Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy

Informationen zum Autor Martin Barstow is a Reader in Astrophysics and Space Science in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester.This book describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet wavelength range, from the first rocket-based experiments to later satellite missions. It will be of great value to graduate students and researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction to the Extreme Ultraviolet: first source discoveries; 2. The first space observatories; 3. Roentgen Satellit: the first EUV sky survey; 4. The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer and ALEXIS sky surveys; 5. Spectroscopic instrumentation and analysis techniques; 6. Spectroscopy of stellar sources; 7. Structure and ionisation of the local interstellar medium; 8. Spectroscopy of white dwarfs; 9. Cataclysmic variables and related objects; 10. Extragalactic photometry and spectroscopy; 11. EUV astronomy in the 21st century; Appendix: a merged catalogue of Extreme Ultraviolet sources; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Martin A. Barstow, Martin A. Holberg Barstow, J. B. Holberg, Jay Holberg, Jay B. Holberg
• Assisted by: Andrew King (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2003
• EAN: 9780521580588
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58058-8
• No. of pages: 410
• Series: Cambridge Astrophysics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous