Million Degree Plasmas in Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2009-03-31 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
Million degree plasmas are ubiquitous in the Universe, and examples include the atmospheres of white dwarfs; accretion phenomena in young stars, cataclysmic variables and active galactic nuclei; the coronae of stars; and the interstellar medium of our own galaxy and of others. The bulk of radiation from million degree plasmas is emitted at extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths, which includes critical spectral features containing diagnostic information often not available at other wavelengths. With underpinning by a mature instrument technology, there is great opportunity here for exciting discoveries.
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@article{arxiv.0903.5212,
title = {Million Degree Plasmas in Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Astrophysics},
author = {Michael P. Kowalski and Martin Barstow and Frederick Bruhweiler and Raymond Cruddace and Andrea Dupree and Jay Holberg and Steve Howell and J. Martin Laming and Jeffrey Linsky and Edward Sion and Tod Strohmayer and Paula Szkody and Barry Welsh and Michael Wolff and Kent Wood},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.5212},
year = {2009}
}
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8 pages, 3 figures; Science White Paper for the Astro2010 decadal review