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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.

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Author:   F. Casoli ,  J. Lequeux ,  F. David
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Volume:   70
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.711kg
ISBN:  

9783642086755

ISBN 10:   3642086756
Pages:   454
Publication Date:   05 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

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