Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Plasmas

A. Dalgarno (Edited by), D. Layzer (Edited by)

9780521269278, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 June 1987

372 pages
24.7 x 17.4 x 2 cm, 0.589 kg

A group of acknowledged experts describe the use of spectroscopy as a diagnostic probe of astronomical environments. The broad sweep of the book enables good coverage to be given to all the situations in which plasmas are encounteres in astronomical investigations. Specifically, the articles include quasars, Seyfert galaxies, active galactic nuclei, the solar chromosphere and corona, galactic HII regions, circumstellar shells, interstellar gas, supernova remnants and interstellar clouds. The book includes an account of the basic aspects of spectroscopy in a chapter on laboratory astrophysics. The book was stimulated by the extraordinary contributions to astronomical spectroscopy of Leo Goldberg, and is dedicated to him. Throughout, this book is written with the needs of students in astronomy and astrophysics in mind. Each chapter includes a summary or conclusions about the future direction of research. Furthermore there are extensive bibliographies. This textbook is therefore an excellent introduction to research in astrophysics and it will act as a pathfinder to the primary literature.

List of abbreviations
Preface
1. Optical obervations of nebulae B. T. Lynds
2. Radio observations of H II regions R. L. Brown
3. Quasars, Seyfert galaxies and active galactic nuclei D. E. Osterbrock
4. Chemical abundances L. H. Aller
5. The solar chromosphere R. W. Noyes and E. H. Avrett
6. Spectroscopy of the solar corona J. B. Zirker
7. Spectroscopy of circumstellar shells B. Zuckerman
8. The gaseous galactic halo B. D. Savage
9. Astrophysical shocks in diffuse gas C. F. McKee
10. Coronal interstellar gas and supernova remnants R. A. McCray
11. Diffuse interstellar clouds J. H. Black
12. Laboratory astophysics: atomic spectroscopy W. H. Parkinson
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB]