Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with Fuse: Proceedings.1583812164 Astrophysics in the far ultraviolet; five years of discovery with fuse; proceedings. Conference on Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet (2004: Victoria, BC, Canada) Ed. by George Sonneborn et al. Astronomical Soc./Pacific 2006 590 pages $77.00 Hardcover Astronomical Society of the Pacific The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) was founded in San Francisco in 1889. It has the legal status of a nonprofit organization. It is the largest general astronomy society in the world, with members from over 70 countries. conference series; v.348 QB883 One hundred-plus papers from the August 2004 conference review discoveries made by NASA's far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, also known as FUSE, is a space-based telescope operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. (FUSE) mission during its first five years of operations. The researchers report progress in understanding deuterium deuterium (d  tēr`ēəm), isotope of hydrogen with mass no. 2. The deuterium nucleus, called a deuteron, contains one proton and one neutron. in the Milky Way,
hot massive stars, hot stellar remnants, interacting binary systems,
protoplanetary systems, the interstellar medium, and starburst galaxies.
Topics include opacity Refers to being "opaque," which means to prevent light from shining through. For example, in an image editing program, the opacity level for some function might range from completely transparent (0) to completely opaque (100). in the transition region of cool dwarfs, hot gas
in the galactic halo, phosphorous phos·pho·rousadj. Of, relating to, or containing phosphorus, especially with a valence of 3 or a valence lower than that of a comparable phosphoric compound. in the diffuse ISM, and the scientific rationale for a ten meter UV-optical telescope. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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