J-PEX

Joint Astrophysical Plasmadynamic Experiment

 

Introduction

Welcome to the J-PEX project page. This site covers the recent launch of the Joint Astrophysical Plasmadynamic Experiment - a high resolution, high energy spectrometer designed to test technologies which may form the basis for the next generation of spaceborne astronomical instrumentation. The science goal of this mission was the observation, at unprecedented detail, of the atmosphere of a white dwarf star.

You can find out a little more about this mission through a presentation originally given at the 12th International Conference on White Dwarf Stars, held at the University of Delaware, Newark, USA in June 2000. (Please resize your browser window to view the presentation properly).

 

INTRODUCTION TO THE J-PEX MISSION in the Educational Guide to Space

For further information, you can also check out the mission announcement which was delivered at the 11th Conference, in Tromso, Norway, June 1999.

MISSION ANNOUNCEMENT

The J-PEX mission is a collaboration between the University of Leicester, the United States Naval Research Laboratory , and Mullard Space Science Laboratory . You can visit the J-PEX press release page at the US Naval Research Laboratory here .

HERE ARE THE RESULTS FOR THE J-PEX MISSION

Want to know more about White Dwarf stars? You can find out about research into White Dwarf stars carried out in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Leicester University, by reading a report produced by the White Dwarf team members:

THE STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF HOT WHITE DWARFS