Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories
Ana I. Gómez de Castro, Willem Wamsteker
Modern astrophysics is a mature science that has evolved from its early phase of discovery and classification to a physics-oriented discipline focused on finding answers to fundamental problems ranging from cosmology to the origin and diversity of life-sustainable systems in the Universe. For this very reason, progress of modern astrophysics requires access to the electromagnetic spectrum in the broadest energy range. The Ultraviolet is a fundamental energy domain since it is one of the most powerful tools to study plasmas at temperatures in the 3,000-300,000~K range as well as electronic transitions of the most abundant molecules in the Universe. Moreover, the UV radiation field is a powerful astrochemical and photoionizing agent.This book describes the fundamental problems in modern astrophysics that cannot progress without easy and wide-spread access to modern UV instrumentation.
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Année:
2006
Edition:
1
Editeur::
Springer
Langue:
english
Pages:
171
ISBN 10:
1402048386
ISBN 13:
9781402048388
Fichier:
PDF, 5.05 MB
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english, 2006
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