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Title Theory of stellar atmospheres : an introduction to astrophysical non-equilibrium quantitative spectroscopic analysis / Ivan Hubeny and Dimitri Mihalas.
Author Hubený, I. (Ivan), author.
Publisher Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Copyright ©2015

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 DUE 09-07-24  Standard  Library Level 5  Astronomy H820 2015-H  
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Description xvi, 923 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
ISBN 9780691163284 hardback
0691163286 hardback
9780691163291 paperback
0691163294 paperback
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [849]-913) and index.
Contents Why study stellar atmospheres? -- Observational foundations -- Radiation -- Statistical mechanics of matter and radiation -- Absorption and emission of radiation -- Continuum scattering -- Atomic and molecular absorption cross sections -- Spectral line broadening -- Kinetic equilibrium equations -- Scattering of radiation in spectral lines -- Radiative transfer equation -- Direct solution of the transfer equation -- Iterative solutions of the transfer equation -- NLTE two-level and multi-level atoms -- Radiative transfer with partial redistribution -- Structural equations -- LTE model atmospheres -- Non-LTE model atmospheres -- Extended and expanding atmospheres -- Stellar winds -- Appendix A. Relativistic particles -- Appendix B. Photons.
Series Princeton series in astrophysics.
Library Class Astronomy H820
Subject Stars -- Atmospheres.
Stars -- Spectra.
Other Author Mihalas, Dimitri, 1939- author.
Alt Title Stellar atmospheres
Astrophysical non-equilibrium quantitative spectroscopic analysis

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