TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectroscopy in Utrecht: a brief history
AU - Verbunt, F.W.M.
AU - Bleeker, J.A.M.
N1 - Publ. online op 31-12-2010 (online first)
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In the first half of the 20th century, Leonard Ornstein turned the Physics Laboratory
of Utrecht University into a center for testing the nascent quantum mechanics through
accurate measurements of line intensities in flame spectra. The microphotometer of instrument
builderWillem Moll was the key to this success. Marcel Minneart used this instrument
to study stellar spectra at the Utrecht Astronomical Institute, and in particular for the Photometric
Atlas of the Solar Spectrum. When the opportunity came in the 1960s to build instruments
for research from space, it was natural that Kees de Jager opted for spectroscopy, in
X-ray observations of the Sun. The expertise developed in this program allowed the Space
Research Organisation of the Netherlands to be a principal player in the development of
X-ray spectrographs on the Einstein, EXOSAT, Chandra and XMM-Newton satellites.
AB - In the first half of the 20th century, Leonard Ornstein turned the Physics Laboratory
of Utrecht University into a center for testing the nascent quantum mechanics through
accurate measurements of line intensities in flame spectra. The microphotometer of instrument
builderWillem Moll was the key to this success. Marcel Minneart used this instrument
to study stellar spectra at the Utrecht Astronomical Institute, and in particular for the Photometric
Atlas of the Solar Spectrum. When the opportunity came in the 1960s to build instruments
for research from space, it was natural that Kees de Jager opted for spectroscopy, in
X-ray observations of the Sun. The expertise developed in this program allowed the Space
Research Organisation of the Netherlands to be a principal player in the development of
X-ray spectrographs on the Einstein, EXOSAT, Chandra and XMM-Newton satellites.
U2 - 10.1007/s11214-010-9727-y
DO - 10.1007/s11214-010-9727-y
M3 - Article
SN - 0038-6308
JO - Space Science Reviews
JF - Space Science Reviews
ER -