Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Volume 2:

Reports of the Panels

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Publication Year:1983

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Front Matter	i-xxii
1. High-Energy Astrophysics I. Introduction	1-1	(skim)
II. The Nature of High-Energy Astronomy and the Scope of the Report	2-8	(skim)
III. Summary of Principal Recommendations	9-11	(skim)
IV. X-Ray Astronomy	12-37	(skim)
V. Extreme-Ultraviolet Astronomy	38-42	(skim)
VI. Gamma-Ray Astronomy	43-54	(skim)
VII. Cosmic-Ray Astronomy	55-68	(skim)
VIII. High-Energy Solar Astronomy	69-83	(skim)
IX. Neutrino Astronomy	84-89	(skim)
X. Gravitational-Wave Astronomy	90-97	(skim)
2. Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Astronomy I. Summary and Recommendations	98-102	(skim)
II. Highlights of Astronomy in the 1970	103-118	(skim)
III. Science Opportunities in the 1980	119-134	(skim)
IV. Detailed Descriptions of the UVOIR Program for the 1980	135-177	(skim)
V. Projections into the Future	178-187	(skim)
VI. Epilogue	188-188	(skim)
Appendix 2.A: Telescopes for UVOIR	189-196	(skim)
Appendix 2.B: Focal-Plane Instrumentation and Detectors	197-210	(skim)
3. Radio Astronomy I. Introduction: Scope of the Report	211-211	(skim)
II. Summary of Recommendations	212-213	(skim)
III. Description of Recommended Projects and Facilities	214-228	(skim)
IV. Scientific Priorities	229-257	(skim)
V. Reference to List of Radio and Radar Astronomy Observatories	258-258	(skim)
4. Theoretical and Laboratory Astrophysics I. Introduction and Summary of Recommendations	259-261	(skim)
II. Theoretical Astrophysics	262-285	(skim)
III. Laboratory Astrophysics	286-301	(skim)
5. Data Processing and Computational Facilities I. Introduction	302-304	(skim)
II. Conclusions and Recommendations	305-306	(skim)
III. The Trend Toward Decentralization	307-308	(skim)
IV. Theoretical Computing	309-314	(skim)
V. Image Processing and Analysis	315-323	(skim)
VI. Data Archiving	324-325	(skim)
VII. Astronomical Databases	326-326	(skim)
VIII. Telecommunications	327-328	(skim)
IX. Specialized Architectures	329-329	(skim)
Appendix 5.A: The Canonical System	330-333	(skim)
6. Organization, Education, and Personnel I. Summary and Recommendations	334-337	(skim)
II. Maintenance of Scientific Talent	338-349	(skim)
III. Other Issues in the Practice of Astronomy	350-360	(skim)
IV. Astronomy and the Astronomers in the 1970's	361-413	(skim)
Appendix 6.A	414-438	(skim)
Appendix A: Abbreviations Used in Text	439-442	(skim)

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