Astronomy in Focus XXIXA: Volume 1: As Presented at the IAU XXIX General Assembly, 2015

by Piero Benvenuti (Editor)

Overview

At the XXIX IAU General Assembly held in Honolulu from 3–14 August 2015, the meetings known as Special Sessions and Joint Discussions were replaced by new 'Focus Meetings'. Astronomy in Focus XXIXA presents the most relevant contributions from the Focus Meetings together with summaries of all the accepted papers and posters. It covers the meetings on the following areas: dynamical problems in extrasolar planet science; astronomical heritage; scholarly publishing in astronomy; statistics and exoplanets; the exploration of small worlds; ground and space astrophysics and heliophysics; laboratory astrophysics; brightness variations of the Sun and Sun-like stars; astronomy for development; and mitigating the threats of light pollution and radio frequency interference. The publications Astronomy in Focus XXIXA (together with its companion, XXIXB), the proceedings of the six main Scientific Symposia and Reports on Astronomy: Commission Legacy Reports, fully cover the XXIX IAU General Assembly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107169814
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/24/2016
Series:	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia
Pages:	526
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 10.04(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

Preface P. Benvenuti; FM 1. Dynamical problems in extrasolar planet science A. Morbidelli; FM 2. Astronomical heritage: progressing the UNESCO-IAU initiative C. Ruggles; FM 3. Scholarly publication in Astronomy: evolution or revolution? M. Bishop; FM 8. Statistics and exoplanets S. Aigrain; FM 9. Highlights in the exploration of small worlds D. Bockelee-Morvan; FM 11. Global coordination of ground and space astrophysics and heliophysics D. Spergel; FM 12. Bridging laboratory astrophysics and astronomy F. Salama; FM 13. Brightness variations of the Sun and Sun-like stars N. Krivova; FM 20. Astronomy for development K. Govender; FM 21. Mitigating threats of light pollution and radio frequency interference C. Walker.