Ana I. Gómez de Castro / Willem Wamsteker (eds.)

Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories

Herausgegeben:Gómez de Castro, Ana I.; Wamsteker, Willem

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11660873, 978-1-4020-4838-8
• 2006
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 215mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9781402048388
• ISBN-10: 1402048386
• Artikelnr.: 20946441

Autorenporträt

Ana I. Gómez de Castro, Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia, Madrid, Spain / Willem Wamsteker, ESA-VILSPA, Madrid, Spain

Inhaltsangabe

Structure and Evolution of White Dwarfs and their Interaction with the Local Interstellar Medium.- Key Problems in Cool-Star Astrophysics.- UV Capabilities to Probe the Formation of Planetary Systems: From the ISM to Planets.- Ultraviolet Studies of Interacting Binaries.- The Need for Ultraviolet to Understand the Chemical Evolution of the Universe, and Cosmology.- Starbursts at Space Ultraviolet Wavelengths.- A View to the Future: Ultraviolet Studies of the Solar System.- Active Galaxies in the UV.- Fundamental Problems in Astrophysics.- Guidelines for Future UV Observatories.- Massive stars in the UV.