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Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — December 2008
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Astronomical data analysis software and systems; proceedings.

Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (17th: 2007: London, UK) Ed. by Robert W. Argyle et al. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series; v.394)
Astronomical Soc./Pacific, ©2008    757 p.    $77.00    QB51
978-1-58381-658-5

The key themes for this incarnation of the conference were data preservation, footprints and mosaics, high-energy physics computing, algorithms and image processing, and data mining and visualization. Some 125 papers discuss such topics as distributed processing of future radio astronomical observations, probabilistic cross-identification of astronomical sources, embedded processing for the virtual observatory, enhancing science with Hubble Legacy Archive, and real-time transient classification and broadcast pipeline. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Extreme solar systems; proceedings.

International Conference on Extreme Solar Systems (2007: Santorini Island, Greece) (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v.398)
Astronomical Soc./Pacific, ©2008    543 p.    $65.00    QC484
978-1-58381-666-0

Now that planets around other stars are being discovered, measured, and analyzed, astronomers are finding some of them pretty strange compared to their own cozy neighborhood. The 79 conference papers discuss such aspects as planets around neutron stars and in star clusters, planet formation, close-in planets, dynamical evolution, young stars and star clusters, extreme atmospheres, and the habitability of extreme planets. No subject index is provided. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

First results from Hinode; proceedings.

Workshop on First Results From Hinode (2007: Dublin, Ireland) Ed. by Sarah A. Matthews et al. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference series; v.397)
Astronomical Soc./Pacific, ©2008    200 p.    $77.00    QB501
978-1-58381-664-6

Launched in 2006 from Japan as Solar B to advance understanding of solar physics, Hinode ("sunrise") became the space mission's formal name after its first successful orbit. In introducing 54 papers that presented a sample of its first results and related theoretical models at the 2007 ASP conference, Matthews (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Surrey, UK) and coauthors from NASA and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan explain Hinode's mission to provide information on how solar magnetic fields are formed, evolve, and interact with plasmas to create the photospheric and chromospheric phenomena observed. A minor quibble: the views obtained from space are undoubtedly of better resolution than the group photo of participants. Not indexed. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Frontiers of astrophysics; a celebration of NRAO's 50th anniversary; proceedings.

Symposium on Frontiers of Astrophysics: A Celebration of NRAO's 50th Anniversary (2007; Charlottesville, VA) Ed. by Alan H. Bridle et al. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v.395)
Astronomical Soc./Pacific, ©2008    390 p.    $77.00    QB475
978-1-58381-660-8

In June 2007, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) celebrated its fifth anniversary by holding a symposium "highlighting the most important questions that can be addressed by astronomers, major contributions to astronomy enabled by NRAO instruments, and future directions for research involving radio observations and techniques." This volume collects 30 contributions from the symposium, organized into sections on the early universe; galaxies, star formation, and the local universe; stars, interstellar medium, and planets of the Milky Way; astrophysics; and the origins, history, and future of the NRAO. Also included are abstracts of 24 posters from the symposium. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Hot subdwarf stars and related objects; proceedings.

Hot Subdwarf Stars and Related Objects Workshop (2007: Bamberg, Germany) Ed. by Ulrich Heber et al. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference series; v.392)
Astronomical Soc./Pacific, ©2008    386 p.    $77.00    QB1000
978-1-58381-654-7

Hot subdwarf stars represent several stages in the very late evolution of low-mass stars. This work presents papers from a July 2007 workshop, detailing new instruments, new theoretical models, and recent research results in hot subdwarf stars and related objects. A few of the papers have been extended to include an introduction for non-specialists. Papers are in sections on hot subdwarfs in galaxies and globular clusters, atmospheres and evolution, binaries, and pulsating sdB/O stars. Specific topics covered include the UV spectrum of the galactic bulge, helium and the hot horizontal branch, binary population synthesis and sdB stars at different metallicities, and hypervelocity stars. Other topics include superWASP lightcurves of subdwarf stars, binary sdB stars with massive compact companions, and spectroscopic mode identification in slowly pulsating subdwarf B stars. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

New horizons in astronomy; proceedings.

New Horizons in Astronomy: Frank N. Bash symposium (2007: Austin, TX) Ed. by Anna Frebel et al. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v.393)
Astronomical Soc./Pacific, ©2008    304 p.    $77.00    QB45
978-1-58381-656-1

The biennial conference is devoted to the work and ideas of young researchers, and here 13 recent graduates review current research in such areas as the evolution of primordial circumstellar disks, globular clusters in the local universe, and supernovae. Another 34 poster papers are included on topics that include using stellar photospheres as chronometers for studying disk evolution, the Canis Major over-density, and the impact of cosmic rays on Population III star formation. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)