(DOWNLOAD) "Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories" by Ana I. Gómez de Castro & Willem Wamsteker # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories
- Author : Ana I. Gómez de Castro & Willem Wamsteker
- Release Date : January 30, 2007
- Genre: Astronomy,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 4892 KB
Description
Modern astrophysics is a mature science that has evolved from its early phase of discovery and classification to a physics-oriented discipline focused in 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 the 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 tool 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.