Oriented toward real stars, this textbook covers the tools and observing techniques needed to understand the information contained in starlight, culminating with numerous applications. The fourth edition includes updates on the latest developments in the field and new figures throughout.
Oriented toward real stars, this textbook covers the tools and observing techniques needed to understand the information contained in starlight, culminating with numerous applications. The fourth edition includes updates on the latest developments in the field and new figures throughout.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David F. Gray is a Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, where he has held positions since 1966. He was president of IAU Commission 36, on the Theory of Stellar Atmospheres 1988-1991, and served on the observing-time allocation panels of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope. He is a member of the Canadian Astronomical Society, the International Astronomical Union, Sigma Xi Honorary Society, and the American Astronomical Society, and has served on numerous organizing committees for astronomical symposia. He was an invited lecturer at the Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, the Catania Observatory, and the Beijing Observatory.
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Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the third edition Preface to the fourth edition 1. Background 2. Fourier transforms 3. Spectroscopic tools 4. Light detectors 5. Radiation terms and definitions 6. The black body and its radiation 7. Energy transport in stellar photospheres 8. The continuous absorption coefficient 9. The model photosphere 10. Analysis of stellar continua 11. The line absorption coefficient 12. The measurement of spectral lines 13. The behavior of spectral lines 14. The measurement of stellar radii and temperatures 15. The measurement of surface gravity 16. The measurement of chemical composition 17. Velocity fields in stellar photospheres 18. Stellar rotation Appendix A. Useful constants Appendix B: Approximate physical parameters of stars Appendix C. Atomic data Appendix D. The strongest lines in the solar spectrum Appendix E. Computation of random errors Index.
Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the third edition Preface to the fourth edition 1. Background 2. Fourier transforms 3. Spectroscopic tools 4. Light detectors 5. Radiation terms and definitions 6. The black body and its radiation 7. Energy transport in stellar photospheres 8. The continuous absorption coefficient 9. The model photosphere 10. Analysis of stellar continua 11. The line absorption coefficient 12. The measurement of spectral lines 13. The behavior of spectral lines 14. The measurement of stellar radii and temperatures 15. The measurement of surface gravity 16. The measurement of chemical composition 17. Velocity fields in stellar photospheres 18. Stellar rotation Appendix A. Useful constants Appendix B: Approximate physical parameters of stars Appendix C. Atomic data Appendix D. The strongest lines in the solar spectrum Appendix E. Computation of random errors Index.
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