The Unsolved Universe: Challenges for the Future

The Unsolved Universe: Challenges for the Future
Author: Mario Monteiro
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401702357

The reviews and highlights included in this book of proceedings of the plenary sessions, of the Joint European and National Astronomical Meeting (2002), cover some of the major fields and projects which will determine the research in astronomy in the next decades. The highlights have been presented by young astronomers from several European countries, selected from a list of proposals submitted by different institutions across Europe. This book reflects the multi-disciplinarity and interaction that took place in the meeting. By including reviews on space and ground-based observational programmes, the scientific topics are associated with the new observational efforts in instrumentation. These projects, under development, are expected to drive the research in the coming decades. With such a wide and interdisciplinary coverage this book provides a comprehensive review on the present status and expectations for some of the major fields in astrophysics. This work is of great relevance for students and researchers alike, as it provides an introductory approach to a wide range of fields in Astronomy, but also includes some detailed reviews for the major topics in each field.

Jets in Young Stellar Objects

Jets in Young Stellar Objects
Author: A.J.L. Fernandes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400709994

A JENAM 2002 Workshop, Porto, Portugal, 3-5 September 2002

Bayesian Approach to Inverse Problems

Bayesian Approach to Inverse Problems
Author: Jérôme Idier
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 111862369X

Many scientific, medical or engineering problems raise the issue of recovering some physical quantities from indirect measurements; for instance, detecting or quantifying flaws or cracks within a material from acoustic or electromagnetic measurements at its surface is an essential problem of non-destructive evaluation. The concept of inverse problems precisely originates from the idea of inverting the laws of physics to recover a quantity of interest from measurable data. Unfortunately, most inverse problems are ill-posed, which means that precise and stable solutions are not easy to devise. Regularization is the key concept to solve inverse problems. The goal of this book is to deal with inverse problems and regularized solutions using the Bayesian statistical tools, with a particular view to signal and image estimation. The first three chapters bring the theoretical notions that make it possible to cast inverse problems within a mathematical framework. The next three chapters address the fundamental inverse problem of deconvolution in a comprehensive manner. Chapters 7 and 8 deal with advanced statistical questions linked to image estimation. In the last five chapters, the main tools introduced in the previous chapters are put into a practical context in important applicative areas, such as astronomy or medical imaging.

The Observatory

The Observatory
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 892
Release: 2003
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN:

"A review of astronomy" (varies).

Status and Prospects of Astronomy in Germany 2003-2016

Status and Prospects of Astronomy in Germany 2003-2016
Author: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2009-01-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527626328

This white paper identifies the main issues and major recommendations for German astronomical research. Their implementation will require initiative from all partners and will allow German astronomers and astrophysicists to continuously play a leading role in their field.

Progress in Optomechatronic Technologies

Progress in Optomechatronic Technologies
Author: Amalia Martínez-García
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-10-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9813296321

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technology (ISOT 2018), which was organized by the International Society for Optomechatronics (ISOM) and Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica (CIO) in Cancun, Mexico on November 5–8, 2018. The respective papers address the evolution of optomechatronic devices and systems, and their implementation in problem-solving and various other applications. Moreover, they cover a broad range of topics at the interface of optical, mechanical and electrical technologies and methods.