Science with Astronomical Near-Infrared Sky Surveys :
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Proceedings of the Les Houches School, Centre de Physique des Houches, Les Houches, France, 20-24 September, 1993
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edited by N. Epchtein, A. Omont, B. Burton, P. Persi.
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Dordrecht
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Springer Netherlands
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1994
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(304 pages)
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I. Infrared and Other Sky Surveys --;DENIS: A Deep Near-Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky --;The Two Micron All Sky Survey. Survey Rationale and Initial Testing --;The Influence of Crowding on DENIS Point Source Detection Rates --;Strategy of DENIS Observations --;First Results Obtained with DENIS --;Sloan Digital Sky Survey --;The Guide Star Catalog and Related Sky Surveys --;Infrared Space Borne Experiments to Study Galactic Structure --;The Project "SPICE". Spectrp-Photometric Infrared Celestial Explorer --;EDISON --;The International Infrared Space Observatory. The Next Generation --;Classification of Astronomical Images with a Neural Network --;The Project of High Spatial Resolution near Infrared Imaging System at Beijing Observatory --;II. Low Mass Stars and Main Sequence Stars --;DENIS, 2MASS and VLM Stars --;Low Mass Stars --;The Search for Brown Dwarfs with Infrared Surveys --;Hipparcos and Red Dwarf Populations --;Sternberg WBVR Photometric Survey of Bright Stars --;Spectrophotometric Catalog of the Steinberg Astronomical Institute in the Ultraviolet, Visual and Near Infrared --;Search for New Nearby Stars with DENIS --;Artificial IJK Two-Colour Diagrams for Field Stars --;Asteroid Detection with DENIS --;III. Late Type Stars --;Short Period Miras and Galactic Structure --;Infrared Photometry of AGB Stars --;Infrared Surveys and Variables on the AGB --;AGB Stars in the Magellanic Clouds --;AGB Stars and Red Supergiants in the LMC as Seen with DENIS --;O-Rich SR and Mira Variables in DENIS --;Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Classify IRAS LRS Sepctra of Evolved Stars --;Carbon Stars in Infrared Surveys --;The Evolution from Visible to Infrared Variable AGB Stars. What Can DENIS Contribute to This Study? --;Infrared Colours of Selected Long Period Variables --;The Frequency of Circumstellar Envelopes among TMSS Stars --;Infrared Velocities of Carbon Stars --;A Near-Infrared Survey of IRAS Sources in the South Galactic Cap --;Mira Light Curves and Mass Loss --;Strategy of Infrared Surveys for Studying Galactic Evolved Stars and their Subclasses. Contribution to the Panel Discussion --;IV. Galactic Structure --;Synthesis of Galactic Stellar Populations and Expected Constraints from Infrared Surveys --;Infrared Surveys: Some Prospects for Galactic Structure Studies Using Cepheids and Other Young Objects --;Galactic Structure from the Two Micron Galactic Survey --;A Powerful New Model for the Point Source Sky --;The Leiden/Dwingeloo Survey of Emission from Galactic HI --;Are Molecular Clouds Formed by Impact of High-Velocity Clouds? --;Current Problems in Star Formation and Infrared Surveys --;Star Formation in Taurus. Preliminary Results from 2MASS --;Search for Young Stars with IR Surveys: Regions of Massive Star Formation --;The Stellar Populations within the? Oph Cloud Cores --;Investigation of the Be Star Phenomenon Using the DENIS Data --;Discussion Session on Star Formation, Molecular Clouds and the Interstellar Medium --;VI. Extragalactic Structure --;Near-Infrared Observations of AGN --;Groups and Clusters in the Near-Infrared --;Comparison of Large-Scale Structures and Velocities in the Local Universe --;Red Post-Starburst Galaxies --;DENIS for the Extragalactic Distance Scale. Panel Discussion on Infrared Observations of Galaxies --;LEDA. The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database for the DENIS Project --;Star Formation in Starburst Galaxies from Near-IR Spectroscopy and Evolutionary Population Synthesis --;Modelling Evolution of Stellar Emission of Galaxies for the NIR Surveys --;The Nature of the Blue Distant Galaxies.
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Proceedings of the Les Houches School, September 20--24, 1993, Centre de Physique des Houches, France
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Proceedings of the Les Houches School, September 20--24, 1993, Centre de Physique des Houches, France
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Astrometry -- Congresses.
Astronomical photometry -- Congresses.
Galaxy -- Measurement -- Congresses.
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QB807
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E358
1994
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edited by N. Epchtein, A. Omont, B. Burton, P. Persi.