Scientific problems addressed by the Spektr-UV space project (world space Observatory—Ultraviolet)

A. A. Boyarchuk; B. M. Shustov; I. S. Savanov; M. E. Sachkov; D. V. Bisikalo; L. I. Mashonkina; D. Z. Wiebe; V. I. Shematovich; Yu. A. Shchekinov; T. A. Ryabchikova; N. N. Chugai; P. B. Ivanov; N. V. Voshchinnikov; A. I. Gomez de Castro; S. A. Lamzin; N. Piskunov; T. Ayres; K. G. Strassmeier; S. Jeffrey; S. K. Zwintz; D. Shulyak; J.-C. Gérard; B. Hubert; L. Fossati; H. Lammer; K. Werner; A. G. Zhilkin; P. V. Kaigorodov; S. G. Sichevskii; S. Ustamuich; E. N. Kanev; E. Yu. Kil’pio

doi:10.1134/S1063772916010017

Scientific problems addressed by the Spektr-UV space project (world space Observatory—Ultraviolet)

Authors: Boyarchuk A.A.¹, Shustov B.M.¹, Savanov I.S.¹, Sachkov M.E.¹, Bisikalo D.V.¹, Mashonkina L.I.¹, Wiebe D.Z.¹, Shematovich V.I.¹, Shchekinov Y.A.², Ryabchikova T.A.¹, Chugai N.N.¹, Ivanov P.B.³, Voshchinnikov N.V.⁴, Gomez de Castro A.I.⁵, Lamzin S.A.⁶, Piskunov N.⁷, Ayres T.⁸, Strassmeier K.G.⁹, Jeffrey S.¹⁰, Zwintz S.K.¹¹, Shulyak D.¹², Gérard J.¹³, Hubert B.¹³, Fossati L.¹⁴, Lammer H.¹⁴, Werner K.¹⁵, Zhilkin A.G.¹, Kaigorodov P.V.¹, Sichevskii S.G.¹, Ustamuich S.⁵, Kanev E.N.¹, Kil’pio E.Y.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Astronomy
2. Southern Federal University
3. Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute
4. St. Petersburg State University
5. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
6. Sternberg Astronomical Institute
7. Observational Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy
8. University of Colorado
9. Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam
10. Armagh Observatory
11. University of Innsbruck
12. Institute of Astrophysics
13. Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics (LPAP)
14. Space Research Institute
15. University of Tübingen
Issue: Vol 60, No 1 (2016)
Pages: 1-42
Section: Article
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7729/article/view/189639
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772916010017
ID: 189639

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The article presents a review of scientific problems and methods of ultraviolet astronomy, focusing on perspective scientific problems (directions) whose solution requires UV space observatories. These include reionization and the history of star formation in the Universe, searches for dark baryonic matter, physical and chemical processes in the interstellar medium and protoplanetary disks, the physics of accretion and outflows in astrophysical objects, from Active Galactic Nuclei to close binary stars, stellar activity (for both low-mass and high-mass stars), and processes occurring in the atmospheres of both planets in the solar system and exoplanets. Technological progress in UV astronomy achieved in recent years is also considered. The well advanced, international, Russian-led Spektr-UV (World Space Observatory—Ultraviolet) project is described in more detail. This project is directed at creating a major space observatory operational in the ultraviolet (115–310 nm). This observatory will provide an effective, and possibly the only, powerful means of observing in this spectral range over the next ten years, and will be an powerful tool for resolving many topical scientific problems.

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Black Hole, Accretion Disk, Astronomy Report, White Dwarf, Protoplanetary Disk

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