Publication list of the members of the
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy,
Wise Observatory,
guest observers, and co-authors



> 1994 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 < 1990


PUBLICATIONS 1994

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Alexander, T., and Netzer, H. "Bloated stars as AGN broad line emission clouds: The emission line spectrum", Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc. 270, 781-803, 1994.

Beck, S.C. "Velocity, Obscuration and Age of Ionized Winds: Can they be correlated?", Ap.J. 423, 733-735, 1994.

Brosch, N. and Goldberg, Y. "The Star that Moved" - a nearby M dwarf. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 268, L27-L28, 1994.

Formiggini, L. and Leibowitz, E.M. "Three periodicities in a 98 years light curve of the symbiotic star Z Andromedae", Astron. and Astrophys. 292: 534-542, 1994.

Goldberg, D. and Mazeh, T. "The mass - ratio distribution of the spectroscopic binaries in the Pleiades", Astron. and Astrophys, vol. 282, no. 3, 801-803, 1994.

Goldman, I. and Mazeh, T. "The orbital Evolution of highly eccentric binaries", Ap. J. 106, 362-368, 1994.

Kirhakos, S., Sargent, W. L. W., Schneider, D. P., Bahcall, J. N., Jannuzi, B. T., Maoz, D., and Small, T. A. "The HST Quasar Absorption Line Key Project VIII. CCD Imaging of the HST Quasar Fields", Astronomical Society of the Pacific 106, no. 700, p. 646-669, 1994.

Klein, A., Bruch, A., and Luthardt, R. "The development of the symbiotic nova PU Vulpeculae in the years 1984 - 1992", Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 104, 99-114, 1994.

Leibowitz, E.M., Mendelson, H., Bruch, A., Duerbeck, H.W., Seitter, W.C. and Richter, G. "The 1992 outburst of the SU UMa type dwarf Nova HV Virginis", Ap. J.421, 771-778, 1994.

Maoz, D., and Gould, A. "A spectroscopic method to measure macho proper motions", Ap.J. 425, L67-L71, 1994.

Maoz, D., Smith, P. S., Jannuzi, B. Y., Kaspi., and Netzer, H. "How fast do quasar emission lines vary? First results from a program to monitor the Balmer lines of the Palomar - Green quasars", Ap. J. 421, 34-45, 1994.

Mazeh, T, and Zucker, S. "TODCOR: A Two-Dimensional Correlation Technique to Analyze Stellar Spectra in search of Faint Companions", Astrophysics and Space Science 212, 349-356, 1994.

Mendelson, H., and Mazeh, T. "Further photometry of LSI + 61o303", Mon. Not.R.Astron. Soc. 267, 1-4, 1994.

Netzer, H., Kazanas,D.,..et al, "The optical-ultraviolet-gamma-ray spectrum of 3C 279", Ap.J. 430, 191-195, 1994.

Netzer, H. and Turner, T.J. and George, I.M. "X-ray Color Analysis of the Spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei", Ap.J. 435, 106-115, 1994.

Reichert, G.A.,..Netzer, H., Brosch, N., Maoz, D. Mazeh, T.,..et al. "Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. V. Variability of the ultraviolet continuum and emission lines of NGC 3783", Ap.J. 425, 582-608, 1994.

Rix, H. W., Maoz, D., Turner, E. L., and Fukugita, M. "Galaxy Mergers and Gravitational Lens Statistics", Ap.J. 435, 49-54, 1994.

Shara, M.M., Bergeron, L.E., and Moffat, A.F. "Cataclysmic Binaries in Star Clusters. 1. A search for erupting Dwarf Novae in the Globular Cluster M92", Ap.J. 429, 767-771, 1994.

Shemi, A. "Gamma-ray bursts from interaction of relativistic flows with radiation fields", Mon.Not.R.Astron. Soc. 269, 1112-1116, 1994.

Smith, H.A., and Beck, S. "The structure and nature of NGC 2071 IRSI: High resolution radio continuum maps", Ap.J. 420, 643-648, 1994.

Weaver, K.A., et al and Netzer, H. "The Complex Soft X-ray Excess in NGC 4151", Ap.J. 423, 621-632, 1994.

Winget, D.E.,..Leibowitz, E.M.,..et al. "Whole Earth Telescope Observations of the DBV White Dwarf GD 358", Ap. J. 430, 839-849, 1994. 172-D1.

IN PRESS OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Leibowitz, D. and Leibowitz, E.M. "An Algorithm for a period search in a sparsely covered time series of a fixed phase", accepted for publication in the Journal of Time Series Analysis.


PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Almoznino, E. and Brosch, N. "Stellar populations of dwarf galaxies", 1994 IAU Symposium 164, the Hague, Holland.

Bilenko, B. and Brosch, N. "Solar neighborhood dust, properties and distribution in the UV", 1994 Erice meeting on "The Cosmic Dust Connection", Erice, Italy.

Brosch, N. "UV observations with FAUST and the galactic model", presented at the meeting "Hot stars in the halo", October 1993. Cambridge University Press, p. 119-126, 1994.

Brosch, N. "The TAUVEX UV Imager", 1994 NATO ASI meeting on "The Cosmic Dust Connection", Erice, Italy.

Brosch, N., Shemi, A., Netzer, H., Blaserger, A. and Topaz, J. "The TAUVEX UV Imager on SRG", 1994 SIPE meeting, San Diego, USA.

Brosch, N. "The UV content of Virgo Cluster galaxies", 1994 Symposium 164, the Hague, Holland.

Brosch, N. "TAUVEX and the nature of the cosmological UV background", 1994 IAU Symposium 168, the Hague, Holland.

Brosch, N., Shemi, A., Blasberger, A. and Topaz, J. "The TAUVEX UV Imager", 45th International Astronautical Federation meeting, Jerusalem, Israel. October 1994.

Larson, S., Scotti, J.,.....Brosch, N.,...et al. "The Comet Impact Network Experiment (CINE)", 1994 AAS DPS meeting.

Larson, S., Scotti, J.,....Brosch, N.,...et al. "Preliminary Results from CINE", 1994 AAS DPS meeting.

Maoz, D., Smith, P. S., Jannuzi, B. Y., Kaspi., and Netzer, H. "How fast do quasar emission - lines vary? Results from a program to monitor the Balmer lines of the PG quasars", in "AGNs across the Electronmagnetic Spectrum", Ed. T. Courvoisier, in press, 1994.

Maoz, D., "Echo mapping of the broad - line region of AGNs: A critical appraisal" in "Reverberation Mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei", Eds. P. Gondhalekar, K. Horne and B. M. Peterson, 1995, in press.

Netzer, H. "IR diagnostics in AGNs". Seminar MPE Munich, February 1994

Netzer, H. "Emission-line Models and the L-M Relationship to AGNs". Coll. Carnegie Observatories, Los Angeles, February 1994.

Netzer, H. "HST Observations of Radio-loud Quasars: The/Ratio", Colloquim "Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias", Tenerife, September 1994.

Netzer, H. "X-ray Illumination of AGN Disks", Proceedings of the MPE meeting on "Theory of Accretion Disks - 2". Duschl, Frank, Meyer, Meyer-Hofmeister and Tscharnuter eds), 1994, p261-264.

Netzer, H. "The Nature and Origin of X-ray Emission in Active Galaxies". in Violent Star Formation: From 30 Doradus to QSOs(G. Tenorio-Tagle ed.), 1994 (Cambridge University Press), p379-388.

Netzer, H. "Launching into Space: The TAU Ultraviolet Telescope", The First North American Conference of Tel Aviv University, Topnoch, Vermont, October 1994.

Shemi, A. "The Ultraviolet Sky: Preparation of UV maps for space missions", presented at the 34th Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences. Feb. 1994

Shemi, A., Almoznino, E., Brosch, N., Leibowitz, E. and Netzer, H. "TAUVEX - an Israeli Space Telescope on board an International Multispectral Observatory", presented in proceedings of the IPS Annual Meeting, 1994.

Shemi, A., Brosch, N., Netzer, H., Bilenko, B, and Almoznino, E. "Simultaneous Ultraviolet Observations", presented at the IAF 45th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, October 1994.

Shemi, A., Maoz, D., Ofek, E.O. and Madau, P. "Detection of isolated Neutron Stars with optical, UV, EUV, and X-ray observations", presented at 1994 meeting of the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division. Napa Valley, California. November 1994.


ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Mendelson, H. amd Mazeh, T. "V635 Cassopeiae", IAU Astronomical Telegrams. IAUC 6121, December 29th 1994.


CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Beck, S. and Kovo, O. "Where is the induced star formation in interacting galaxies?", to appear in "Mass - Transfer induced activity in galaxies", to be published by Cambridge University Press in 1994.

Maoz, D. "Echo Mapping of the BLR - A Critical Appraisal". Reverberation Mapping of the Broad -Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei ASP Conference Series. Vol.69, 1994. Editors: P.M. Gondhalker, K. Horne and B.M. Peterson.

Netzer, H. "Quasars and active galactic nuclei", to appear in Volume VI/3 of Landolt-Bornstein. Astron and Astrophys. (NASA publication)

THESIS

Almoznino, E., "Star Formation in Late - Type Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster", Ph.D. Thesis - Tel Aviv University, 1994 (submitted)

Kaspi. S., "Emission line variability in Palomar - Green quasars", M.A. Thesis - Tel Aviv University, 1994 (submitted)



PUBLICATIONS 1993

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Almoznino, E., Loinger, F., and Brosch, N. "A procedure for the calculation of background in images", Mon.Not.R.Astr.Soc. 265, 641-648, 1993.

Dietrich, M.,..Netzer, H.,..et al. "Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei 1V. Intensity variations of the optical emission lines of NGC 5548", Ap. J. 408, 416-427, 1993.

Gould, A., Bahcall, J.N. and Maoz, D. "Star counts from the HST Snapshot Survey I.Galactic models", Ap. JS. 88, 53-80, 1993.

Hubbard, W.B.,...Brosch, N.,...et al, "The occultation of 28 Sgr by Titan". Astron. Astrophys. 269, 541 - 563, 1993.

Leibowitz, E.M., "The optical light curve of Nova Herculis 1991 and of other classical novae", Ap. J. 411, Letters 29 - 31, 1993.

Maoz, D., Netzer, H.,.. et al. "Variation of the ultraviolet FeII and Balmer continuum emission in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 5548", Ap.J.404, 576-583, 1993.

Maoz, D., .. et al. "The HST Snapshot Survey III. Further observations in search of gravitationally lensed quasars", Ap.J. 402, 69-75, 1993.

Maoz, D., .. et al. "The HST Snapshot Survey IV. A summary of the search for gravitationally lensed quasars", Ap. J. 409, 28-41, 1993.

Maoz, D., and Rix, H. W., "Early - type galaxies, dark halos, and gravitiational lensing statistics", Ap. J. 416, 425-443, 1993.

Marshall, F.E., Netzer, H.,..et al. "X-ray spectral observations of NGC 1068", Ap. J. 405, 168-178, 1993.

Mazeh, T., Krymolowski, Y., and Latham, D.W., "Radial velocity studies of multiple systems 1: The halo star G38-13". Mon.Not.R.Astr.Soc. 263, 775-780, 1993.

Netzer, H. "Ionized absorbers, ionized emitters and the X-ray spectrum of AGNs", Ap. J. 411, 594 - 601, 1993.

Netzer, H., and Laor, A. "Dust in the narrow line region of active galactic nuclei", Ap. J. Letters 404, L51-L54, 1993.

Piran, T. and Shemi, A. "Fireballs in the galactic halo and gamma-ray bursts", Ap. J. 403, L67 - L69, 1993.

Piran, T., Shemi, A. and Narayan, R. "Hydrodynamics of relativistic fireballs", Mon.Not.R.Astr.Soc. 263, 861, 1993.

Wills, B.J., Netzer, H., Brotherton, M.S., Han, Mingsheng., Wills, D., Baldwin, J.A., Ferland, G.J. and Browne, I.W.A. "The narrow line region of high luminosity AGN's", Ap. J. 410, 534 - 542, 1993.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Alexander, T., and Netzer, H. "Bloated Stars as BLR Clouds: Numerical Results", in "Multi-Wavelength Continuum Emission of AGN". (proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 159, Geneva 1993, eds. Courvoisier and Blecha), p437.

Almoznino, E. and Brosch, N. "UV and optical properties of Virgo cluster dwarf galaxies", 1993 IPS meeting, Tel Aviv University, April, 1993.

Bilenko, B. and Brosch, N. "Properties of galactic dust in the UV", 1993 IPS meeting Tel Aviv University, April 1993.

Braun, O., Topaz, J. and Brosch, N. "Calibration of UV imaging sensors in TAUVEX", Recent advances in sensors, radiometric calibration and processing of remotely sensed data. 1993 SPIE meeting.

Brosch, N., Shemi, A., Topaz, J. and Braun, O. "TAUVEX status report", 1993 IPS meeting, Tel Aviv University, April 1993.

Brosch, N. "Far - UV astronomy at the North Galactic Pole", 1993 IPS meeting, Tel Aviv University, April 1993.

Brosch, N. and Almoznino, E. "UV and optical observations of the Virgo cluster", 1993 Workshop on Galaxy Clusters and large scale structures in the Universe, Sesto - Moos (Bolzano), Italy, June 1993.

Brosch, N. "UV observations with FAUST and the Galactic Model", presented at the meeting "Hot Stars in the Halo", October 1993. Cambridge University Press, p 119-126, 1994.

Clemens, J.C.,..Leibowitz, E.,..et al. In the 8th European workshop on white dwarfs. ed., M.A.Barstow, (Berlin: Springer), in press.

Goldberg, E. and Brosch, N. "Imaging polarimetry of comet P/Swift-Tuttle", 1993 IPS meeting, Tel Aviv University, April 1993.

Laor, A. and Netzer, H. "Dust and Properties of BLR and NLR in AGNs" in "Mass-Transfer Induces Activity in Galaxies". (Cambridge University Press, I.Shlosman ed.), p123-124.

Maoz, D. "Studies of gravitational lensing with HST", in "Science with the HST", eds. P. Benvenuti and E. Schreier (Garching:ESO), p. 103-110, 1993.

Maoz, D., Jannuzi, B.T., Smith, P.S., Kaspi, S., and Netzer,H. "How Large and Quasar Broad-Line Regions?", in "Multi-Wavelength Continuum Emission of AGN" (proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 159, Geneva 1993, eds. Courvoisier and Blech), p399.

Maoz, D., Smith, P.S., Jannuzi, B.T., Kaspi, S., and Netzer, H. "How fast do quasar emission - lines vary? Results from a program to monitor the Balmer lines of the PG quasars", Bull.AAS, 25, 890-890, 1993.

Netzer, H. "X-ray Emission and Reflection in AGNs" in "Multi-Wavelength Continuum Emission of AGN" (proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 159, Geneva 1993, eds. Courvoisier and Blecha), p213-216.

Netzer, H. "A new X-ray View of AGNs", Feb. 1993, Astronomy Department, University of Texas, Austin (Colloquium, Vaughan Visitor)

Netzer, H. "Dust in the Narrow Line Region of AGNs", Feb. 1993, Astronomy Department University of Texas, Austin (Seminar, Vaughan Visitor)

Netzer, H. "Dust in the Narrow Line Region of AGNs", October 1993, Astronomy Department, Beijing University. (Seminar)

Netzer, H. "The BLR and the NLR in AGNs: Are they Two Distinct Regions?", December 1993, School of Physics and Astronomy, TAU (Seminar)

Mersov, G. and Brosch, N. "The prediction of stellar UV magnitudes", 1993 IPS meeting, Tel Aviv University, April 1993.

Rix, H.H., and Maoz, D., "Gravitational lensing results from the HST Snapshot Survey: What they tell us about cosmology and dark matter", Bull. AAS, 25, 794-794, 1993.

Shemi, A. "Gamma ray burst from binary neutron star mergers", IPS meeting, Tel Aviv University, April 1993.

Shemi, A. "Cosmic fireballs and gamma ray bursts", presented at the GRB Workshop held in Huntsville, Alabama, October 1993.

Shemi, A. "GRBs from Crompton drag of relativistic flows", presented at the GRB Workshop held in Huntsville, Alabama, October 1993.

Shemi, A., Mersov, G., Brosch, N., & Almoznino, E. "The prediction of stellar UV colors", presented at the ADASS Conference, Victoria, BC., Canada, October 1993. A.S.P. Conference Series, Volume 61. "Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems III", ed. Crabtree, D.R., Hamish, R.J. and Barnes, J.

Winget, D. E.,.. Leibowitz, E.,.. et al. in IAU Colloq 137 "Inside the stars", ed. W.W. Weiss and A.Baglin. (Provo: Astr. Soc. of the Pacific), in press.

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Duerbeck, H.W., Duemmler, R., Seitter, W.C., Leibowitz, E.M., and Shara, M.M. "The recurrent Nova U Sco - a touchstone of nova theories". The Messenger, No. 71, 1993.

Han, M., Wills, B.J., Brotherton, M.S., Wills, D., Baldwin, J.A., Netzer, H., Ferland, G.J. and Browne, I.W.A. "The broad line region of radio - loud quasars: New Hubble space telescope and ground based spectroscopy", BAAS, 25, 792-792, 1993.

Maoz, D.,...Kaspi, S., and Netzer, H. "How fast do quasar emission lines vary? Results from a program to monitor the Balmer Lines of the PG Quasars", BAAS, 25, 890-890, 1993.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Beck, S. "Starbursts and Imposters", in "The Nearest Active Galaxies", contributions to conference held in Madrid, 1992, eds. Beckman, J., Colina, L. and Netzer, H., pp 169-179, 1993, I.S.B.N.:84-00-05711-2.

Netzer, H. "Measuring the Black Hole mass in Seyfert Galaxies", in "The Nearest Active Galaxies", contributions to Madrid conference held in 1992, eds. Beckman, J., Colina, L. and Netzer, H., pp 219-228, 1993, I.S.B.N. :00-05711-2.


PUBLICATIONS 1992

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Augusteijn K.,...Leibowitz E.,..."Co-ordinated X-ray and optical observations of Sco X-1". Astron. and Astrophys. 265, 177-182, 1992

Brosch, N., "Star formation systematics from colour images", Astrophysics and Space Science 188, 289-298, 1992.

Brosch, N., "Observing conditions at the Wise Observatory" Q.J.R. astr. Soc. 33, 27 - 32, 1992.

Brosch, N. and Topaz, J., "Space astronomy in the ultraviolet: A first Israeli experiment". Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 45, 497 - 500, 1992.

Bruch, A. "Flickering in Cataclysmic Variables: It's Properties and Origins". Astron. & Astrophys. 266, 237-265, 1992.

Duerbeck, H. W., "The final decline of novae and hibernation hypothesis", Mon. Not. R. ast. Soc., 258, 629-638.

Latham, D.W., Stefanek, R.P., Mazeh, T. "Spectroscopic searches for low-mass companions of stars". Acta Astronomica Volume 26. No.3/4, pp. 145 - 149. 1992.

Latham, D.W., Mazeh, T., Stefanik, R.B., Davis, R.J., Carney, B.W., Krymolowski, Y., Laird, J.B., and Morse, J.A. "A survey of proper motion stars XI: Orbits for the second 40 spectroscopic binaries" Astron. J. 104, 774-795, 1992.

Leibowitz, E.M., and Formiggini, L.. "The continuum radiation of the symbiotic star AG Draconis in quiescence and during outbursts" Astronomy and Astrophysics 265, 605 - 612, 1992.

Leibowitz, E.M., Mendelson, H., Mashal, E., Prialnik, D. and Seitter, W.C. "The presence of an accretion disk in the eclipsing binary system Nova Herculis 1991 three weeks after outburst", Ap. J. Letters 385, L49 - L52, 1992.

Mazeh, T. and Goldberg D. "On the Study of the Mass Ratio of Spectroscopic Binaries". Ap. J. 394: 592 -598, 1992

Mazeh, T., Goldberg, D., Duquennoy, A. and Mayor, M. "On the mass-ratio distribution of spectroscopic binaries with solar-type primaries" , Ap. J., 401 : 265 - 268, 1992.

Netzer, H., Laor, A. and Gondhalekar, P.M. "Quasar Discs - III. Line and continuum correlations", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 254, 15 - 20, 1992.

IN PRESS OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Hubbard, W. B.,...Brosch, N.,...et al "The occultation of 28 Sgr by Titan", accepted for publication by Astron. Astrophys.

Mazeh, T., Krymolowski, Y.,and Latham, D. W., "Radial velocity studies of multiple systems 1: The Halo Star G38-13". Accepted for publication in Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc.

Netzer, H. "Quasars and active galactic nuclei". GSF NASA publication #92-008. To appear in Volume V1/3 of Landolt-Bornstein. Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Netzer, H. "Dust in the narrow line region of active galactic nuclei" accepted for publication by Ap. J. Letters.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Beck, S. "Starbursts and Imposters" presented at meeting on "The nearest active galaxies", Madrid, May 1992, invited talk.

Beck, S. and Kovo, O. "Deep H alpha images of interacting galaxies" presented at meeting on "Interacting galaxies with their environment", July 1992.

Goldman, I. and Mazeh, T. "Tidal circularization of short period binaries", invited paper presented at workshop held at Bettmeralp, Switzerland, Sept. 1991. published in "Binaries as tracers of stellar formation" eds. A.Duquennoy and M.Mayor (Cambridge University Press). p. 82-92, 1992

Latham, D.W., Mazeh, T., Torres, G., Carney, B.W., Stefanik, R.P., and Davis, R.J. "Spectroscopic binaries in the halo". in "Binaries as Tracers of Stellar Formation". eds. A.Duquennoy and M.Mayor (Cambridge University Press), p. 139-144, 1992.

Latham, D.W., Mazeh, T., Stefanik, R.P.,Davis, R.J., Carney, B.W., Torres,G., and Laird, J.B., "Spectroscopic binaries in the Halo", in "Complementary Approaches to Binary and Multiple Star Research", eds. H.McAlister and W.H. Hartkopf. IAU Coll 135, ASP Conference series 32, p. 158-160, 1992.

Leibowitz, E.M., Mendelson H., Mashal E.,and Prialnik D., "The eclipsing binary system Nova Herculis 1991". Vina del Mar Workshop on Cataclysmic Variables. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. Vol. 29. N.Vogt, ed., 1992, p. 369 - 370.

Mathieu R. D., Duquennoy A., Latham D. W., Major M., Mazeh T. and Mermilliod, J-C. "The distribution of cutoff periods with age: An observational constraint on tidal circularization theory". in "Binary Stars as Tracers of Stellar Formation", A. Duquennoy and M. Major. eds. (Cambridge Press). p. 178-190, 1992

Mazeh, T. and Goldberg, D. "The mass-ratio distribution of short period binaries", invited paper, in "Complimentary Approaches to Binary and Multiple Star Research" IAU Colloquium 135, ASP conference series 32, eds. H.A. McAlister and W.I. Hartkopf. 161-163, 1992.

Mazeh, T. and Goldberg, D. "A new algorithm to derive the mass-ratio distribution of spectroscopic binaries", invited paper presented at workshop held at Betmeralp, Switzerland, 1991. in " Binaries as Tracers of Stellar Formation", eds. A. Duquennoy and M. Mayor, 1992.( Cambridge University Press), p 170-182, 1992.

Mazeh, T., Krymolowski, Y., and Latham, D.W., "Detection of spectroscopic triples", in "Complimentary approaches to double and multiple star research" eds. H.A. McAlister and W.I. Hartkopf. IAU Coll. 135, ASP Conference Series 32, 161-163 1992.

Mazeh, T., and Zucker, S., "TODCOR: A two-dimensional correlation of a composite spectrum to derive the radial velocities of its components", in "Complementary approaches to double and multiple star research", Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 135, eds. H.A. McAlister and W.I. Hartkopf. ASP Conference series 32, 164-166, 1992

Netzer, H., "Measuring the black hole mass in Seyfert Galaxies". Contribution to the Madrid Conference on the Nearest Active Galaxies. held in Madrid, Spain. May 11 - 14 1992. (NASA Publication)

Torres, G., Latham, D.W., Mazeh, T., Carney, B.W., Stefanik, R.P., Davis, R.J., and Laird, J.B. "Tidal circularization among the close binaries in the halo". in "Evolutionary processes in interacting binary stars". IAU Symposium 151, eds, Y.Kondo et al (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht) 491-495, 1992.

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Mendelson, H., Leibowitz, E.M., Brosch, N., and Almoznino, E.. "HV Virginis", IAUC 5509, 1992.

Mazeh, T., Leibowitz E.M., Hamar S., and Mendelson H.. "GRO. JO 422 +32" IAUC 5650, 1992.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Beck, S. "The Wise Observatory infrared spectrometer: preliminary progress report", internal paper.

Brosch, N. "Observing Conditions at the Wise Observatory". Q.J.R. astr. Soc (1992) 33, 27-32.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Beck, S. "The nearest active galaxies", to be published in September 1993. Title of chapter: "Starbursts and Imposters".


PUBLICATIONS 1991

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS>

Beck, S.C., Fisher, J. and Smith, H. "Infrared recombination lines of hydrogen from YSOs in the southern galactic plane", Ap. J. 383, 336 - 343, 1991.

Brosch, N. "Extragalactic dust V: NGC 801", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 251, 24 - 27, 1991.

Brosch, N. "A model of the galaxy in the ultraviolet", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 250, 780 - 785, 1991.

Brosch, N. "A stellar diamond in Virgo", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 253, 545 - 548, 1991.

Bruch, A. "SS Cyg: New evidence for orbital variations", Acta Astronomica 40, 369 - 377, 1990.

Bruch, A. "V603 Aquilae: the multiple periodic brightness variation of an Old Nova", Acta Astronomica 41, 101 - 108, 1991.

Bruch, A. "Multicolour photometry of the unusual cataclysmic variable AE Aquarii", Astron. Astrophys. 251, 59 - 68, 1991.

Clavel, J. et al. (incl. Netzer, A., Brosch, N., Laor, A., Leibowitz, E.M., Maoz, D., and Mazeh, T. "Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. (I) An eight month monitoring campaign of NGC 5548 with IUE", Ap. J. 366, 64 - 81, 1991.

Goldman, I. and Mazeh, T. "On the orbital cicularization of close binaries", Ap. J. 376, 260 - 265, 1991.

Kepler, S.O., Winget, D.E., Nather, R.E., Bradley, P.A., Grauer, A.D., Fontaine, G., Begeron, P., Vauclair, G., Claver, C.F., Marar, T.M.K., Seetha, S., Ashoka, B.N., Mazeh, T., Leibowitz, E., Dolez, N., Chevroten, M., Barstow, M.A., Clemens, J.C., Kleinman, S.J., Sansom, A.E., Tweedy, R.W., Kanaan, A., Hine, B.P., Provencal, J.L., Wesemael, F., Wood, M.A., Brassard, P., Solheim, J.E. and Emanuelsen, P.I. "A detection of the evolutionary time scale of the DA white dwarf G115 - B15A with the Whole Earth Telescope", Ap.J. Let. 378, L45 - L48, 1991.

Latham, David, W., Mazeh, T., Davis, R.J., Stefanik, R.P. and Abt, H.J. "A search for wide binaries at the North Galactic Pole using precise radial velocities", Astronomical J. 101, 625 - 636, 1991.

Leibowitz, E.M., Ney, A., Drissen, L., Grandchamps, A., and Moffat, F.J. "A probable 3.0455 hour period in the outburst light curve of the recurrent Nova V404Cyg", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 250, 385 - 391, 1991.

Maoz, D., Netzer, H. , Mazeh, T., Beck, S.C., Almoznino, E., Leibowitz, E.M., Brosch, N., Mendelson, H. and Laor, A. "High rate active galaxy nucleus monitoring at the Wise Observatory: III. The broad line region of NGC 4151", Ap. J. 367, 493 - 506, 1991.

Mendelson, H. and Mazeh, T. "Five year photometry of V635 Cassiopeiae - the optical counterpart of 4U0115+63", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 250, 373 - 376, 1991.

Stern, S.A., Brosch, N., Barker, E.S. and Gladstone, G.R. "Rotationally revolved mid-ultraviolet studies of Triton and the Pluto/Charon System I: IUE results", Icarus 92, 332 - 341, 1991.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Brosch, N. "The UV telescopes for the Israeli scientific Satellite", IEEE annual meeting held at Ramat Gan, May, 1991, invited paper.

Netzer, H. "AGN emission lines", in "Active Galactic Nuclei", Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, SAAS-FEE Advanced Course 20, Lecture Notes 1990, pages 57 - 160.

Netzer, H. "BLR models and the L-M relation for AGNs", invited paper, Heidelberg meeting on "Variablity of Active Galaxies", Sept. 1990.

Netzer, H. "AGN disks: Theory vs. observations", invited review, IAU colloq. no. 129 on "Accretion Disks", Paris, July 1990.

Netzer, H. "BLR models: Gas distribution and anisotropic emission", invited paper, CCP7 meeting on "Modelling broad emission lines in AGNs", Cambridge, Sept. 1990.

Postman, M., Siciliano, L., Shara, M., Rehner, D., Brosch, N., Sturch, C., Bucciarelli, B. and Lopez, C. "The second HST guide star photometric catalog", Second conference of Digitized Optical Sky Surveys, Edinburgh, June, 1991

Solheim ,J.E., Emanuelsen, P.I., Vauclair, G., Dolez, N., Cheverton, ., Bastrow, M.A., Sanson, A. E., Tweedy, R. W., Kepler, S. O., Kanaan, A., Fontaine, G., Bergeron, P., Grauer, A. D., Provencal, J.L., Winget, D.E., Nather, R. E., Bradley, P. A., Claver, C. F., Clemens, J. C., Kleinman, S. J., Hine, B.P., Marar, T.M.K., Seetha, S.,Ashoka, B.N., Leibowitz, E. and Mazeh, T.: "Whole Earth Telescope Observations of the Interacting White Dwarf Binary System AM CVn: First Results". White Dwarfs, eds. G. Vauclair and E. Sion. (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers), 431-439, 1991.

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Brosch, N. and Topaz, J. "UV space telescope will provide new capabilities", Laser Focus World, May 1991, 199 - 203.

Leibowitz, E.M., Mendelson, H. and Mashal, E. "Nova Herculis 1991", IAUC 5265, 1991.

Leibowitz, E.M., Mendelson, H. and Mashal, E. "Nova Heculis 1991", IAUC 5297, 1991.

Mendelson, H. and Mazeh, T. "4U 0115+63", IAUC 5172, 1991.

Topaz, J. and Brosch, N. "Will an Israeli optical telescope operate in Space?" Spectrum, 6 - 8, 1991 (in Hebrew).


PUBLICATIONS 1990

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS

Brosch, N., Almoznino, E., Grosbol, P. and Greenberg, J.M., "Extragalactic Dust. IV: The extinction law in three southern galaxies", Astron. Astrophys., 233, 341 - 347, 1990.

Ciardullo, R., Shafter, A.W., Ford, H.C., Neill, J.D., Shara, M.M. and Tomaney, A.B., "The Halpha light curves of novae in M31". Ap. J. 356, 472 - 482, 1990.

Formiggini, L. and Leibowitz, E.M. "A reflection model for the light curves of three symbiotic stars", Astron. and Astrophys. 227, 121 - 129, 1990.

Gondhalekar, P. "Ultraviolet spectra of a large sample of quasars - II. Variability of Ly alpha and C IV emission lines.", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 243, 443 - 458, 1990.

Ho, Paul, T.P., Beck, S.C. and Turner, J.L. "Bracket line spectroscopy of bursts of star formation", Ap. J. 349, 57 - 66, 1990.

Hubbard, W.B., Hunter, D.M., Reitsema, H.J., Brosch, N., Nevo, Y., Carreira, E., Rossi, F. and Wasserman, L.H. "Results for Titan's atmosphere from its occultation of 28 Sagittarii", Nature 343, 353 - 355, 1990.

Laor, A., Netzer, H. and Piran, Z. "Massive thin accretion disks - II. Polarization", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 242, 560 - 569, 1990.

Laor, A. "Massive Thin Accretion Discs III: Comparison with observations", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 246, 369 - 383, 1990.

Maoz, D., Netzer, H., Leibowitz, E., Brosch, N., Laor, A., Mendelson, H., Beck, S., Mazeh, T. and Almoznino, E. "High rate active galaxy nucleus monitoring of AGN at the Wise Observatory I. Mrk 279", Ap. J., 351, 75 - 82, 1990.

Mazeh, T. "Eccentric orbits in samples of cicularized binary systems: the fingerprint of a third star", Astronom. J. 99, 675 - 677, 1990.

Netzer, H. and Maoz, D. "On the emission-line response to continuum variations in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 5548", Ap. J. Let. 365, L5 - L7, 1990.

Netzer, H., Maoz, D., Laor, A., Mendelson, H., Brosch, N., Leibowitz, E., Almoznino, E., Beck, S. and Mazeh, T. "High rate active galaxy nucleus monitoring at the Wise Observatory: II. NGC 5548", Ap. J. 353, 108 - 113, 1990.

Wolk, S. and Beck., S.C. "On the possibility of outflows from very low mass companions", P.A.S.P., July 1990.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Brosch, N. "OFFEQ S: Wide-field UV imaging with the Israeli Scientific Satellite", IAU Symposium No. 139 "The Galactic and Extragalactic Background Radiation", Eds. S. Bowyer and S. Leinert, 453 - 455, 1990.

Brosch, N. "The UV imager for the Israeli Scientific Satellite", IAU Colloq. 123, Goddard Space Flight Center, April 1990.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

The TAUVEX Team (Beck S., Brosch, N., Leibowitz, E.M., Netzer, H. and Ribak, E.) "Scientific research with TAUVEX" 1990. Report of the Phase A study of the scientific payload for the National Scientific Satellite.