Proceedings of the third UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and basic space science : National Astronomical Observatory of Japan /
| Meeting name: | UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; London : Springer, c2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 190 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Astrophysics and space science proceedings Astrophysics and space science proceedings. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8892699 |
| Summary: | This book represents Volume II of the Proceedings of the UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science, hosted by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, 18 - 22 June, 2007. It covers two programme topics explored in this and past workshops of this nature: (i) non-extensive statistical mechanics as applicable to astrophysics, addressing q-distribution, fractional reaction and diffusion, and the reaction coefficient, as well as the Mittag-Leffler function and (ii) the TRIPOD concept, developed for astronomical telescope facilities. The companion publication, Volume I of the proceedings of this workshop, is a special issue in the journal Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 104, Numbers 1-4, April 2009. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 190 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642033254 3642033253 |