Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, 14th, Dallas, TX, Dec. 11-16, 1988, Proceedings

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (USA)

OSTI ID:6551490

Fenyves, E J

Recent observational and theoretical investigations in astrophysics and cosmology are discussed in a collection of review essays. Topics addressed include the early universe, superstring theory, quantum gravity, gravitational radiation, the cosmic microwave background, the age of the universe, accretion disks in AGN, superconducting cosmic strings, nascent elliptical galaxies, difficulties with inflationary cosmology, and dark matter. Consideration is given to binary X-ray sources, very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy, SN 1987A, polarization and the nature of the eclipsing medium in PSR 1957 + 20, the evolution of msec pulsars without low-mass X-ray binaries, cosmic gamma-ray bursts, the Gamma-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, thermal Comptonization models for gamma-ray emission from black-hole sources, the 1973 X-ray outburst of 4U1145 - 61, neutrino astronomy and neutrino properties, and simultaneous line emission of solar-flare X-rays and gamma rays by protons.

• OSTI ID: 6551490
• Report Number(s): CONF-881268--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (USA) Journal Volume: 571
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640100* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ABSTRACTS
ACCRETION DISKS
ASTROPHYSICS
BINARY STARS
BLACK HOLES
COMPOSITE MODELS
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
COSMOLOGY
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FIELD THEORIES
GALACTIC EVOLUTION
GALAXY NUCLEI
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE
LEADING ABSTRACT
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEETINGS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
MORPHOLOGY
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUANTUM GRAVITY
QUARK MODEL
RADIATIONS
RELATIVITY THEORY
RELICT RADIATION
SPACE-TIME
STAR EVOLUTION
STARS
STRING MODELS
UNIVERSE