D. W. Savin, N. S. Brickhouse, J. J. Cowan, R. P. Drake, S. R. Federman, G. J. Ferland, A. Frank, M. S. Gudipati, W. C. Haxton, E. Herbst, S. Profumo, F. Salama, L. M. Ziurys, E. G. Zweibe
An emerging theme in modern astrophysics is the connection between
astronomical observations and the underlying physical phenomena that drive our
cosmos. Both the mechanisms responsible for the observed astrophysical
phenomena and the tools used to probe such phenomena - the radiation and
particle spectra we observe - have their roots in atomic, molecular, condensed
matter, plasma, nuclear and particle physics. Chemistry is implicitly included
in both molecular and condensed matter physics. This connection is the theme of
the present report, which provides a broad, though non-exhaustive, overview of
progress in our understanding of the cosmos resulting from recent theoretical
and experimental advances in what is commonly called laboratory astrophysics.
This work, carried out by a diverse community of laboratory astrophysicists, is
increasingly important as astrophysics transitions into an era of precise
measurement and high fidelity modeling.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2770
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