The Non-Sleeping Universe: Proceedings of two conferences on: ‘Stars and the ISM’ held from 24–26 November 1997 and on: ‘From Galaxies to the Horizon’ held from 27–29 November, 1997 at the Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Asteroseismology....Pages 1-12
Space Asteroseismology On Later-Type Stars....Pages 13-15
Solar Rotation Inversions from Splittings and from A-Coefficients....Pages 17-18
Corot: Seismology of Stars....Pages 19-20
On The Diagnostic Properties of Low Degree Acoustic Modes....Pages 21-22
What We Have Learned from Helioseismology....Pages 23-34
The Effect of Solar Oscillations on Space Gravitational Wave Experiments....Pages 35-36
Helioseismic Constraints on The Solar Core....Pages 37-38
Line Profiles of Solar P-Modes....Pages 39-40
Detection of The Lower Boundary of Stellar Convective Envelopes from Seismic Data....Pages 41-42
Convective Overshooting and Mixing in Stellar Evolution....Pages 43-50
Non Linear Inversion for the Hydrostatic Structure of the Solar Interior....Pages 51-52
A Parametric Study of 3-D Simulation of Penetrative Convection....Pages 53-54
Steady Convection in Deep Compressible Layers....Pages 55-56
Helioseismic Constraints on Solar Structure and the Solar Neutrino Problem....Pages 57-58
Stellar Rotation and Activity....Pages 59-68
Rotation of T Tauri Stars Revisited....Pages 69-70
Stellar Tomography....Pages 71-80
Our New View of the Solar Corona from Yohkoh and Soho....Pages 81-90
EUV Spectral Variability and Non-Equilibrium Ionisation in the ‘Quiet’ Sun....Pages 91-94
Flare Activity of Visual Binary Cou 14....Pages 95-100
X-Ray Spectroscopy of Active Stars with Asca and Bepposax....Pages 101-104
X-Ray Variability and Rotation in the Pleiades Cluster....Pages 105-106
The Signatures of Structured Winds in T Tauri Stars....Pages 107-116
A T Tauri Star Database....Pages 117-118
T Tauri Stars: The X-Ray Connection....Pages 119-120
A Deep X-Ray Survey of the PMS Population of the Upper Sco-Cen Association....Pages 121-122
The Ultraviolet Variability of the T Tauri Stars....Pages 123-126
X Rays and UV Emission Lines in T Tauri Stars....Pages 127-128
Spectral Variability of T Tauri Stars in the Optical....Pages 129-132
Rapid Spectral Variability of Dr Tau.....Pages 133-135
The Structure of The Shock Wave in the Case of an Accretion onto Low Mass Young Stars....Pages 137-140
Extended (15 × 6 AU ) Hα Emission Around T Tau N....Pages 141-142
Balmer Line Profiles Variations in SU Aurigae from the Musicos 96 Multi-Site Campaign....Pages 143-144
Is It Possible to Observe Radiation of Fuors Boundary Layer?....Pages 145-146
Near Infrared Lines as Diagnostics of Accretion in T Tauri Stars....Pages 147-150
M.H.D. Models for Stellar Winds....Pages 151-160
On the Source of Optical Variability and Outflow in Z CMA System....Pages 161-162
Models in T Tauri Stars Tested Through Hα....Pages 163-166
On the Eclipses in GW Ori Double System....Pages 167-168
The Evolution of Young Stars, Protostellar Jets & Bipolar Outflows — A Unification Scheme....Pages 169-178
Excitation of H 2 in Stellar Outflows: Shocks Versus Fluorescence....Pages 179-182
Molecular Outflows from High-Mass Protostars....Pages 183-184
A Microwave Jet inside the Rosette Nebula?....Pages 185-186
ISO-LWS Observations of the NGC7129 Star Forming Region....Pages 187-190
Supersonic Ambipolar Diffusion: Estimating the Magnetic Field Strength in Protostellar Outflows....Pages 191-192
Proper Motions of the H 2 O Masers in W49N: the Velocity Variance/Covariance Matrix....Pages 193-194
The Decay of Supersonic and Super-Alfvénic Turbulence in Star-Forming Clouds....Pages 195-196
The “Seyfert-Like” Supernova SN 1997Ab.....Pages 197-200
Chimneys and Worms in the Galaxy....Pages 201-204
The Influence of Mass Loss on The Eccentricity of Double Star Orbits....Pages 205-207
CO Cocktails: Stirred... But Not Shaken....Pages 209-210
The University of Porto Radio Spectrograph....Pages 211-212
After Dinner Poster Paper....Pages 213-214
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Where are we Now?....Pages 215-224
Axion — Dilaton Coupling and Gamma — Ray Bursts....Pages 225-228
Initial Data Set for Cosmology....Pages 229-230
On the Hypotheses of a New Model of Galaxy Formation....Pages 231-232
Recent Results on the Hubble Deep Field....Pages 233-240
Relativistic Motion on Kilo-Parsec Scales in Powerful Radio Sources....Pages 241-244
Recent Results on Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 245-252
Soft X-Ray Absorption in AGN Seen by Bepposax/Lecs....Pages 253-256
The Active CD Galaxy of Abell 2390....Pages 257-258
The 200 MJY Subsample at 1.4 Ghz....Pages 259-260
The Population of KPC-Scale Flat-Spectrum Radio Sources....Pages 261-264
What do the CBR Fluctuations Tell Us?....Pages 265-274
CMB Angular Power Spectrum and the Cosmological Parameters....Pages 275-276
Constraning Ω 0 with Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Observations....Pages 277-280
Inflation and the Cosmic Microwave Background....Pages 281-290
Structure Formation with Scalar Fields....Pages 291-294
Origin of Structure in SQC....Pages 295-297
Axially Symmetric Cosmological Models with Perfect Fluid and Cosmological Constant....Pages 299-300
Could the Observable Universe be Inside of a Black Hole?....Pages 301-302
Quintessential Cosmology....Pages 303-310
Wiggly Cosmic Strings....Pages 311-314
Structure Formation Seeded by Cosmic Strings....Pages 315-316
Superconducting Strings and Magnetic Fields....Pages 317-318
The Promise of Structure Formation With Cosmic Strings in an Open Universe....Pages 319-320
Evolution of Superconducting Strings....Pages 321-322
Cosmic Strings With Self-Interacting Hdm....Pages 323-324
Vortons: Dark Matter From Cosmic Strings....Pages 325-326
General Relativity As an Attractor to Scalar-Tensor Gravity Theories....Pages 327-330
High Redshift X-Ray Clusters and Ω 0 ....Pages 331-334
Non-Linear Gravitational Clustering Using the Zel’dovich Approximation....Pages 335-336
Measuring Time Delays for Gravitationally Lensed Variable Quasars....Pages 337-340
Gravitational Lenses and the Hubble Constant: Present and Future....Pages 341-344
Summary....Pages 345-352