The Many Scales in the Universe

The book gathers the invited talks to the XIII JENAM conference, organized this time by the European Astronomical Society (EAS) and the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), and hosted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC). All branches of astrophysics are encompassed from the largest scales and cosmology to the solar system and the Sun, through the galaxies and the stars, including a section on astronomical instrumentation. Very relevant experts from all over the world speak in a single book about the most recent, exciting results from their fields in a way which is useful for both researchers in these fields and colleagues working in other disciplines. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM including the remaining contributions of the meeting in PDF format, hence opening a wide panorama of what is going on in astrophysics nowadays.

"The book gathers the invited talks to the XIII JENAM conference, organized this time by the European Astronomical Society (EAS) and the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), and hosted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC). All branches of astrophysics are encompassed from the largest scales and cosmology to the solar system and the Sun, through the galaxies and the stars, including a section on astronomical instrumentation. Very relevant experts from all over the world speak in a single book about the most recent, exciting results from their fields in a way which is useful for both researchers in these fields and colleagues working in other disciplines. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM including the remaining contributions of the meeting in PDF format, hence opening a wide panorama of what is going on in astrophysics nowadays. TOC:Preface. Committees. Cosmic Microwave Background.- The Gravitational Lensing Effect in Cosmology.- The PLANCK Mission.- Surveys of Extragalactic Sources with Planck.- New Physics in Clusters of Galaxies.- Emission Line Galaxies in Clusters.- Active Galactic Nuclei and Surveys: the View from the New X-ray Observatories.- Star-Forming Complexes in Galaxies.- Star Formation and Infrared Emission in Galaxies.- Evolution of the Milky Way Disk.- Massive Stars in the Galactic Center.- The Mass Spectrum of X-Ray Binaries.- Massive Stars in Starbursts.- The Hot Content of Planetary Nebulae.- The Hidden Life of Massive Stars.- What can we learn about the Sun from observations in the near ultraviolet? Our Magnetic Sun.- Moist Convective Storms in the Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.- Exploring the Solar System beyond Neptune.- Planet Detection with Large Telescopes and Interferometry.- AVO First Science.- Euro50: A European 50 m Adaptive Optics Extremely Large Telescope."

THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND ANISOTROPIES: OPEN PROBLEMS.- THE GRAVITATIONAL LENSING EFFECT IN COSMOLOGY.- THE PLANCK MISSION.- SURVEYS OF EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES WITH PLANCK.- NEW PHYSICS IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES A New Dark Matter Component?.- EMISSION LINE GALAXIES IN CLUSTERS.- ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AND SURVEYS: THE VIEW FROMTHE NEW X-RAY OBSERVATORIES.- STAR-FORMING COMPLEXES IN GALAXIES.- STAR FORMATION AND INFRARED EMISSION IN GALAXIES.- EVOLUTION OF THE MILKY WAY DISK.- MASSIVE STARS IN THE GALACTIC CENTER.- THE MASS SPECTRUM OF X-RAY BINARIES.- MASSIVE STARS IN STARBURSTS Radio Studies in Messier 82.- THE HOT CONTENT OF PLANETARY NEBULAE.- THE HIDDEN LIFE OF MASSIVE STARS.- WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THE SUN FROM OBSERVATIONS IN THE NEAR ULTRAVIOLET? Ground based polarimetry and the role of SUNRISE.- OUR MAGNETIC SUN.- MOIST CONVECTIVE STORMS IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF JUPITER AND SATURN Atmospheric storms in Jupiter and Saturn.- EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM BEYOND NEPTUNE.- PLANET DETECTION WITH LARGE TELESCOPES AND INTERFEROMETRY.- AVO FIRST SCIENCE Discovery of type 2 quasars.- EURO50: A EUROPEAN 50MADAPTIVE OPTICS EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE.