Beschreibung:
This volume gives a comprehensive, up-to-date review of cosmic masers as presented at IAU Symposium 380, the sixth international maser symposium. It describes time-domain and multiwavelength studies of maser sources via large observing facilities and networks, and discusses ongoing and future projects relevant to maser science.
Part I. Cosmic Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant; Part II. Black Hole Masses and the M-sigma Relation; Part III. Structure of the Milky Way; Part IV. Dynamics of Formation of Massive Stars; Part V. Pulsation and Outflows in Evolved Stars; Part VI. Theory of Masers and Maser Sources; Part VII. New Projects and Future Telescopes; Part VIII. Concluding Remarks.