Back to the galaxy, College Park, MD, 1992

Author(s)

• Holt, Stephen S.
• Verter, Frances

Bibliographic Information

Back to the galaxy, College Park, MD, 1992

editors, Stephen S. Holt, Frances Verter

（AIP conference proceedings, no. 278）

American Institute of Physics, 1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This Proceedings contains the papers from the third maryland Astrophysics Conference. The most current information on the large-scale properties of the Milky Way. Collected data is from space-borne observatories like the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), the Rontgen Satellite (ROSAT), and the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO). Topics include the Galactic Center, Local Environment, Infared Emission, Interstellar Medium, Energetic Particles and Fields, Outer Galaxy, Disk/Halo, Dark Matter, Bulge/Bar and Dynamics. Those involved in astrophysics, Libraries, Observatories

Table of Contents

• Preface
• M. Harwit: Banquet Speech: Back to Earth
• J. Lomberg: An Artist's Rendition of the Milky Way Galaxy
• Color Plates
• Introductory Overviews
• Galactic Center
• Bulge/Bar
• Local Environment
• Infared Emission
• Interstellar Medium
• Dynamics
• Energetic Particles and Fields
• Outer Galaxy
• Disk/Halo
• Dark Matter
• Summary Overviews
• Appendices
• Indexes

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Details

• NCID: BA20740364
• ISBN:
  • 1563962276
• LCCN: 93071543
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 659 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00284604