Features
ISBN Number: 9780521348706
Subtitle: Volume 2
Written by: Bohm-Vitense, Erika
Written by: hm-Vitense
Written by: Bohm-Vitense, Erika
Written by: Erika B
Written by: hm-Vitense, Erika
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Written by: B
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Location: Cambridge
Subject: Science
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy
Subject: Astrophysics
Subject: Stars
Subject: Stars Stars
Edition Number: 1
Edition Description: Hardback
Series: Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics
Series Volume: 2
Date of Publication: May 2003
Cover Type: Paperback
Grade Level: Professional and scholarly
Written in: English
Number of Pages: 264
Book Size: 961x682x49 109
Volume 2 contains the basic physical ideas and laws used in the study of the outer layers of a star including stellar magnitudes, spectra and temperatures, radiative transfer in a stellar atmosphere, line formation, the spectrum of hydrogen, spectral analysis, and available structural components. Review:
"...an excellent introduction to analytical methods and comparison with observations." Virginia Trimble, Comments on Astrophysics
Synopsis:
Each of the three books can be used as an independent textbook. Together they give a complete introductory account of our present knowledge of stars. The author is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Synopsis:
Volume 2 contains the basic physical ideas and laws used in the study of the outer layers of a star including stellar magnitudes, spectra and temperatures, radiative transfer in a stellar atmosphere, line formation, the spectrum of hydrogen, spectral analysis, and available structural components.
