S. M. Fall and P. Madau (eds.), The Hubble Deep Field, Space Telescope Conference Series 11

The proceedings of a conference dealing with only one piece of observational activity: the deepest optical image obtained by the HST during a 150 orbit observational program. The main result, presented in several papers, is that we are now able to witness the period of galaxy formation. Very readable too is Allan Sandage's historical review, being the introductory paper to the meeting. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

H. J. Habing and H. J. G. L. M. Lamers (eds.), Planetary Nebulae,IAU Symposium 180

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M. Ostrowski,M. Sikora,G. Madejski and M. Begelman (eds.), Relativistic Jets in AGN's; M. Ostrowski and R. Schlickeiser (eds.), Plasma Turbulence and Energetic Particles in Astrophysics

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J. A. Docobo,A. Elipe,and H. A. McAlister (eds.), Visual Double Stars: Formation,Dynamics and Evolutionary Trucks

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Henny J.G.L.M. Lamers and Jopseph P. Cassinelli (eds.), Introduction to Stellar Winds

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C. M. Carollo,H. C. Ferguson and R. F. G. Wyse (eds.), The Formation of Galactic Bulges

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F. P. Pijpers,J. Christensen-Dalsgaard,and C. S. Rosenthal (eds.), SCORe '96: Solar Convection and Oscillations and their Relationship

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D. Maoz,A. Sternberg,and E. M. Leibowitz (eds.), Astronomical Time Series,Proceedings of The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium

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K. Koyama, S. Kitamoto and M. Itoh (eds.), The Hot Universe, IAU Symposium

This book concerns the publication of the proceedings of an IAU Symposium held in Tokio in the summer of 1997. As implied by the title, it provides an overall review of our knowledge on all aspects of high-energy phenomena occurring in the universe obtained via the observations in X- and gamma-rays with orbiting satellites. It contains 44 invited (4 pages each) and 132 (2 pages each) contributed papers covering: Sun, stars, supernovae and their remnants, galaxies and their clusters, white dwarfs and neutron stars, black hole binaries, active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, large scale structure and hot intergalactic medium, and a chapter on future space programs in X- and gamma-ray astronomy. Many of the contributions have since appeared in the astronomical literature. The invited reviews, although very concise, are generally valuable in presenting the most relevant points of the various subjects. The book is for professional astronomers and may serve as a quick and very useful reference to becoming acquainted with the main developments in the field of high-energy astrophysics beginning of 1998. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

K. Koyama, S. Kitamoto and M. Itoh (eds.), The Hot Universe, IAU Symposium

This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Polar Cap Boundary Phenomena held at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway on June 4–13, 1997, which was the third NATO Workshop on magnetospheric boundary phenomena observable at high latitudes. Svalbard has a uniquely interesting location from observational point of view in that the dayside aurora can be observed there in the noon local time sector during the midwinter. The Norwegian groups working at Svalbard were the organisers of this third workshop as well as of the two earlier ones, but only this third one was held at Svalbard. It was attended by 86 space physicists from all over the world. The book contains 36 papers, of which the majority were presented as invited papers at the workshop, a few were contributed papers and the last paper in the volume gives a summary of the content of the workshop. As emphasized in both the Foreword and the Summary chapter of the book, the research field of the polar cap and its boundaries to other magnetospheric regions at high latitudes is one that has seen a fast development in the last ten years. This is to a great deal due to the research work done at Svalbard in combination with satellite measurements and theory development. The review in these proceedings provide also the non-specialist reader with good summaries of where different research questions stand at present. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.