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- Describes the fundamental problems in modern astrophysics that cannot progress without easy and wide-spread access to modern UV instrumentation
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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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories
Editors: Ana I. Gómez de Castro, Willem Wamsteker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4839-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4838-8Published: 09 October 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7208-5Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4839-5Published: 30 January 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: III, 170
Additional Information: Reprinted from Astrophsics and Space Science, Volume 303, Nos. 1-4, 2006
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology