Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Rep Prog Phys. 2012 Mar;75(3):036901. doi: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/3/036901. Epub 2012 Feb 22.
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.
现代天体物理学中的一个新兴主题是天文观测与驱动我们宇宙的基础物理现象之间的联系。负责观测到的天体物理现象的机制以及用于探测这些现象的工具——我们所观察到的辐射和粒子能谱——都源于原子、分子、凝聚态物质、等离子体、核物理和粒子物理。化学在分子物理和凝聚态物理中都有隐含的包含。本报告的主题就是这一联系，它提供了一个广泛的、尽管非详尽的、对宇宙理解的进展的概述，这是由于通常被称为实验室天体物理学的理论和实验进展。这项由实验室天体物理学家组成的多样化社区进行的工作，随着天体物理学进入精确测量和高保真建模的时代，变得越来越重要。
