Highlights of Astronomy: As Presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, 1997

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 589-589
Dynamical Simulations: Methods and Comparisons....Pages 591-596
Grape-6....Pages 597-599
Grape-4: A Teraflops Machine for N -Body Simulations....Pages 600-602
Mass Functions & Stellar Populations of Globular Clusters....Pages 603-608
Structure of Globular Clusters....Pages 609-615
Binaries in Globular Clusters....Pages 616-621
Stellar Evolution and Dynamics in Star Clusters....Pages 622-627
The Galactic Bar....Pages 628-634
Numerical Simulations of Galaxies With the Marseille Grape-3 Systems....Pages 635-637
Pulsation Modes of Spherical Stellar Systems....Pages 638-642
Front Matter....Pages 643-643
JD 16 — Spectroscopy With Large Telescopes of Chemically Peculiar Stars: Preface....Pages 645-645
Lte Models....Pages 646-649
Atomic Data Requirements for the Analysis of Chemically Peculiar Spectra....Pages 650-652
Fundamental Parameters: Normal A0 Dwarf Stars of the Solar Neighbourhood....Pages 653-656
Fundamental Parameters of CP Stars....Pages 657-660
Recent Topics in Spectroscopy of A-Type and Related Stars....Pages 661-663
Diffusion in Stellar Envelopes....Pages 664-666
Stellar Evolution, Particle Transport, and the CP Phenomenon....Pages 667-670
Diffusion in CP Stars: The Quest for Accuracy....Pages 671-673
Diffusion, Winds and X-Rays from Magnetic Stars....Pages 674-675
Front Matter....Pages 643-643
Spectroscopic Diagnosis of Magnetic Fields of AP Stars....Pages 676-678
Modelling of the Magnetic Configuration of CP Stars from Polarimetric Observations....Pages 679-681
λBoötis Stars....Pages 682-685
Theoretical Aspects of the Rapidly Oscillating AP Stars....Pages 686-688
Summary — a Personal View....Pages 689-691
Front Matter....Pages 693-693
On the Earliest Stage of Chinese Astronomy: 3 Hypotheses....Pages 695-696
Islamic Astronomy in China: Two New Sources for the Huihui li (“Islamic Calendar”)....Pages 697-700
An Arabic Commentary on Al-Tūsū’s Al-Tadhkira and its Sanskrit Translation....Pages 701-702
Indian Astronomy in Ancient China....Pages 703-704
Three Star Maps Produced in Korea During the 18th Century....Pages 705-707
A New Museum of Astronomy in Korea....Pages 708-709
Eclipse Records in Early Korean History: The Koryo-sa ....Pages 710-711
Projection Methods in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Star Maps....Pages 712-715
On the Obliquity of the Ecliptic....Pages 716-718
The Legends of Vasiṣṭha — A Note on the Vedāṅga Astronomy....Pages 719-721
Spherical Trigonometry in the Astronomy of the Medieval Kerala School....Pages 722-723
Astronomical Dating and Statistical Analysis of Ancient Chinese Eclipse Data....Pages 724-728
 The Dṛkpakṣasāraṇī : A Sanskrit Version of De La Hire’s Tabulae Astronomicae ....Pages 729-729
Modern Astronomy in Indo — Persian Sources....Pages 730-731
Takamine and Saha: Contacts with Western Astrophysics....Pages 732-733
Front Matter....Pages 693-693
Astronomy Education in The East....Pages 734-735
The Earliest Evidence of The Introduction of Kepler’s Laws to China As is Observed in The lifa Wenda ....Pages 736-738
Contemporary Astronomy in Iran — A Status Report....Pages 739-740
Power and Politics in Nineteenth Century Australian Astronomy....Pages 741-743
Astronomical Observations in Asia from Delisle’s Manuscript Preserved in The Paris Observatory Library 1 ....Pages 744-746
Front Matter....Pages 747-747
Introduction....Pages 749-750
Jets and Transients....Pages 751-754
High-Energy Solar Gamma-Ray Observations....Pages 755-758
Gamma Rays from Solar Flares....Pages 759-762
X-Ray Transients — Results of Rosat Observations....Pages 763-766
Radio-X-Ray Connection for X-Ray Transients and Binaries....Pages 767-770
Non-Blazar Gamma-Ray Variables in The Galactic Plane: A New Class of Gamma-Ray Sources....Pages 771-774
Formation of Low-Mass Black Hole X-Ray Transients....Pages 775-778
Population Synthesis of High Energy Transients....Pages 779-782
X-Ray Burst Sources....Pages 783-785
Nature of Turbulence: Governing Factor of Accretion Disk Dynamics....Pages 786-789
Supersoft Sources....Pages 790-793
Soft X-Ray Transients are Like ER UMa Cataclysmic Variables....Pages 794-797
Timing of Gamma-Ray Pulsars....Pages 798-799
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Theoretical Considerations....Pages 800-803
Front Matter....Pages 747-747
X-Ray Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 804-807
Active Galactic Nuclei: Variability at Many Wavelengths....Pages 808-811
Asca Observations of Blazars....Pages 812-815
Rapid Variability of Gamma-Ray Blazars....Pages 816-819
Model for the Transient Emission from Blazars....Pages 820-823
Summary of Poster Presentations....Pages 824-826
Front Matter....Pages 827-827
Heating of Chromospheres and Coronae....Pages 831-837
Acceleration of the Solar Wind: A New View....Pages 838-841
Latitude Manifestations of the Solar Wind....Pages 842-846
Composition of the Solar Wind, Secondary Ion Generation and Pick-Up....Pages 847-850
Large-Scale Structure and Termination of the Heliosphere....Pages 851-856
Manifestations of Solar Magnetic Fields....Pages 857-860
Lasco and EIT Observations of the Dynamic Corona....Pages 861-864
Particle Acceleration by Waves and Fields....Pages 865-868
Summary of Session A: Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration....Pages 869-872
Evolution and Termination of the 3-D Solar Wind....Pages 873-876
Transient Events and Their Solar Magnetic Field....Pages 877-879
Front Matter....Pages 881-881
Astronomy Teaching and Research in Nigeria....Pages 883-884
Education and Research in Astronomy in Central America....Pages 885-887
Strategies for Establishing Astronomy in Developing Countries....Pages 888-889
Front Matter....Pages 881-881
New Initiatives in Astronomical Facilities in China....Pages 890-891
Recent Developments in Astronomy in Vietnam....Pages 892-893
Modern Astronomical Developments in India....Pages 894-897
Astronomy in the Former Soviet Union....Pages 898-900
International Educational Projects....Pages 901-901
The IAU Program: Exchange of Astronomers....Pages 902-902
Services of the International Astronomical Union....Pages 903-905
How Does the United Nations Contribute to the Worldwide Development of Astronomy?....Pages 906-907
Current Developments in Astronomy Education....Pages 908-909
Training in Astronomy....Pages 910-911
Training of Astronomers in Central Asia and Some Comparisons....Pages 912-913
Growing Up Pains in a Developing Country....Pages 914-915
Popularization as an Aid for Formal Education....Pages 916-919
Access to Telescopes in Developing Countries....Pages 920-922
A Global Network of Small Telescopes as a Resource for Astronomical Research and Education....Pages 923-926
What Can We Do from Japan?....Pages 927-928
Access to Journals....Pages 929-930
Networking of Astronomy Institutions in the Third World Countries....Pages 931-932
Cooperation, Collaboration and Language: Science and its Transition....Pages 933-934
Front Matter....Pages 935-937
The Megamaser — AGN Connection....Pages 937-937
Front Matter....Pages 935-937
Megamasers in Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 938-941
Exploring OH Megamasers....Pages 942-945
OH Megamaser Pumping Models....Pages 946-948
Properties of OH Megamaser Galaxies....Pages 949-951
Statistical Connections Among Water Vapor Megamasers....Pages 952-955
H 2 O Megamasers and Black Holes....Pages 956-959
Pumping of H 2 O Megamasers....Pages 960-963
AGN Disk Diagnostics....Pages 964-967
Shock Origin of High-Velocity Maser Emission from: Circumnuclear Disks....Pages 968-969
Variability of Interstellar Water Vapor Masers....Pages 970-971
Global VLBA Observations of NGC 3079....Pages 972-973
Front Matter....Pages 975-975
The Role of Lunar Astronomy in the Exploration and Development of The Moon....Pages 977-979
Steps Toward the Moon-Based Astronomy Planning in Japan....Pages 980-983
Examples of Possible Astronomical Research from the Moon....Pages 984-984
VLBI from the Moon....Pages 985-987
Low Frequency Radio Astronomy from the Moon....Pages 988-989
Advanced Technology Lunar Astronomy Mission, the Moon as an Immense Optical Bench in Vacuum....Pages 990-991
The Future Japanese CBR Anisotropy Observatory at the Moon....Pages 992-995
SETI from the Moon: Avoiding Radio Pollution for Future Radio-Astronomy....Pages 996-999
Front Matter....Pages 1001-1001
JD23 The Leonid Meteor Storms:- Historical Significance and Upcoming Opportunities....Pages 1003-1004
Front Matter....Pages 1001-1001
Early Observations of the Leonids in East Asia....Pages 1005-1006
Observations of the Leonids Over the Last Millenium....Pages 1007-1008
Comet Tempel-Tuttle and the Leonid Meteors....Pages 1009-1010
The Leonids and the Comet:- History and Theory....Pages 1011-1012
Recent Visual Observations of the Leonid Meteor Shower....Pages 1013-1014
Radar Observations....Pages 1015-1016
Video Techniques for Observation of the Leonid Storms....Pages 1017-1019
Radar Observations of Leonids in Japan....Pages 1020-1020
Observations in Central and Southern Europe....Pages 1021-1021
Observations of the Leonids in Central Asia....Pages 1022-1022
An Airborne Stereoscopic Mission to Explore the 1998 and 1999 Leonid Meteor Storms....Pages 1023-1023
Front Matter....Pages 1025-1025
Joint Discussion 24....Pages 1027-1032
Front Matter....Pages 1035-1035
The Jupiter System....Pages 1041-1041
Dynamics of Jupiter’s Atmosphere....Pages 1042-1049
Near-IR Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere of Jupiter....Pages 1050-1053
Galileo UVS Results and Cassini Preview....Pages 1054-1056
In-Situ Chemical and Isotopic Measurements of the Atmosphere of Jupiter....Pages 1057-1064
Satellite Atmospheres and Magnetospheres....Pages 1065-1069
Satellite-Magnetosphere Interactions....Pages 1070-1072
Imaging from the Galileo Mission....Pages 1073-1077
Front Matter....Pages 1035-1035
Surface Composition of the Galilean Satellites from Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectroscopy....Pages 1078-1081
Galileo Spacecraft Views of Europa....Pages 1082-1086
The Three Galileos Conference....Pages 1087-1088
Captions for Color Figures....Pages 1089-1100
Foreword....Pages 1105-1106
The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)....Pages 1107-1109
Highlights from ISO: The Isocam Camera....Pages 1110-1112
First Results and Discoveries with the ISO Short-Wavelength Spectrometer....Pages 1113-1115
Observations with Isophot....Pages 1116-1118
Highlights of the Iso Long-Wavelength Spectrometer....Pages 1119-1121
Deep Surveys and Cosmology....Pages 1122-1124
Very Deep Surveys....Pages 1125-1127
Infrared Observations of Galaxy Clusters....Pages 1128-1130
ISO Observations of AGN and Ultraluminous IR Galaxies....Pages 1131-1133
The ISO Perspective on Normal Galaxies....Pages 1134-1136
ISO Results on Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution....Pages 1137-1139
ISO Observations of Circumstellar Material....Pages 1140-1141
The Interstellar Dust Emission Seen By ISO....Pages 1142-1144
Molecular Spectroscopy with ISO....Pages 1145-1147
Observations of Supernova Remnants with ISO....Pages 1148-1150
Front Matter....Pages 1035-1035
ISO Observations of Solar-System Objects....Pages 1151-1153
Comets....Pages 1154-1156
Summary and Outlook....Pages 1157-1158