Bibcode
Mampaso, A.; Prieto, M.; Sánchez, F.
Referencia bibliográfica
Infrared Astronomy, Edited by A. Mampaso and M. Prieto and F. Sánchez, pp. 427. ISBN 0521548101. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, January 2004.
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Descripción
What do we understand of the birth and death of stars? What is the
nature of the tiny dust grains that permeate our Galaxy and other
galaxies? And how likely is the existence of brown dwarfs, extrasolar
planets or other sub-stellar mass objects? These are just a few of the
questions that can now be addressed in a new era of infrared
observations. IR astronomy has been revolutionised over the past few
years by the widespread availability of large, very sensitive IR arrays
and the success of IR satellites (IRAS in particular). Several IR space
missions due for launch over the next few years promise an exciting
future too. For these reasons, the IV Canary Islands Winter School of
Astrophysics was dedicated to this burgeoning field. Its primary goal
was to introduce graduate students and researchers from other areas to
the important new observations and physical ideas that are emerging in
this wide-ranging field of research. Lectures from nine leading
researchers, renowned for their teaching abilities, are gathered in this
volume. These nine chapters provide an excellent introduction as well as
a thorough and up-to-date review of developments - essential reading for
graduate students entering IR astronomy, and professionals from other
areas who realise the importance that IR astronomy may have on their
research.