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The Japanese X-ray missions
Fujita, Y.
Here, I briefly introduce Japanese X-ray missions: Suzaku and NeXT. Suzaku was launched on July 10, 2005. NeXT will be launched in 2011. They will open new windows into the workings of black holes, clusters of galaxies, active galaxies, and other very energetic objects.
Suzaku observation of X-ray afterglow: Spectral and temporal behaviors
Yonetoku, D.; Yamauchi, M.; Yamaoka, K. +34 more
Geoeffective Coronal Mass Ejections and Energetic Particles
Valtonen, Eino
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can be geoeffective and they are believed to cause major non-recurrent geomagnetic storms. Energetic particles are closely related to the shocks driven by coronal mass ejections in the interplanetary medium. In this paper, the geoeffectiveness of CMEs is reviewed and the means how energetic particle observations can b…
Capability and strategy of the X-ray afterglow observation with Suzaku
Yonetoku, D.; Yamauchi, M.; Yamaoka, K. +19 more
Some Similarities and Differences Between the Mars and Venus Solar Wind Interactions
Trotignon, Jean-Gabriel
The plasma environments of Mars and Venus have been explored by spacecraft, such as Mars 2, 3 and 5, Phobos 2, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), Mars Express for planet Mars and Venera 9 and 10, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Venus Express for planet Venus. Overall observations of plasma regions and their boundaries, in particular the bow shock, the magnetic pi…
The Moon's SMART bomb
Powell, David
Europe's SMART-1 probe is about to crash into the lunar surface in a kamikaze mission of discovery. The author examines what this impact will unearth about lunar history.
Magnetic Reconnection in the Earth's Magnetotail: Reconstruction Method and Data Analysis
Penz, T.; Kubyshkin, I. V.; Nakamura, R. +6 more
Starbursts at space ultraviolet wavelengths
González Delgado, Rosa M.
Starbursts are systems with very high star formation rate per unit area. They are the preferred place where massive stars form; the main source of thermal and mechanical heating in the interstellar medium, and the factory where the heavy elements form. Thus, starbursts play an important role in the origin and evolution of galaxies. The similaritie…
Two years of INTEGRAL result on X-ray binaries
Ubertini, P.; ISWT Survey Team
INTEGRAL is the ESA lead International Gamma-Ray Astrophysical Laboratory, successfully launched the 17th October 2002 from Baikonur with a Proton vehicle. In view of the high sensitivity of the two γ-ray instruments IBIS and SPI and their capability to provide at the same time image, spectra and time profiles of all the sources in their wide fiel…
INTEGRAL: New perspectives for astrophysical nucleospectroscopy
Diehl, Roland