C R Kitchin

Optical Astronomical Spectroscopy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Optical Astronomical Spectroscopy provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of optical spectroscopy as applied to astronomy. Split into three distinct sections, the first deals with the physics of atoms and molecules and how this leads to the features found in spectra. The second section deals with the practicalities of obtaining the spectrum of an astronomical object and the third and final section deals with the use of spectroscopy within astronomy as applied to astronomical objects and the manner in which information on these objects may be extracted from their spectra.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780750303460
• ISBN-10: 0750303468
• Artikelnr.: 21140568

Autorenporträt

C.R. Kitchin

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Atomic processes. Introduction to spectroscopy. The physics of
atoms and molecules. Atomic energy levels. Transitions. Spectra of
molecules. Radiation in the presence of fields. Spectroscopy of solid
materials. Astronomical spectroscopic techniques. Optical spectroscopes.
Specialized optical spectroscopic techniques for astronomy. Examples of
optical spectroscopes. Spectroscopy of astronomical sources. Spectral
classification. Radial velocities. Spectrophotometry. Stars. Planets and
other minor bodies of the solar system. Nebulae and the interstellar
medium. Extra-galactic objects. Appendices. Conversion formulae. Term
formation of equivalent electrons. Bibliography. Constants. Index.