VOcabulary for Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal keywords (Version 2007-08-10) The study of life in space, combining aspects of astronomy, biology and geology misc.astrobiology The study of the chemical elements found in outer space misc.astrochemistry The acceleration of generic particles physics.acceleration;physics.particle The process of accreting mass, The structure formed by accreted material in orbit around a central body process.accretion process.accretion;morphology.disk Atomic Data ucd:phys.atmol Atomic processes ucd:phys.atmol;process Physics of Black Holes physics.gravity;physics.relativity.general;star.blackHole;galaxy.blackHole Having to do with chaotic properties process.chaos Conduction physics.conduction Convection physics.convection Physics of dense matter physics.matter.dense Diffusion physics.diffusion Elementary particles physics.particle Equation of state ucd:phys.eos Gravitation physics.gravity Gravitational lensing physics.gravity.lensing Gravitational waves physics.gravity.wave Having to do with hydrodynamics physics.hydrodynamics Generic instability process.instability Formation of atomic/molecular lines physics.line;process.formation Identification of lines ucd:meta.id;physics.line Line profiles ucd:spect.line.profile Magnetic fields physics.magneticField Magnetohydrodynamics physics.magneticField;physics.hydrodynamics MHD Maser process.maser Molecular data ucd:phys.mol Molecular processes ucd:phys.mol;process Neutrinos physics.particle.fermion.lepton.neutrino Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances physics.nucleosynthesis physics.abundance Having to do with an ionized plasma physics.matter.plasma Having to do with polarization of light physics.polarization Radiation mechanisms physics.radiation Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal physics.radiation.non-thermal Radiation mechanisms: thermal physics.radiation.thermal Propagation of electromagnetic radiation through a medium which is itself emitting, absorbing and scattering radiation physics.radiation;process.transfer Having to do with effects due to the finite speed of light physics.relativity Scattering of wave or particle physics.scattering Shock front/wave (HD, MHD, Ionization, etc.) physics.shock Stellar dynamics star;physics.dynamics Having to do with stochastic or chaotic flows physics.turbulence Having to do with wave phenomena physics.wave sky Device to transport instruments in the upper atmosphere device.balloon Technology used on astronomical telescopes to remove the effects of atmospheric distortion device.adaptiveOptics Generic detector of electromagnetic radiation or particles device.detector Instruments permitting high angular resolution observations device;[;ucd:pos.angResolution;stat.extreme.large;] Interferometer device.interferometer Generic instrument device Generic photometer device.photometer Polarimeter device.polarimeter Generic spectrograph device.spectrograph Diffuse light from the sky, light pollution sky.nightGlow Having to do with analytical calculation method.analytical Data analysis/processing method.analysis Having to do with laboratory methods/techniques method.laboratory Generic obs/reduction/analysis method method N-body simulation method.simulation.N-body Numerical method method.numerical Observational method method;ucd:obs Statistical method method;stat Site testing method.analysis;location;ucd:instr.obsty Generic man-made device sent to space device.spacecraft Instrument onboard space vehicles device.instrument;device.spacecraft High angular resolution methods method;[;ucd:pos.angResolution;stat.extreme.large;] Image processing method.analysis;ucd:obs.image Interferometric method/technique method;device.interferometer Generic method/technique method Photometric method method;ucd:phot Polarimetric method method;physics.polarization Radar technique method.radar Radial velocity method method;ucd:spect.dopplerVeloc Spectroscopic method method;ucd:spect Telescopes device.telescope Database ucd:meta.dataset Atlas, collection of sky-fields ucd:meta.dataset;ucd:obs.field Catalog, table ucd:meta.table Survey method.survey Measurements and explanations of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies method;ucd:pos Kinematics and dynamics of celestial bodies physics.dynamics Eclipse of two physically related objects time.variation.eclipse Ephemeris, ephemerides ucd:pos.ephem Occultation of two physically unrelated objects time.variation.occultation Reference systems ucd:pos.frame Having to do with time time Chemical abundances in the Sun physics.abundance;named.Sun Activity of the Sun time.variation;named.Sun Atmosphere of the Sun process.atmosphere;named.Sun Chromosphere of the Sun process.chromosphere;named.Sun Corona of the Sun process.corona;named.Sun Ejection of material from the solar corona misc.CME;named.Sun CME Evolution of the Sun process.evolution;named.Sun Bright surface phenomenon on the Sun morphology.spot.facula;named.Sun Elongated structure in the solar corona [;morphology.filament;process.corona;];named.Sun A violent explosion in the Sun's atmosphere time.variation.flare;named.Sun Fundamental parameter/quantity of the Sun ucd:meta.main;named.Sun The Sun in general named.Sun Grainy appearance of the solar photosphere is produced by convection morphology.granulation;physics.convection;named.Sun Study of the internal structure of the Sun by the interpretation of its frequency spectra method.seismology;named.Sun Infrared emission from the Sun ucd:em.IR;named.Sun The inner part of the Sun morphology.interior;named.Sun Solar magnetic field physics.magneticField;named.Sun Oscillation, pulsation of the Sun process.pulsation;named.Sun Emission of particles from the Sun physics.emission;physics.particle;named.Sun Photosphere of the Sun process.photosphere;named.Sun Large bright feature extending outwards from the sun's surface, often in a loop configuration morphology.loop;morphology.surface;named.Sun Radio emission from the Sun ucd:em.radio;named.Sun Rotation of the Sun process.rotation;named.Sun Having to do with the effects of the Sun on the Earth's atmosphere named.Earth;named.Sun;process.interaction Solar wind process.mass-loss.wind;named.Sun Sunspot morphology.spot;named.Sun;physics.magneticField morphology;namedSun UV radiation from the Sun ucd:em.UV;named.Sun X-rays and gamma rays from the Sun ucd:em.X-ray;named.Sun ucd:em.gamma;named.Sun Interplanetary body which sublimates when heated planetary.comet Individual comet named;planetary.comet The Earth named.Earth Interplanetary medium diffuse;location.interplanetary Kuiper Belt objects planetary.asteroid.KBO Small asteroid which has survived the impact with another larger body planetary.meteoroid Interplanetary terrestrial body planetary.asteroid The Earth's Moon named.Moon Cloud of asteroids and comets far away from the star they orbit planetary.OortCloud Rings around planets morphology.ring;planetary.planet Near-spherical dynamically dominant celestial body orbiting a star, Near-spherical dynamically non-dominent celestial body orbiting a star, Non-planet body orbiting another non-stellar object planetary.planet planetary.dwarfPlanet planetary.satellite Formation of planets, Formation of dwarf planets process.formation;planetary.planet process.formation;planetary.dwarfPlanet Formation of satellites process.formation;planetary.satellite Planet #, Satellite # named;planetary.planet named;planetary.dwarfPlanet named;planetary.satellite Formation of the Solar system process.formation;named.SolarSystem Solar planetary system named.SolarSystem Abundances of chemical elements in stars physics.abundance;star Activity of stars time.variation;star Asymptotic giant branch star, Post-asymptotic giant branch star star.giant.asymptotic star.giant.post-asymptotic AGB post-AGB Atmosphere of stars process.atmosphere;star Close binary star star.binary.close A binary system with high inclination, resulting in eclipses of one or more components. star.binary.eclipsing Generic binary stars star.binary Spectroscopic binary star star.binary.spectroscopic Symbiotic binary star star.binary.symbiotic Visual binary star star.binary.visual Blue straggler star star.blueStraggler Carbon star star.spectralType.carbon Chemically peculiar stars star.peculiar;physics.abundance Chromospheres of stars process.chromosphere;star Circumstellar matter diffuse;location.circumstellar Stellar coronae process.corona;star Distance of stars ucd:pos.distance;star CV star with an erupting accretion disk star.binary.CV.dwarfNova star.variable.UGem-class Early-type star (early spectral type, i.e. hot) star.spectralType.early B-star with emission lines., Generic star with emission lines star.spectralType.Be star;[;physics.emission;physics.line;] Evolution of stars process.evolution;star Flare stars star;time.variation.flare Formation of stars process.formation;star Fundamental parameters of stars ucd:meta.main;star Stars in general star Hertzsprung-Russel diagram method.analysis.graph;[;[;star;physics.temperature;];OR;[;star.spectralType;]; OR;[;star;ucd:phot.color;];];[;[;star;physics.luminosity;]; OR;[;star;physics.flux;];OR;[;star;ucd:phot.mag;];] Color-Magnitude diagram method.analysis.graph;ucd:phot.color;ucd:phot.mag Horizontal giant branch star star.giant.horizontal HB Imaging of stars method;ucd:obs.image;star Individual star # named;star Interior of stars morphology.interior;star Kinematics of stars physics.kinematics;star Late-type star (late spectral type, i.e. cold) star.spectralType.late Brown dwarf stars star.brownDwarf Luminosity function, mass function ucd:phys.luminosity.fun;star [;ucd:phys.mass;math.function;];star Magnetic fields in stars physics.magneticField;star Mass-loss from stars process.mass-loss;star Neutron star star.neutron NS Cataclysmic variable star, Classical nova star.binary.CV star.binary.CV.nova star.variable.nova CV Peculiar star (not chemically peculiar) star.peculiar Planetary system planetary Formation of a planetary system process.formation;planetary A proto-planetary cloud or disk diffuse.nebula.proto-planetary proplyd Population II stars star.Population.II Pre-main sequence star star.mainSequence.pre PMS Pulsar, rapidly rotating magnetic neutron star star.neutron.pulsar Individual pulsar named;star.neutron.pulsar Rotation of stars process.rotation;star Starspots morphology.spot;star Generic statistics of stars stat;star Subdwarf star (luminosity class VI) star.subdwarf Supergiant star (luminosity class I-II) star.supergiant Stars exploding as supernova star.supernova SN Individual supernova # named;star.supernova Classical Cepheid variable star star.variable.Cepheid star.variable.deltaCep-class Variable star of type delta Scuti (pulsating A-F stars) star.variable.deltaSct-class Variable stars star.variable RR Lyrae variables (radially pulsating A-F horizontal branch stars) star.variable.RRLyr-class White dwarfs star.whiteDwarf WD Wind mass-loss from stars process.mass-loss.wind;star Wolf-Rayet star star.Wolf-Rayet-class WR Chemical abundances in the InterStellar Medium physics.abundance;misc.ISM Having to do with atoms in the ISM physics.atom;misc.ISM Diffuse or empty structure with the shape of a bubble misc.ISM;morphology.bubble Generic diffuse cloud or nebula in the ISM diffuse.nebula Cosmic rays diffuse.cosmicRays Minute solid particles (dust, grains), Generic absorption of light process.dust process.extinction Evolution of the ISM process.evolution;misc.ISM The Interstellar medium in general misc.ISM HII region, ionized hydrogen cloud diffuse.nebula.HII Herbig-Haro nebula diffuse.nebula.Herbig-Haro-class Individual source in the ISM misc.ISM;named;source Outflow, mass ejection, Jets, collimated mass-loss process.mass-loss.ejection process.mass-loss.jet Kinematics and dynamics of the ISM physics.kinematics;misc.ISM physics.dynamics;misc.ISM Lines and bands in the ISM physics.line;misc.ISM Magnetic fields in the ISM physics.magneticField;misc.ISM Having to do with molecules in the ISM physics.molecule;misc.ISM Planetary nebulae diffuse.nebula.planetary PN Individual PN # named;diffuse.nebula.planetary Reflection nebula diffuse.nebula.reflection Structure of the ISM morphology;misc.ISM Supernova remnants misc.SNR SNR Chemical abundances in the Milky Way physics.abundance;named.MilkyWay Bulge of the Galaxy galaxy.bulge;named.MilkyWay Center of the Galaxy morphology.center;named.MilkyWay The disk of the Galaxy morphology.disk;named.MilkyWay Evolution of the Galaxy process.evolution;named.MilkyWay Formation of the Galaxy process.formation;named.MilkyWay Fundamental parameters ucd:meta.main;named.MilkyWay The Galaxy in general named.MilkyWay Globular clusters of the Galaxy star.cluster.globular Individual globular cluster # of the Galaxy named;star.cluster.globular Halo of the Galaxy morphology.halo;named.MilkyWay Kinematics and dynamics of the Galaxy physics.kinematics;named.MilkyWay physics.dynamics;named.MilkyWay Nucleus of the Galaxy morphology.nucleus;named.MilkyWay Galactic open cluster and association star.cluster.open star.cluster.association Individual galactic open cluster and association named;star.cluster.open named;star.cluster.association Region of the Galaxy near the Sun location.neighborhood;named.Sun Stellar content of the Galaxy star.Population;named.MilkyWay Structure of the Galaxy morphology;named.MilkyWay Chemical abundances in galaxies physics.abundance;galaxy Galaxy of type BL Lac galaxy.AGN.BLLac-class Individual BL Lac named;galaxy.AGN.BLLac-class Bulge of a galaxy galaxy.bulge Cluster of galaxies galaxy.cluster Cooling flows diffuse;process.cooling;process.flow Distance and redshift of a galaxy ucd:pos.distance;galaxy ucd:src.redshift;galaxy Dwarf galaxy galaxy.dwarf Elliptical, lenticular, giant elliptical galaxies galaxy.elliptical galaxy.elliptical.giant Evolution of galaxies process.evolution;galaxy Formation of galaxies process.formation;galaxy Fundamental parameters of galaxies ucd:meta.main;galaxy Galaxies in general galaxy Halos of galaxies morphology.halo;galaxy High-redshift galaxies process.redshift;stat.importance.high;galaxy Individual galaxy # named.# Interaction of galaxies process.interaction;galaxy Intergalactic medium misc.IGM IGM Irregular galaxies galaxy.irregular ISM in galaxies misc.ISM;galaxy Jets in galaxies process.mass-loss.jet;galaxy Kinematics and dynamics of galaxies physics.kinematics;galaxy physics.dynamics;galaxy The Local Group of galaxies galaxy.group;named.LocalGroup Luminosity function and mass function for galaxies ucd:phys.luminosity.fun;galaxy [;ucd:phys.mass;math.function;];galaxy The Magellanic Clouds named.LMC named.SMC LMC SMC Magnetic fields in galaxies physics.magneticField;galaxy Nucleus of a galaxy morphology.nucleus;galaxy Peculiar galaxy galaxy.peculiar Photometry of galaxies ucd:phot;galaxy Absorption lines in quasars physics.line;physics.absorption;galaxy.AGN.quasar Emission lines in quasars physics.line;physics.emission;galaxy.AGN.quasar Quasars galaxy.AGN.quasar Individual quasar named;galaxy.AGN.quasar Seyfert galaxy galaxy.Seyfert-class Spiral galaxy galaxy.spiral Starburst galaxy galaxy;process.starburst Statistics on galaxies stat;galaxy Stellar content of a galaxy star.Population;galaxy Structure of galaxies morphology;galaxy Cosmic microwave background misc.CMB CMB Cosmological parameters cosmology.parameter Cosmology in general cosmology Observations related to cosmology ucd:obs;cosmology Theories in cosmology method.theory;cosmology Dark matter cosmology.DarkMatter Diffuse radiation cosmology;physics.radiation;source.unresolved Distance scale cosmology;ucd:pos.distance Early universe cosmology.earlyUniverse Large-scale structure of the universe cosmology.largeScaleStructure Gamma-ray bursts misc.GRB GRB Observations related to gamma rays ucd:obs;ucd:em.gamma Theories related to gamma rays method.theory;ucd:em.gamma Infrared emitting galaxies galaxy;ucd:em.IR Infrared source source;ucd:em.IR Infrared sources in the ISM misc.ISM;ucd:em.IR IR emission from the solar system named.SolarSystem;ucd:em.IR Infrared emitting stars star;ucd:em.IR Radio galaxies galaxy;ucd:em.radio;ucd:spect.continuum Radio continuum source source;ucd:em.radio;ucd:spect.continuum Radio continuum in the ISM misc.ISM;ucd:em.radio;ucd:spect.continuum Radio continuum emission from the solar system named.SolarSystem;ucd:em.radio;ucd:spect.continuum Radio continuum emitting stars star;ucd:em.radio;ucd:spect.continuum Radio lines emitting galaxies galaxy;ucd:em.line;ucd:em.radio Radio lines emitting source source;ucd:em.line;ucd:em.radio Radio lines in the ISM misc.ISM;ucd:em.line;ucd:em.radio Radio lines from the solar system named.SolarSystem;ucd:em.line;ucd:em.radio Radio lines emitting stars star;ucd:em.line;ucd:em.radio Submillimeter source source;ucd:em.mm Ultraviolet emitting galaxies galaxy;ucd:em.UV Ultraviolet source source;ucd:em.UV Ultraviolet sources in the ISM misc.ISM;ucd:em.UV UV from the solar system named.SolarSystem;ucd:em.UV Ultraviolet emitting stars star;ucd:em:UV X-rays emitting bynaries star.binary;ucd:em.X-ray X-ray burst source;time.variation.burst;ucd:em.X-ray Diffuse X-ray background ucd:em.X-ray;[;source.unresolved;OR;diffuse;] X-ray emitting galaxies galaxy;ucd:em.X-ray X-ray emitting cluster of galaxies galaxy.cluster;ucd:em.X-ray X-ray source source;ucd:em.X-ray Individual X-ray source named;source;ucd:em.X-ray X-ray sources in the ISM misc.ISM;ucd:em.X-ray X-ray emitting stars star;ucd:em.X-ray