Donald E Osterbrock, Gary J Ferland

Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thoroughly revised and expanded throughout, the new edition is a graduate-level text and reference book on gaseous nebulae, nova and supernova remnants. Much of the new data and new images are from the Hubble Space Telescope with two wholly new chapters being added along with other new features. The previous edition which was tried and tested for thirty years has now been succeeded by a revised, updated, larger edition, which will be valuable to anyone seriously interested in astrophysics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Science Books
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 197mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 989g
• ISBN-13: 9781891389344
• ISBN-10: 1891389343
• Artikelnr.: 22448583

Autorenporträt

DONALD E. OSTERBROCK is a world-renowned research astrophysicist, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Emeritus at Lick Observatory of the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He was president of the American Astronomical Society 1988-90, and was named its Henry Norris Russell lecturer, its highest honour, in 1991. GARY J. FERLAND received his doctorate from the University of Texas and did post-graduate research at Cambridge University before joining the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1980, where he is now Professor of Physics and Astronomy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Preface to First Edition.
General Introduction.
Photoionization Equilibrium.
Thermal Equilibrium.
Calculation of Emitted Spectrum.
Comparison of Theory with Observations.
Internal Dynamics of Gaseous Nebulae.
Interstellar Dust.
Infrared Radiation and Molecules.
H II Regions in the Galactic Context.
Planetary Nebulae.
Heavy Elements and High
Energy Effects.
Nova and Supernova Remnants.
Active Galactic Nuclei Diagnostics and Physics.
Active Galactic Nuclei Results.
Appendix 1: Measures of Light.
Appendix 2: Milne Relation Between Capture and Photoionization Cross.
Appendix 3: Emission Lines of Neutral Atoms.
Appendix 4: Nebular Quantum Mechanics.
Appendix 5: Atomic Data for Heavy Element Ionization Balance.
Appendix 6: Quantum Mechanics of Molecules.
Glossary of Physical Symbols.
Glossary of Acronyms.
Index.