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- Title
X-ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Dust.
- Authors
Lee, Julia
- Abstract
High spectral resolution X-ray instruments on powerful X-ray satellites (e.g. Chandra, XMM-Newton) pointed through dust and gas at bright black holes and neutron stars can be used to study dust and intervening material in unique ways. With the new subfield of Condensed Matter Astrophysics as its goal, I will discuss current efforts to combine techniques and knowledge from condensed matter physics and astrophysics to determine the species-specific quantity and composition of interstellar gas and dust in the ISM and ionized environments. Prospects for improving on this work in future X-ray missions with higher throughput and spectral resolution are also presented in the context of spectral resolution goals for gratings and calorimeters.
- Subjects
X-ray spectroscopy; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC dust; CONDENSED matter; ELECTRONIC equipment on artificial satellites; INTERSTELLAR medium; OPTICAL resolution; CALORIMETERS
- Publication
Space Science Reviews, 2010, Vol 157, Issue 1-4, p93
- ISSN
0038-6308
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11214-010-9723-2