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Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories

Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories

Gómez de Castro, Ana I.
Wamsteker, Willem

Paperback

Astronomy & SpacePhysics

ISBN10: 904817208X
ISBN13: 9789048172085
Publisher: Springer
Published: Oct 19 2010
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.38 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

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.

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