HOT GAS --- "A Way Cool Subject"
THE CHIPS MISSION
SpaceDev, Inc. (Poway, CA) providing
-small dedicated 3-axis stabilized
-spacecraft and operations.
-Ground stations are in Berkeley
-and Australia.
Launched in January 2003
-Delta-II payload. Orbit approx. circular
-at 600 km altitude, 94° inclination.
1.
What's Out There?
5.
How Is Interstellar Gas Heated?
9.
Spectral Predictions for Cooling Hot Gas
2.
How Do We Observe Hot Gas?
6.
How Does Interstellar Gas Cool?
10.
The CHIPS Mission
3.
What Heats & Ionizes Interstellar Gas?
7.
Where's the Best Place to Look for Hot Interstellar Gas?
11.
Simulated CHIPS Sky Maps
4.
How Do Things Heat & Cool?
8.
What Does the Local Bubble Look Like
12. The CHIPS Mission
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