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Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy

Martin A. Barstow, University of Leicester
Jay B. Holberg, University of Arizona
August 2007
Available
Paperback
9780521039062

    This book describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range, from the first rocket-based experiments in the late 1960s through to the latest satellite missions. It provides detailed material on the tools of EUV astronomy, dealing with the instrumentation, observational techniques, and modelling tools for the interpretation of data. Prospects for future EUV missions are discussed, and a catalog of known EUV sources is included.

    • Covers Extreme-Ultraviolet astronomy at a particular level
    • Complete coverage of the instrument technology, analysis tools and scientific results
    • Comes at the end of a major phase of discovery in the field

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    "...I recommend Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy as a solid introduction to the history and practice of the field." Physics Today

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    Product details

    August 2007
    Paperback
    9780521039062
    412 pages
    242 × 167 × 20 mm
    0.649kg
    207 b/w illus. 63 tables
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 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.
      Authors
    • Martin A. Barstow , University of Leicester

      Martin Barstow is a Reader in Astrophysics and Space Science in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester.

    • Jay B. Holberg , University of Arizona

      Jay Holberg is a Senior Research Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona.