Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories Hardback
Edited by Ana I. Gomez de Castro, Willem Wamsteker
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:170 pages, III, 170 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:09/10/2006
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- ISBN:9781402048388
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:170 pages, III, 170 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:09/10/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781402048388
