Light on Dark Matter: Proceedings of the First IRAS Conference, Held in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 10–14 June 1985

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Statistical Analysis and Overview of the IRAS Point Source Catalog....Pages 3-22
Semi-Automated Identification of IRAS Point Sources Using UKST Plates and the Cosmos Measuring Machine....Pages 23-28
Submm Continuum Observations of Sources from the I R A S Point-Source Catalogue....Pages 29-30
A Statistical Analysis of the LRS Catalog....Pages 31-38
The Zodiacal Background in the IRAS Data....Pages 39-44
Heliocentric Dependences of Zodiacal Emission, Temperature and Albedo....Pages 45-46
Spectral Decomposition of IRAS Maps....Pages 47-48
Observations of Infrared Cirrus....Pages 49-54
Dust at the North Galactic Pole....Pages 55-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
IRAS Observations of Cool Excess Around Main Sequence Stars....Pages 61-69
The Flux Distribution of Vega for 10 µm < λ < 100 µm, and the Calibration of IRAS at 12 µm and 25 µm....Pages 71-74
A Search for Infrared Excesses in G-Type Stars....Pages 75-76
IRAS Intrinsic Colours of Hot Stars....Pages 77-78
The Infrared Excess From Stellar Winds....Pages 79-82
The Disc Structure and Mass Loss Rates of Be Stars....Pages 83-86
IRAS Observations of Wolf-Rayet Stars....Pages 87-89
Dust Formation in Wolf-Rayet Stellar Winds....Pages 90-90
Observations of Young (Orion-Type) Stars with IRAS....Pages 91-92
Mass Loss by Cool Stars....Pages 93-100
Models of IRAS Observations of Circumstellar Shells....Pages 101-102
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Luminosities of OH/IR Stars....Pages 103-104
OH/IR Catalogue and Correlation with the IRAS Data Base (Abstract)....Pages 105-106
AGB Stars with High Mass Loss Rates in the Bulge of our Galaxy (Abstract)....Pages 107-108
The Circumstellar Envelope of VX Sagittarii....Pages 109-110
The Internal Radius of CS Shells Around Cool, Oxygen-Rich Stars....Pages 111-112
IRAS Observations of Carbon Stars....Pages 113-118
From Miras to Planetary Nebulae: A Model of Mass Loss....Pages 119-126
Ground-Based and IRAS Observations of Proto-Planetary Nebulae....Pages 127-128
Spectra of some IRAS Sources....Pages 129-130
IRAS Measurements of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 131-142
IR Observations of an Extended Planetary Nebula: NGC 7293 - The Helix Nebula....Pages 143-144
Novae Detected in the IRAS Point Source Catalog....Pages 145-148
IRAS Observations of Classical Novae....Pages 149-150
Collisional Heating of Dust in the 1985 Outburst of RS Ophiuchi....Pages 151-152
Infrared Observations of Tycho Using IRAS....Pages 153-154
Shock-Heated Dust in Young Supernova Remnants....Pages 155-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Grains, what Do We Know?....Pages 161-170
IRAS Cirrus Observations and the Nature of Dust....Pages 171-176
Dust in Diffuse Clouds: One Stage in a Cycle....Pages 177-188
Infrared Extinction in Molecular Clouds: The Form of the Curve In Orion....Pages 189-190
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Ultraviolet Extinction as a Key to Grain Optical Properties in the Infrared and Ultraviolet....Pages 191-196
The Wavelength of Maximum Polarization in the Chamaeleon Dark Cloud....Pages 197-200
Three Principal Heating Sources of Dust in the Galactic Disk....Pages 201-202
Mid-IR Emission of the Interstellar Medium....Pages 203-208
Optical Luminescence from Reflection Nebulae?....Pages 209-212
Infrared Spectra and Dust Temperature Fluctuations....Pages 213-216
Non-Equilibrium Emission from Small Particles....Pages 217-220
Evidence for A 12 Micron Water-Ice Absorption Band in the IRAS LRS Spectra of Protostars and Late Type Stars....Pages 221-224
S 2 Formation in Interstellar Dust; A Diagnostic of the Maximum Aggregation Temperature For A Comet....Pages 225-228
Formation of Organic Molecules on Interstellar Dust Particles....Pages 229-232
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands....Pages 233-236
Identification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 237-240
Silicate Absorption Strength; Polarized Emission and Absorption by Aligned Grains....Pages 241-244
Optical Properties of Simulated Astrophysical Grains and their Dynamics in the Near-Earth Environment LAUR 85-1978....Pages 245-246
Ultraviolet Photoprocessing and Infrared Spectroscopy of Laboratory Simulated Grain Mantles....Pages 247-252
Radiation Effects on Grain Materials....Pages 253-260
Reflection Nebulae, Non-Equilibrium Thermal Emission, and IRAS....Pages 261-262
Front Matter....Pages 264-264
Theories of Star Formation Confronted by IRAS Data....Pages 265-276
IMF in Starburst Regions....Pages 277-278
Point Sources in the Orion Complex....Pages 279-292
Front Matter....Pages 264-264
The IR Emission of the Orion-Monoceros Molecular Clouds....Pages 293-294
Young Stars and High Density Condensations in the Horsehead Region....Pages 295-296
Mapping of the Coronae Austrinae Star Forming Region....Pages 297-298
A. Analysis of Point Sources in the Ophiuchus and Perseus Clouds B. CPC Observations of NGC 1333....Pages 299-300
Star Forming Loops in the IRAS Sky Images....Pages 301-302
Models for IRAS Observations of Galactic HII Regions....Pages 303-304
Far-Infrared (100–200 μm) Photometry of HII Regions with a 1m Balloon Borne Telescope....Pages 305-306
Young Stars and Dense Cores in Nearby Dark Clouds....Pages 307-312
Water Masers Coincident with IRAS Sources....Pages 313-314
IR CCD Imaging of L1551-IRS 5: Direct Observations of its Circumstellar Shell....Pages 315-318
A Model for Bipolar Sources in Molecular Clouds....Pages 319-320
Comparison of CO and IR Emission Of IRAS Unidentified Sources....Pages 321-322
IRAS Observations of Symbiotic Objects....Pages 323-325
A Large Scale OH Survey in Orion and Monoceros....Pages 325-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
The Galactic Distribution of Stellar Sources Found by Iras (with some emphasis on the bulge of the Galaxy)....Pages 329-338
Variables, the Galactic Bulge and Iras....Pages 339-348
Ground Based Observations of Nuclear Bulge Stars....Pages 349-356
The Galactic Morphology of the Interstellar Dust Detected by Iras....Pages 357-372
The Association of Clouds in the Carina Arm with IRAS Spline Maps....Pages 373-374
Dark Cloud Statistics....Pages 375-376
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
High Latitude Molecular Clouds: Completeness of the Survey and Implications for Molecular Surveys....Pages 377-378
Dust in High Velocity Clouds....Pages 379-380
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
IRAS Observations of the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 383-396
Collisionally Heated Dust in LMC Supernova Remnants....Pages 397-398
Groundbased Infrared Observations of Magellanic Cloud HII Regions....Pages 399-400
Dust in M31 — Observations in the IR with IRAS....Pages 401-404
Statistical Properties of IRAS Galaxies....Pages 405-414
Infrared Radiation from Normal Galaxies....Pages 415-420
Models for IRAS Galaxies....Pages 421-424
The Identification of IRAS Galaxies....Pages 425-434
Mid Infrared Spectroscopy of IRAS Bright Galaxies....Pages 435-436
The Relationship between Blue and Fir Luminosities of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 437-438
Preliminary Results of an HI Survey of a Sample of IRAS Galaxies....Pages 439-440
Far-Infrared Properties of Multiple Nucleus Galaxies....Pages 441-442
Young Supernovae in the Starburst Galaxy M82....Pages 443-444
The Amazing Tail of NGC 2146....Pages 445-446
Starbursts in the Nuclei of Interacting and Merging Galaxies....Pages 447-454
Starbursts in Non-Interacting Galaxies....Pages 455-462
New Ground-Based Studies of Two Active IRAS Galaxies....Pages 463-466
Spectroscopy of Active and Starburst Galaxies between 8–13µm....Pages 467-470
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
IRAS Observations of Active Galaxies — A Review....Pages 471-486
Seyfert Galaxies in the IRAS Survey and JHKL Photometry....Pages 487-488
The Most Luminous Galaxies....Pages 489-490
Submillimetre to Infrared Observations of Active Galaxies....Pages 491-492
Active Galactic Nuclei in the IRAS PSC....Pages 493-496
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Cosmological Results from IRAS....Pages 499-506
Evidence from IRAS Data for Large-Scale Anisotropy in the Hubble Flow....Pages 507-508
Front Matter....Pages 509-509
Astronomy after IRAS....Pages 511-521
Back Matter....Pages 523-541