Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gómez de Castro, Ana I. (Editor), Wamsteker, Willem (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

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 v...

Table of Contents:

• 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.