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Physical Processes in Comets, Stars and Active Galaxies

Proceedings of a Workshop, Held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, May 26–27, 1986

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Hillebrandt

    1. Institut für Astrophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  2. Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister

    1. Institut für Astrophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  3. Hans-Christoph Thomas

    1. Institut für Astrophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. The Physics of Comets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Comet Explorations

      • W. F. Huebner
      Pages 2-18

    3. Spatial Distribution of Constituents in the Coma of Comet Halley, an Observing Programme at the ESO 1-m Telescope

      • K. Jockers, E. H. Geyer, A. Hänel
      Pages 19-25

    4. On the Average Chemical Composition of Cometary Dust

      • E. K. Jessberger, J. Kissel, H. Fechtig, F. R. Krueger
      Pages 26-33

    5. The Interaction of the Solar Wind with a Comet

      • R. Wegmann
      Pages 34-44

  3. The Sun as a Star

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Rotation and Magnetic Fields in the Sun

      • N. O. Weiss
      Pages 46-60

    3. Modelling of the Magnetic Field of Solar Prominences

      • U. Anzer
      Pages 61-66

    4. On the Frequencies of Solar Oscillations

      • M. Stix, M. Knölker
      Pages 67-77

    5. Mixing and Transport of Angular Momentum in the Solar Interior

      • H. C. Spruit
      Pages 78-94

  4. Single and Binary Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Models of Star Formation

      • W. M. Tscharnuter
      Pages 96-104

    3. Time Dependent Convection in Stars — a Review of the Theories

      • N. H. Baker
      Pages 105-124

    4. Infrared Giants

      • L. B. Lucy
      Pages 125-131

    5. On the Solutions for Contact Binary Systems

      • A. Weigert
      Pages 132-142

    6. White Dwarfs in Close Binaries

      • H. Ritter
      Pages 143-163

  5. Active Galactic Nuclei

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Active Galactic Nuclei: Ten Theoretical Problems

      • M. J. Rees
      Pages 166-179

    3. Observations of a Complete Sample of Relativistic Sources in Active Galactic Nuclei

      • P. L. Biermann
      Pages 180-187
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About this book

In May 1986 a two-day workshop on Physical Processes in Comets, Stars and Active Galaxies was held at the Ringberg Castle near Lake Tegernsee, and this rather unusml. l collection of topics needs a few words of explanation. When we first thought of organizing a workshop on such a large variety of astrophysical objects our main motivation was to honor Rudolf Kippenhahn and Hermann Ulrich Schmidt on the occasion of their 60th birthdays, and we planned to cover at least a fraction of their fields of active research. We then realized immediately that despite the fact that the objects are so different, the physical processes involved are very much the same, and that it is this aspect of astrophysics which governed the scientific lives of both of our distinguished colleagues and friends and allowed them to make major contributions to all those fields. Apparently this viewpoint was shared by many colleagues and it was therefore not surprising that in response to our invitation everybody who had been invited agreed to come and to present a talk. The workshop then turned out to be a real success. In contrast to highly specialized conferences, fundamental problems as well as very recent devel­ opments were discussed and the participants appreciated the opportunity to exchange ideas.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Astrophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Wolfgang Hillebrandt, Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister, Hans-Christoph Thomas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physical Processes in Comets, Stars and Active Galaxies

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Workshop, Held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, May 26–27, 1986

  • Editors: Wolfgang Hillebrandt, Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister, Hans-Christoph Thomas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72640-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-72642-2Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72640-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 196

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics

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