Astronomy in Various Wavelength Ranges| Astronomy in Various Wavelength Ranges |
Infrared Astronomy > s.a. observational
cosmology [cosmic infrared background, CIBER]; radio astronomy.
* 1980s: IRAS satellite (NASA).
* 1995: Infrared Space Observatory put into
orbit (ESA): 3-200 micron, 10 times the spatial resolution of IRAS, more sensitive.
* 2003: Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly
known as Space Infrared Telescope Facility) launched in Earth-trailing orbit.
* 2013: CIBER (Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment) launched.
* 2014: CIBER results indicate that
stars ejected from galaxies may form a vast, interconnected sea between the galaxies
[@ NASA].
* Cosmic IR background:
One motivation to study it is to learn more about population III stars,
whose light is now mostly IR.
@ General references: NS(95)nov4;
Richards & McCreight PT(05)feb [detectors];
Werner AS(09)nov [Spitzer Space Telescope];
Rowan-Robinson 13.
@ Cosmic IR background: news pn(98)jan;
Biller et al PRL(98) [limits];
Kashlinsky PRP(05)ap/04;
Fernandez & Komatsu ApJ(06)ap/05,
Fernandez et al ApJ(10)-a0906 [near IR];
Lagache et al ap/05-proc [sources];
Kashlinsky et al ApJL(07)ap/06 [sources];
Pritchard & Loeb RPP(12)-a1109 [rev];
news ucla(12)oct [do dark-matter halos contain stars that act as sources?];
Krabbe et al EJP(13) [the SOFIA airborne observatory];
Schmidt et al MNRAS(14)-a1407 [redshift distribution];
Carniani et al A&A(15)-a1502 [as seen by ALMA].
> Online resources:
see Wikipedia page.
Optical Astronomy > s.a. astronomy [general references];
gravitational lensing; matter
in the universe [various backgrounds].
* Telescopes: Keck I & II,
Mauna Kea, HI; Hubble Space Telescope {Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2}.
* Liquid mirrors: The advantage is
that to give them the required parabolic profile all one needs to do is to place
them on a spinning platter; The disadvantage is that they can only point straight up.
@ Telescopes:
Martin et al PT(91)mar [ground-based];
Roggemann et al RMP(97).
@ Interferometry: Beardsley SA(96)jul;
Bedding ap/96-proc,
ASP-ap/00;
Saha & Morel BASI-ap/00;
Hajian & Armstrong SA(01)mar;
Saha RMP(02)ap;
Haniff & Buscher pw(03)may;
Millour NAR(08)-a0804;
Aufdenberg et al a0905-rp,
ten Brummelaar et al PT(09)jun
[long-baseline optical interferometry and stellar astrophysics].
@ HST: Hoyle Nat(90)apr;
Fosbury ap/96-proc [future];
Ellis ap/97-proc,
Ferguson et al ARAA(00)ap [Deep Fields].
@ Adaptive optics: Hardy SA(94)may;
Thompson PT(94)dec.
@ Related topics: Hardy PW(94)may, p40 [CCDs];
Cabanac ap/97-proc,
Borra ap/97-proc,
ap/01,
Hickson AS(07)may [liquid mirrors];
Hinz et al Nat(98)sep [starlight nulling];
news Sci(99)jun [future large telescopes];
Tennyson 05 [spectroscopy];
Gibbs SA(05)dec [mirrors];
Barber a1204 [re cancellation of OWL].
> Online resources:
see Wikipedia page.
Ultraviolet Astronomy
@ References: Bowyer SA(94)aug [extreme UV];
PW(94)jan, p35,
Brosch ap/96-conf [surveys];
Henry a1205 [diffuse UV cosmic background].
> Online resources:
see Wikipedia page.
X-Ray Astronomy > s.a. astronomical objects;
black-hole phenomenology; neutron stars;
polarization [vacuum birefringence]; X-Rays.
* History: 1969, First X-ray
satellite observatory was Uhuru, launched from Kenya (on the V anniversary
of the Kenyan independence, its name means "freedom" in kiswahili);
1999–2000, Major development with the launch of Chandra, which resolved
most of the X-ray background into individual sources.
* Sources: One of the
intrinsically strongest sources is Cygnus X-3 (irregular, binary, possibly
neutron star + companion, T ~ 4.79 hr); An intriguing possibility
for a black hole is Cygnus X-1; SS433 is an X-ray binary.
@ Books: Tucker & Giacconi 85 [I];
Seward & Charles 10;
Arnaud et al 11.
@ Overviews: Fabian ap/00-proc [in cosmology];
Day PT(00)may [status];
Blandford ap/02-proc [status];
White ap/02-conf [future];
Hasinger ap/02-proc [cosmic X-ray background];
Blandford PTRS(02)ap/03;
Weisskopf a1208-conf [Chandra X-ray Observatory report];
Weisskopf a1303-AIP [history and personal role].
@ X-ray binaries: Gursky & van den Heuvel SA(75)mar;
van den Heuvel & van Paradijs SA(93)nov;
Helfand PT(95)nov;
Bonnet-Bidaud & Chardin PRP(88) [Cyg X-3].
@ Related topics: van der Klis SA(88)nov [quasi-periodic];
Kouveliotou & van Paradijs AS(97) [X-ray bursts];
Bhardwaj et al ap/02-proc [from small solar system objects];
Wang IAU(12)-a1112 [galactic sources].
@ Telescopes, missions:
Diehl PoS-a1005 [INTEGRAL mission overview];
Harrison & Hailey SA(11)feb.
> Online resources:
see Wikipedia page.
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