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Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THE DECADE OF DISCOVERY""; ""RESTORING THE INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""ACHIEVING A BALANCED SPACE PROGRAM""; ""THE PRIORITIZED INSTRUMENTAL PROGRAM""; ""Large Programs""; ""Small and Moderate Programs""; ""Space-based Programs""; ""Ground-based Programs""; ""THEORY AND COMPUTERS""; ""LUNAR ASTRONOMY""; ""ASTRONOMY AND SOCIETY""; ""1 Recommendations ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Our Place in the Universe""; ""Discoveries of the 1980s""; ""The 1990s: The Decade of Discovery""
- ""PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS STUDY""""Charge to the Committee""; ""Contents of This Report""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRENGTHENING GROUND-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""ACHIEVING A BALANCED SPACE PROGRAM""; ""Overall Strategy""; ""Significance of Large Space Observatories""; ""RECOMMENDED NEW EQUIPMENT INITIATIVES""; ""Ground and Space Initiatives""; ""The Combined Equipment List""; ""Small Projects and Technological Initiatives""; ""Explanation of New Equipment Initiatives""; ""Large Programs""; ""Ground-based Astronomy""; ""Infrared-Optimized 8-m Telescope.""; ""Millimeter Array.""
- ""Southern 8-m Telescope.""""Space-based Astronomy""; ""SIRTF.""; ""Moderate Programs""; ""Ground-based Projects""; ""Adaptive Optics and Interferometry.""; ""4-m Telescopes.""; ""Fly's Eye.""; ""Large Earth-based Solar Telescope.""; ""VLA Extension.""; ""Space-based Projects""; ""Dedicated Spacecraft for FUSE.""; ""SOFIA.""; ""Explorers.""; ""Astrometric Interferometry Mission.""; ""International Collaborations.""; ""Small Programs""; ""Ground-based Projects""; ""Two-Micron Survey.""; ""Infrared Instrumentation.""; ""Cosmic Background Imager.""; ""Laboratory Astrophysics.""
- ""Other Programs.""""Space-based Projects""; ""Small Explorers.""; ""Other Projects.""; ""Technology Development""; ""Ground-based Technology""; ""Space-based Technology""; ""2 Science Opportunities ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE SEARCH FOR OTHER PLANETS""; ""The Formation and Evolution of Our Solar System""; ""The Search for Other Planets""; ""Comets and the Origins of Life""; ""Weather and Volcanoes""; ""THE LIFE HISTORY OF STARS""; ""The Sun""; ""The Formation of Stars""; ""The Life and Death of Stars""; ""THE LIFE HISTORY OF GALAXIES""; ""The Milky Way as a Galaxy""
- ""The Evolution of Galaxies""""The Power Source of Quasars and Active Galaxies""; ""The Birth of Galaxies""; ""THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE""; ""The Big Bang Model""; ""The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe""; ""Dark Matter""; ""The Origin of the Universe""; ""The End of the Universe""; ""3 Existing Programs ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMY""; ""Optical and Infrared Astronomy""; ""Large Mirrors""; ""Adaptive Optics and Interferometry""; ""Radio Astronomy""; ""Centimeter Wavelength Astronomy""; ""Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelength Astronomy""; ""Planetary Astronomy""