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  1. Searching the Trans-Neptunian Region

    The Edgeworth-Kuiper-Belt is considered to be the remnant of the formation disk of the planetary system around the Sun. For about 8 years the...
    Hermann Boehnhardt, Olivier R. Hainaut in Deep Fields
    Conference paper

  2. An Earthquake Early Warning System for the Romanian Capital

    Although earthquake early warning systems have inherently short warning times between seconds and a minute they become increasingly important as part...
    Friedemann Wenzel in Perspectives in Modern Seismology
    Chapter

  3. Small-Scale Mantle Plumes: Imaging and Geodynamic Aspects

    Columnar, upwelling masses of hot rock in the Earth’s mantle, called mantle plumes, are spectacular features of our planet because they supply the...
    Joachim R. R. Ritter in Perspectives in Modern Seismology
    Chapter

  4. Nonlinear Seismology - The Seismology of the XXI Century

    Nonlinear effects in ground motion during large earthquakes have been a long controversial issue between seismologists and geotechnical engineers....
    Gh. Marmureanu, M. Misicu, ... B. F. Apostol in Perspectives in Modern Seismology
    Chapter

  5. The Dead Sea Fault and Its Effect on Civilization

    The Dead Sea fault (DSF) is the most impressive tectonic feature in the Middle East. It is a plate boundary, which transfers sea floor spreading in...
    Zvi Ben-Avraham, Michael Lazar, ... Shmuel Marco in Perspectives in Modern Seismology
    Chapter

  6. A Combined Geophysical/Engineering Approach for the Seismic Safety of Long-Span Bridges

    The spatial distribution of the resonance frequency of the sedimentary cover in the Cologne area was estimated by the horizontal-to-vertical spectral...
    Andreas Fäcke, Lothar Stempniewski, ... Frank Roth in Perspectives in Modern Seismology
    Chapter

  7. Structure of the Upper Mantle Beneath Northern Eurasia Derived from Russian Deep-Seismic PNE Profiles

    From 1968 until 1990, Russian scientists carried out an intensive program of deep seismic sounding across the territory of the former Soviet Union,...
    Trond Ryberg, Marc Tittgemeyer, Friedemann Wenzel in Perspectives in Modern Seismology
    Chapter

  8. Modelling of Descending Slab Evolution Beneath the SE-Carpathians: Implications for Seismicity

    Recent findings from regional seismic tomography and refraction studies and from GPS studies on vertical movements together with extremely high...
    A. Ismail-Zadeh, B. Müller, F. Wenzel in Perspectives in Modern Seismology
    Chapter

  9. Course 15: Observations of the High Energy $\gamma$ -Ray Universe

    This article describes the nature and current status of observational programs studying astrophysical high energy...
    Conor Masterson in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  10. Course 1: Accretion and Ejection-Related MHD

    This lecture is an introduction to MHD. Relevant equations, both in the classical and special-relativistic regimes are derived. The magnetic field...
    Jean Heyvaerts in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  11. Course 7: Cosmic Rays and Particle Acceleration at Astrophysical Shocks

    The acceleration of particles in the vicinity of astrophysical shocks has become the main paradigm in astrophysics for the production of cosmic rays...
    Abraham Achterberg in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  12. Course 12: Evolution of YSO Disks

    As stars and planets form from accretion processes in disks, it is important to understand these processes and their evolutionary implications. While...
    Lee Hartmann in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  13. Course 11: Accretion Signatures in Young Stellar Objects

    Mass accretion onto the star is taken place in young stellar objects, providing the energy needed to power the excess emission observed at all...
    Nuria Calvet in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  14. Course 8: The Black Hole Environments

    Compact objects are astrophysical entities with radii smaller than about 10 Schwarzschild radii. The mass spectrum of these objects ranges from the...
    Max Camenzind in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  15. Course 13: X-Rays from YSOS: Desperately Seeking the Central Engine

    The earliest stages of the evolution of low-mass stars are characterized by the presence of powerful jets, likely originating from accretion via...
    Thierry Montmerle in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  16. Course 6: Gamma-Ray Bursts

    This lecture is an introduction to the study of gamma-ray bursts. Observations of the burst and its afterglow are first reviewed, with the...
    Frédéric Daigne in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  17. Course 9: Accretion around Active Galactic Nuclei

    In bright AGN, at distances of several Schwarzschild radii, the accretion onto a black hole proceeds predominantly in a form of a cool accretion...
    Bozena Czerny in Accretion discs, jets and high energy phenomena in astrophysics
    Conference paper

  18. Laboratory Limits on Neutrino Masses

    The recent neutrino oscillation experiments have obtained nonzero differences of squared neutrino masses and therefore proven that neutrinos are...
    Christian Weinheimer in Neutrino Mass
    Chapter

  19. Experimental Results on Neutrino Oscillations

    Neutrino physics, in particular the question of neutrino mass and oscillations, is currently giving rise to a minirevolution in particle physics....
    Achim Geiser in Neutrino Mass
    Chapter

  20. Astrophysical and Cosmological Constraints on Neutrino Masses

    We review some astrophysical and cosmological properties and implications of neutrino masses and mixing angles. These include constraints based on...
    Kimmo Kainulainen, Keith A. Olive in Neutrino Mass
    Chapter
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