LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE,

Abstract

Contemporary problems of space physics, atmospheric physics, meteor and re-entry physics, and propulsion require for their solution much more of the basic data of atomic, molecular, and nuclear physics and chemistry than are currently available. Research in the general field of laboratory astrophysics supplies such basic data. Some of the current activities of the research program in laboratory astrophysics at the University of Western Ontario are reviewed. Included are spectroscopic studies on important diatomic molecular spectra, studies of shock excitation of powdered solids, and ablation and impact flash studies in a ballistic pellet range. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0620708

Entities

People

  • H. I. S. Ferguson
  • R. W. Nicholls

Organizations

  • Western University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Aeronautics
  • Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Chemistry
  • Excitation
  • Flashes
  • Impact Flash
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Research Facilities
  • Space Sciences
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space