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AstrometryAstrometry forfor Astrophysics:Astrophysics: Methods,Methods, ModelsModels andand ApplicationsApplications William van Altena, editor Yale University 28 chapters - 28 co-authors from 15 countries IAU Beijing, August 2012 Inspiration for Astrometry for Astrophysics • IAU Symposium 248, Shanghai, October 2007 – Jin Wenjing - organizer • Brought together leaders in virtually all fields of modern astrometry. • Most successful astrometric conference in many years. IAU Beijing, August 2012 http://www.astro.yale.edu/vanalten/book.htm IAU Beijing, August 2012 Organization of text • Part I: Astrometry in the twenty-first century (34 pp) • Part II: Foundations of astrometry and celestial mechanics (79 pp) • Part III: Observing through the atmosphere (77 pp) • Part IV: From detected photons to the celestial sphere (120 pp) • Part V: Applications of astrometry to topics in astrophysics (75 pp) – http://www.astro.yale.edu/vanalten/book.htm IAU Beijing, August 2012 Part I: Astrometry in the 21 st Century • Ch 1: Opportunities and challenges for astrometry in the 21 st century – Michael Perryman • Ch 2: Astrometry satellites – Lennart Lindegren • Ch 3: Ground-based opportunities for astrometry – Norbert Zacharias IAU Beijing, August 2012 Part II: Foundations of astrometry and celestial mechanics • Ch 4: Vectors in astrometry, an introduction - Lennart Lindegren • Ch 5: Relativistic foundations of astrometry and celestial mechanics – Sergei Klioner • Ch 6: Celestial mechanics of the N-body problem – Sergei Klioner • Ch 7: Celestial coordinate systems and positions – Nicole Capitaine & Magda Stavinschi • Ch 8: Fundamental algorithms and parameters for celestial coordinate systems and positions – Patrick Wallace IAU Beijing, August 2012 Part III: Observing through the atmosphere • Ch 9: The Earth’s atmosphere: refraction, turbulence, delays and limitations to astrometric precision – William van Altena and Edward Fomalont • Ch 10: Astrometry with ground-based diffraction-limited imaging – Andrea Ghez • Ch 11: Optical interferometry – Andreas Glindemann • Ch 12: Radio astrometry – Edward Fomalont IAU Beijing, August 2012 Part IV: From detected photons to the celestial sphere • Ch 13: Geometrical optics and astrometry • Daniel Schroeder • Ch 14: CCD imaging detectors – Steve Howell • Ch 15: Using CCDs in the time-delay integration mode – David Rabinowitz • Ch 16: Statistical astrometry • Anthony Brown IAU Beijing, August 2012 Part IV: From detected photons to the celestial sphere (continued) • Ch 17: Analyzing poorly sampled images: HST imaging astrometry – Jay Anderson • Ch 18: Image deconvolution – Jorge Nu ñez • Ch 19: From measures to celestial coordinates • Zheng-Hong Tang & William van Altena • Ch 20: Astrometric catalogs: concept, history and necessity • Carlos L ópez • Ch 21: Trigonometric Parallaxes • Fritz Benedict & Barbara McArthur IAU Beijing, August 2012 Part V: Applications of astrometry to topics in astrophysics • Ch 22: Galactic Structure astrometry • Ren é Méndez • Ch 23: Binary and Multiple Stars – Elliott Horch • Ch 24: Binaries: HST, Hipparcos and Gaia – Dimitri Pourbaix • Ch 25: Star clusters – Imants Platais IAU Beijing, August 2012 Part V: Applications of astrometry to topics in astrophysics (continued) • Ch 26: Solar System astrometry – Francois Mignard • Ch 27: Extra-solar planets – Alessandro Sozzetti • Ch 28: Astrometric measurements and Cosmology - Richard Easther IAU Beijing, August 2012 Acknowledgements • Colleagues who provided us with many suggestions for this book and the one-semester course that it is designed for. Astrometry for Astrophysics: Methods, Models, and Applications. – Coauthors, Sergei Kopeikin, Ana Gomez, Jin Wenjing, Stephen Unwin, Catherine Turon, Michael Efroimsky, Kenneth Seidelmann, Steve Majewski and many others. • NSF, NASA, ESA, & ESO, who provide us with outstanding facilities for astrometric research. Origins of this book Educating astrometry and celestial mechanics students for the 21st century van Altena, W. F., Stavinschi, M., IAU Symp. 248, Shanghai, Octo ber 2007. IAU Beijing, August 2012 http://www.astro.yale.edu/vanalten/book.htm IAU Beijing, August 2012.