Astronomie spatiale infrarouge, aujourd'hui et demain Infrared space astronomy, today and tomorrow
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by F. Casoli, J. Lequeux, F. David.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(XXXIV, 454 pages 175 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
Les Houches - Ecole d'Ete de Physique Theorique, 70.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Some Quantitative Aspects of Galactic and Extragalactic Infrared Astronomy --; Overview of the ISO Mission --; Data Analysis with ISOCAM --; ISO Observations of Solar-System Objects --; Stars and Galactic Structure --; Star Formation --; Dust in the Interstellar Medium --; Normal Galaxies in the Infrared --; Active Galaxies --; Cosmology with ISO.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book brings together the lectures given at the Les Houches summer school "Infrared space astronomy, today and tomorrow". It gives a wide overview of infrared astronomy, a wavelength domain crucial for studies of the solar system, stars at the beginning and end of their lives, interstellar matter and galaxies at all distances. Recent developments in observational techniques have been tremendous. The first contributions give an introduction to the basic physical processes and methods of detection and data processing. They are followed by a series of lectures dealing with the wide variety of astronomical objects that can be seen in the infrared.