Science with Astronomical Near-Infrared Sky Surveys: Proceedings of the Les Houches School, Centre de Physique des Houches, Les Houches, France, 20–24 September, 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
DENIS: A Deep Near-Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky....Pages 3-9
The Two Micron All Sky Survey....Pages 11-17
The Influence of Crowding on Denis Point Source Detection Rates....Pages 19-22
Strategy of Denis Observations....Pages 23-24
First Results Obtained with Denis....Pages 25-26
Sloan Digital Sky Survey....Pages 27-30
The Guide Star Catalog and Related Sky Surveys....Pages 31-34
Infrared Space Borne Experiments To Study Galactic Structure....Pages 35-40
The Project “spice”....Pages 41-44
Edison — The International Infrared Space Observatory....Pages 45-48
Classification of Astronomical Images with a Neural Network....Pages 49-51
The Project of High Spatial Resolution Near Infrared Imaging System at Beijing Observatory....Pages 53-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
DENIS, 2MASS and VLM Stars....Pages 57-62
Low Mass Stars....Pages 63-68
The Search for Brown Dwarfs with Infrared Surveys....Pages 69-76
Hipparcos and Red Dwarf Populations....Pages 77-82
Sternberg WBVR Photometric Survey of Bright Stars....Pages 83-85
Spectrophotometric Catalog of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in the Ultraviolet, Visual and Near Infrared....Pages 87-89
Search for New Nearby Stars with DENIS ....Pages 91-93
Artificial IJK Two-Colour Diagrams for Field Stars....Pages 95-96
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Asteroid Detection with DENIS....Pages 97-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Short Period Miras and Galactic Structure....Pages 101-104
Infrared Photometry of AGB Stars....Pages 105-116
Infrared Surveys and Variables in the AGB....Pages 117-120
AGB Stars in the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 121-130
AGB Stars and Red Supergiants in the LMC as Seen with DENIS....Pages 131-135
O-Rich SR and Mira Variables in DENIS....Pages 137-138
Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Classify IRAS LRS Spectra of Evolved Stars....Pages 139-140
Carbon Stars in Infrared Surveys....Pages 141-142
The Evolution from Visible to Infrared Variable AGB Stars....Pages 143-144
Infrared Colours of Selected Long Period Variables....Pages 145-147
The Frequency of Circumstellar Envelopes Among TMSS Stars....Pages 149-150
Infrared Velocities of Carbon Stars....Pages 151-152
A Near-Infrared Survey of IRAS Sources in the South Galactic Cap....Pages 153-154
Mira Light Curves and Mass Loss....Pages 155-157
Strategy of Infrared Surveys for Studying Galactic Evolved Stars and Their Subclasses....Pages 159-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Synthesis of Galactic Stellar Populations and Expected Constraints from Infrared Surveys....Pages 163-168
Infrared Surveys:Some Prospects for Galactic Structure Studies Using Cepheids and Other Young Objects....Pages 169-175
Galactic Structure from the Two Micron Galactic Survey....Pages 177-180
A Powerful New Model for the Point Source Sky....Pages 181-187
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
The Leiden/Dwingeloo Survey of Emission from Galactic HI....Pages 189-193
Are Molecular Clouds Formed by Impact of High-Velocity Clouds?....Pages 195-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Current Problems in Star Formation and Infrared Surveys....Pages 201-206
Star Formation in Taurus....Pages 207-216
Search for Young Stars with IR Surveys: Regions of Massive Star Formation....Pages 217-222
The Stellar Populations within the ρ Oph Cloud Cores....Pages 223-224
Investigation of the Be Star Phenomenon Using the DENIS Data....Pages 225-226
Discussion Session on Star Formation, Molecular Clouds and the Interstellar Medium....Pages 227-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Near-Infrared Observations of AGN....Pages 233-236
Groups and Clusters in the Near-Infrared....Pages 237-242
Comparison of Large-Scale Structures and Velocities in The Local Universe....Pages 243-260
Red Post-Starburst Galaxies....Pages 261-263
DENIS For The Extragalactic Distance Scale....Pages 265-266
LEDA....Pages 267-269
Star Formation in Starburst Galaxies From Near-IR Spectroscopy and Evolutionary Population Synthesis....Pages 271-272
Modelling Evolution of Stellar Emission of Galaxies for the NIR Surveys....Pages 273-278
The Nature of the Blue Distant Galaxies....Pages 279-281