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Extreme ultraviolet astronomy /
Describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet wavelength range, from the first rocket-based experiments to the latest satellite missions. This timely book for graduate students and researchers comes at the end of a major phase of discovery in the field.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Cambridge astrophysics series ;
37. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 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.