Michael Bode is Professor of Astrophysics at Liverpool John Moores University. He is a Senior Fellow of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and Director of the Liverpool Telescope Project. He has served on many research councils and committees and has been Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Aneurin Evans is Professor of Astrophysics at Keele University. His research interests include the study of novae, 'born-again' systems like 'Sakurai's Object', the interstellar medium in globular clusters, and mapping the Galactic plane at sub-mm wavelengths.
Preface
1. Novae - a historical perspective Hilmar W. Duerbeck
2. Properties of novae: an overview Brian Warner
3. The evolution of nova-producing binary stars Icko Iben, Jr and Masayuki Y. Fujimoto
4. Thermonuclear processes S. Starrfield, C. Iliadis and W. R. Hix
5. Nova atmospheres and winds P. H. Hauschildt
6. Observational mysteries and theoretical challenges Jordi Jose and Steven N. Shore
7. Radio emission from novae E. R. Seaquist and M. F. Bode
8. Infrared studies of classical novae Robert D. Gehrz
9. Optical and ultraviolet evolution Steven N. Shore
10. X-ray emission from classical novae in outburst Joachim Krautter
11. Gamma-rays from classical novae Margarita Hernanz
12. Resolved nova remnants T. J. O'Brien and M. F. Bode
13. Dust and molecules in nova environments A. Evans and J. M. C. Rawlings
14. Extragalactic novae Allen Shafter
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