Scientific problems addressed by the Spektr-UV space project (world space Observatory—Ultraviolet)статья
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Аннотация:The article presents a review of scientific problems and methods of ultraviolet astronomy,
focusing on perspective scientific problems (directions) whose solution requires UV space observatories.
These include reionization and the history of star formation in the Universe, searches for dark baryonic
matter, physical and chemical processes in the interstellar medium and protoplanetary disks, the physics
of accretion and outflows in astrophysical objects, from Active Galactic Nuclei to close binary stars,
stellar activity (for both low-mass and high-mass stars), and processes occurring in the atmospheres of
both planets in the solar system and exoplanets. Technological progress in UV astronomy achieved in
recent years is also considered. The well advanced, international, Russian-led Spektr-UV (World Space
Observatory—Ultraviolet) project is described in more detail. This project is directed at creating a major
space observatory operational in the ultraviolet (115–310 nm). This observatory will provide an effective,
and possibly the only, powerful means of observing in this spectral range over the next ten years, and will
be an powerful tool for resolving many topical scientific problems.