| Radio Recombination Lines: Their Physics and Astronomical Applications 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Gordon, M. a. (Author), Sorochenko, Roman L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1402010168 ISBN-13: 9781402010163 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: This book is a comprehensive guide to the physics and observations of Radio Recombination Lines from astronomical sources, written for astronomers, physicists, and graduate students. It is suitable for a graduate-level textbook. It includes the history of RRL detections, the astrophysics underlying their intensities and line shapes including topics like departures from LTE and Stark broadening, the maximum possible size of an atom, as well as detailed descriptions of the astronomical topics for which RRLs have proved to be effective tools. The text includes more than 250 equations and 110 illustrations. It also contains hundreds of specific references to the astronomical literature to enable readers to explore additional details. The appendix includes supplementary information such as the detailed physics underlying the Bohr atomic model, tables of RRL frequencies including fine structure components, techniques for calculating hydrogenic oscillator strengths, FORTRAN code for calculating departure coefficients, and a discussion with formulas for converting observational (telescope) intensity units to astrophysical ones. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - Nuclear |
| Dewey: 539.754 |
| LCCN: 2002034148 |
| Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.3" W x 9.74" (1.60 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recombination lines at radio wavelengths have been - and still are - a pow- erful tool for modern astronomy. For more than thirty years they have allowed astronomers to probe the gases from which stars form. They have even been detected in the Sun. In addition, observations of these spectral lines facilitate basic research into the atom, in forms and environments that can only exist in the huge dimensions and extreme conditions of cosmic laboratories. We intend this book to serve as a tourist's guide to the world of Radio Recombination Lines. It contains three divisions: a history of their discovery, the physics of how they form and how their voyage to us influences their spectral profiles, and a description of their many astronomical contributions to date. The appendix includes supplementary calculations that may be useful to some astronomers. This material also includes tables of line frequencies from 12 MHz to 30THz (AlOJLm) as well as FORTRAN computer code to calculate the fine structure components of the lines, to evaluate radial matrix integrals, and to calculate the departure coefficients of hydrogen in a cosmic environment. It also describes how to convert observational to astrophysical units. The text includes extensive references to the literature to assist readers who want more details. |
