What Will We Learn Using Suzaku?
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Watch Dr. Kim Weaver explain what Suzaku (or Astro-E2)
will observe. Click on the image to play QuickTime video. (1.9 MB) (Description)
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X-rays are emitted by many objects in the universe and can give us
important information about the nature, processes, and formation
of objects such as binary systems of stars, supernova remnants,
quasars, and clusters of galaxies.
Some examples of questions Suzaku will help us answer are:
- When and where are chemical elements created?
- How do clusters of galaxies merge?
- What happens when matter falls into a black hole?
- How do you heat gases to X-ray emitting temperatures?
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