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APEX, the Astrophysical Plasmadynamic EXplorer: An EUV High Resolution Spectroscopic Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

M Kowalski
M Kowalski*
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7655.3, Washington, DC 20375

Abstract

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APEX is a proposed Small Explorer satellite that will obtain high-resolution EUV spectra of white dwarfs, CVs, stellar coronae, and the local ISM. The APEX effective area (30-50 cm2) and resolution (~10,000) are an order of magnitude improvement over Chandra.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 796 - 798
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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