| Type |
Journal Article |
| Names |
D. W. Savin, N. S. Brickhouse, J. J. Cowan, R. P. Drake, S. R. Federman, G. J. Ferland, A. Frank, M. S. Gudipati, W. C. Haxton, E. Herbst, S. Profumo, F. Salama, L. M. Ziurys, E. G. Zweibel |
| Publication |
Reports on Progress in Physics |
| Volume |
75 |
| Issue |
3 |
| Pages |
036901 |
| Date |
March 1, 2012 |
| URL |
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012RPPh...75c6901S |
| Library Catalog |
NASA ADS |
| Abstract |
An emerging theme in modern astrophysics is the connection between
astronomical observations and the underlying physical phenomena that
drive our cosmos. Both the mechanisms responsible for the observed
astrophysical phenomena and the tools used to probe such
phenomena—the radiation and particle spectra we observe—have
their roots in atomic, molecular, condensed matter, plasma, nuclear and
particle physics. Chemistry is implicitly included in both molecular and
condensed matter physics. This connection is the theme of the present
report, which provides a broad, though non-exhaustive, overview of
progress in our understanding of the cosmos resulting from recent
theoretical and experimental advances in what is commonly called
laboratory astrophysics. This work, carried out by a diverse community
of laboratory astrophysicists, is increasingly important as astrophysics
transitions into an era of precise measurement and high fidelity
modeling. |