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The Analysis of Emission Lines »

Authors: Robert E. Williams (Editor), R. E. Williams, Mario Livio
ISBN-13: 9780521480819, ISBN-10: 0521480817
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: October 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Coherent overview of the latest technical data, techniques and applications of one of the most fundamental tools available to astronomers.

	Participants
	Preface
	Emission Lines: Past and Future	1
	Atomic Data for the Analysis of Emission Lines	8
	Radiative Transfer	35
	Emission Lines from Winds	49
	Photoionizing Shocks	65
	The Lexington Benchmarks for Numerical Simulations of Nebulae	83
	Emission Line Diagnostics	97
	Ultraviolet Spectroscopy	107
	Infrared Emission Lines as Probes of Gaseous Nebulae	134
	Molecular Emission Line Diagnostics in Astrophysical Environments	158
	Abundance Determinations	165
	Astrophysical Gamma Ray Emission Lines	180
	Summary Remarks	214