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

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...

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Published in:	Astronomy reports Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 1 - 42
Main Authors:	Boyarchuk, A. A., Shustov, B. M., Savanov, I. S., Sachkov, M. E., Bisikalo, D. V., Mashonkina, L. I., Wiebe, D. Z., Shematovich, V. I., Shchekinov, Yu. A., Ryabchikova, T. A., Chugai, N. N., Ivanov, P. B., Voshchinnikov, N. V., Gomez de Castro, A. I., Lamzin, S. A., Piskunov, N., Ayres, T., Strassmeier, K. G., Jeffrey, S., Zwintz, S. K., Shulyak, D., Gérard, J.-C., Hubert, B., Fossati, L., Lammer, H., Werner, K., Zhilkin, A. G., Kaigorodov, P. V., Sichevskii, S. G., Ustamuich, S., Kanev, E. N., Kil’pio, E. Yu
Format:	Journal Article Web Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2016 Springer Nature B.V Springer Science & Business Media B.V
Subjects:	Accretion Astronomy Aérospatiale, astronomie & astrophysique Dark matter Extrasolar planets Ionization Observations and Techniques Observatories Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences Physics Physics and Astronomy Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre Planet formation Searching Solar system space Space science, astronomy & astrophysics Star & galaxy formation Stars telescope ultraviolet Ultraviolet astronomy Universe Astronomy Report Protoplanetary Disk Accretion Disk Black Hole White Dwarf
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Summary:	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.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 World Space Telescope scopus-id:2-s2.0-84955482839
ISSN:	1063-7729 1562-6881 1562-6881
DOI:	10.1134/S1063772916010017