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Astrophysics of gaseous nebulae and active galactic nuclei.
- Title
- Astrophysics of gaseous nebulae and active galactic nuclei.
- Author
- Osterbrock, Donald E.
- Publication
- Sausalito, Calif. : University Science Books, [2006], ©2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Ferland, G. J.
- Description
- xvii, 461 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Widely tried, tested and used over thirty years, Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei has now been succeeded by an updated, new and expanded edition. The Second Edition is a graduate-level text and reference book on gaseous nebulae, nova and supernova remnants, and the emission-line regions in Seyfert galaxies, radio galaxies, quasars, and many other types of active galactic nuclei. Much of the new data and many of the new images are from the Hubble Space Telescope and some of the largest ground-based telescopes in the world. Two wholly new chapters have been added, one on infrared astronomy and the other on X-ray astronomy, reflecting the great advances in these fields. Thus, this classic text has now been replaced by a new edition that will be valuable to anyone who is seriously interested in this field."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. General introduction -- 2. Photoionization equilibrium -- 3. Thermal equilibrium -- 4. Calculation of emitted spectrum -- 5. Comparison of theory with observations -- 6. Internal dynamics of gaseous nebulae -- 7. Interstellar dust -- 8. Infrared radiation and molecules -- 9. H II regions in the galactic context -- 10. Planetary nebulae -- 11. Heavy elements and high-energy effects -- 12. Nova and supernova remnants -- 13. Active galactic nuclei - diagnostics and physics -- 14. Active galactic nuclei - results -- App. 1. Measures of light -- App. 2. Milne relation between capture and photoionization cross sections -- App. 3. Emissions lines of neutral atoms -- App. 4. Nebular quantum mechanics -- App. 5. Atomic data for heavy element ionization balance -- App. 6. Quantum mechanics of molecules.
- ISBN
- 1891389343 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005042206
- OCLC
- ocm58052354
- SCSB-5217239
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries