Keith Robinson
Springer New York
2007e druk, 2007
9780387367866
Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars
Reading the Lines in Stellar Spectra
Specificaties
Paperback, 160 blz.
|
Engels
Springer New York |
2007e druk, 2007
ISBN13: 9780387367866
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
This is the first non-technical book on spectroscopy written specifically for practical amateur astronomers. It includes all the science necessary for a qualitative understanding of stellar spectra, but avoids a mathematical treatment which would alienate many of its intended readers. Any amateur astronomer who carries out observational spectroscopy and who wants a non-technical account of the physical processes which determine the intensity and profile morphology of lines in stellar spectra will find this is the only book written specially for them. It is an ideal companion to existing books on observational amateur astronomical spectroscopy.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780387367866
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:160
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:2007
Inhoudsopgave
Spectroscopy—A New Golden Age for Amateur Astronomy.- The Basic Stuff—Light Radiation and Atoms.- Behind the Lines—The Magnificent Energy Level Structure of an Atom.- Our Old Friend the Doppler Effect.- When Is a Spectral Line Not a Spectral Line?.- Stellar Spectra and That Famous Mnemonic.- Cool but not Smooth—The Molecular Spectra of Red Stars.- Glows in the Dark—Emission Lines and Nebulae.- Glowing Vortices—Accretion Disks.- The P Cygni Profile and Friends.- Spectral Magnetism—The Zeeman Effect.- ‘How Much Gold in Them There Stars?’—The Curve of Growth.