Reviews in modern astronomy
Subtitle: 12 : Astronomical instruments and methods at the turn of the 21st century
By: Reinhard E. Schielicke, ed
Publisher: Astronomische Gesellschaft
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Hamburg, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Astronomical instruments; Congresses
Other titles: Astronomical instruments and methods at the turn of the 21st century
Notes: Includes invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the International Scientific Conference of the Society on 'Astronomical Instruments and Methods at the Turn of the 21st Century,' held at Heidelberg, September 14 to 19, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Karl Schwarzschild Lecture: Steps to the large binocular telescope - and beyond / P.A. Strittmatter; title: Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: The spatial distribution and origin of the widely dispersed ROSAT T Tauri stars / R. Neuhäuser; title: Space research at the threshold of the 21st century - aims and technologies / M.C.E. Huber; title: High-resolution millimeter and submm astronomy: recent results and future directions / D. Downes; title: DIVA - beyond HIPPARCOS and towards GAIA / S. Röser; title: SOFIA - astronomy and technology in the 21st century / A. Krabbe, H.P. Röser; title: Lensing by large-scale structures / B.P. Fort; title: Gravitational lensing as a universal astrophysical tool / J. Wambsganss; title: Frontiers in high-energy astroparticle physics / K. Mannheim; title: Brown dwarfs: the first three years / G.B. Basri.; title: Results from the IRAM Key Project: 'Small-scale structure of pre-star-forming regions' / A. Heithausen, J. Stutzki, F. Bensch, E. Falgarone, J.-F. Panis; title: The galactic center / W.J. Duschl; title: The evolution of the QSO luminosity function between z = 0 and z = 3 / L. Wisotzki; title: Spectroscopy of hot hydrogen deficient white dwarfs / S. Dreizler; title: Hot stars in globular clusters / S. Moehler; title: Modeling encounters of galaxies: the case of NGC 4449 / C. Theis.