X-Ray Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas Book

The 54 papers of this proceedings volume were first presented at the X-Ray Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas workshop held in Cambridge, Mass. in November 2004. An initial paper presents an earlier autobiographical essay by Rolf Mewe (d.2004, formerly of SRON, Utrecht, the Netherlands). The papers are grouped into topics that include iron L- and K-shell diagnostics, helium-like transmissions, non-equilibrium plasma diagnostics, XAFs and charge exchange diagnostics, X-ray diagnostics for neutron stars, and X-ray spectral analysis of individual sources. In addition, six papers are devoted to future projects, including NASA's Constellation-X mission, progress and plans for the astrophysical plasma emission code, and recent developments of the CHIANTI database in the X-ray wavelength range. Smith is with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR