GaN-based detectors advance UV astronomy

GaN-based detectors advance UV astronomy

Ultraviolet astronomy is one of the fields that accelerated after the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA; Washington, D.C.) and when telescopes could be placed above the Earth's UV-absorbing atmosphere. Since then, UV astronomy has played a key role in our under...

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Veröffentlicht in:Laser focus world 2006-11, Vol.42 (11), p.109-112
Hauptverfasser: Ulmer, Melville P, Wessels, Bruce W
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Astronomy
Detectors
Earth
Environmental monitoring
Space telescopes
Stars & galaxies
Ultraviolet astronomy
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Zusammenfassung:Ultraviolet astronomy is one of the fields that accelerated after the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA; Washington, D.C.) and when telescopes could be placed above the Earth's UV-absorbing atmosphere. Since then, UV astronomy has played a key role in our understanding of the universe, from some of the most distant stellar and galactic objects to more familiar objects in our own solar system.
ISSN:1043-8092