Astronomical Spectroscopy
Subtitle: In Introduction to the Atomic an Molecular Physics of Astronomical Spectra. 2nd Edition
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9789814291965
Description: Nearly all information about the Universe comes from the study of light as it reaches us. However, understanding the information contained in this light requires both telescopes capable of resolving it into its component colours and a detailed knowledge of the quantum mechanical behaviour of atoms and molecules. This book, which is based on a third-year undergraduate course taught by the author at University College London, presents the basic atomic and molecular physics necessary to understand and interpret astronomical spectra. It explains how and what kind of information can be extracted from these spectra. Contemporary astronomical spectra are used extensively to study the underlying atomic physics and illustrate the results.--Publisher website.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: v; label: 1
title: Why Record Spectra of Astronomical Objects?
pagenum: 1; label: 1.1
title: A Historical Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1.2
title: What One Can Learn from Studying Spectra
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Nature of Spectra
pagenum: 7; label: 2.1
title: Transitions
pagenum: 7; label: 2.2
title: Absorption and Emission
pagenum: 8; label: 2.3
title: Other Measures of Transition Probabilities
pagenum: 10; label: 2.4
title: Stimulated Emission
pagenum: 10; label: 2.5
title: Optical Depth
pagenum: 11; label: 2.6
title: Critical Density
pagenum: 12; label: 2.7
title: Wavelength or Frequency?
pagenum: 13; label: 2.8
title: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
pagenum: 14; label: 3
title: Atomic Hydrogen
pagenum: 17; label: 3.1
title: Overview
pagenum: 17; label: 3.2
title: The Schrödinger Equation of Hydrogen-Like Atoms
pagenum: 17; label: 3.3
title: Reduced Mass
pagenum: 18; label: 3.4
title: Atomic Units
pagenum: 19; label: 3.5
title: Wavefunctions for Hydrogen
pagenum: 20; label: 3.6
title: Energy Levels and Quantum Numbers
pagenum: 21; label: 3.7
title: H-Atom Discrete Spectra
pagenum: 23; label: 3.8
title: H-Atom Spectra in Different Locations
pagenum: 29; label: 3.8.1
title: Balmer series
pagenum: 29; label: 3.8.2
title: Lyman series
pagenum: 33; label: 3.8.3
title: Infrared lines
pagenum: 35; label: 3.9
title: H-Atom Continuum Spectra
pagenum: 35; label: 3.9.1
title: Processes
pagenum: 35; label: 3.9.2
title: H-atom emission in H II regions
pagenum: 36; label: 3.10
title: Radio Recombination Lines
pagenum: 38; label: 3.11
title: Radio Recombination Lines for Other Atoms
pagenum: 40; label: 3.12
title: Angular Momentum Coupling in the Hydrogen Atom
pagenum: 43; label: 3.13
title: The Fine Structure of Hydrogen
pagenum: 44; label: 3.14
title: Hyperfine Structure in the H Atom
pagenum: 45; label: 3.15
title: Allowed Transitions
pagenum: 46; label: 3.16
title: Hydrogen in Nebulae
pagenum: 47; label: 4
title: Complex Atoms
pagenum: 51; label: 4.1
title: General Considerations
pagenum: 51; label: 4.2
title: Central Field Model
pagenum: 52; label: 4.3
title: Indistinguishable Particles
pagenum: 54; label: 4.4
title: Electron Configurations
pagenum: 55; label: 4.5
title: The Periodic Table
pagenum: 56; label: 4.6
title: Ions
pagenum: 58; label: 4.7
title: Angular Momentum in Complex atoms
pagenum: 59; label: 4.7.1
title: L-S or Russell-Saunders coupling
pagenum: 59; label: 4.7.2
title: j-j coupling
pagenum: 61; label: 4.7.3
title: Why two coupling schemes?
pagenum: 61; label: 4.8
title: Spectroscopic Notation
pagenum: 62; label: 4.9
title: Parity of the Wavefunction
pagenum: 63; label: 4.10
title: Terms and Levels in Complex Atoms
pagenum: 64; label: 5
title: Helium Spectra
pagenum: 69; label: 5.1
title: He I and He II Spectra
pagenum: 69; label: 5.2
title: Selection Rules for Complex Atoms
pagenum: 71; label: 5.3
title: Observing Forbidden Lines
pagenum: 74; label: 5.4
title: Grotrian Diagrams
pagenum: 75; label: 5.5
title: Potential Felt by Electrons in Complex Atoms
pagenum: 77; label: 5.6
title: Emissions of Helium-Like Ions
pagenum: 78; label: 6
title: Alkali Atoms
pagenum: 81; label: 6.1
title: Sodium
pagenum: 81; label: 6.2
title: Spin-Orbit Interactions
pagenum: 84; label: 6.3
title: Fine Structure Transitions
pagenum: 88; label: 6.4
title: Astronomical Sodium Spectra
pagenum: 89; label: 6.5
title: Other Alkali Metal-Like Spectra
pagenum: 93; label: 7
title: Spectra of Nebulae
pagenum: 99; label: 7.1
title: Nebulium
pagenum: 100; label: 7.2
title: The Bowen Mechanism
pagenum: 104; label: 7.3
title: Two Valence Electrons
pagenum: 107; label: 7.4
title: Autoionisation and Recombination
pagenum: 109; label: 8
title: Spectra in Magnetic Fields
pagenum: 115; label: 8.1
title: Uniform Magnetic Field
pagenum: 116; label: 8.2
title: Strong Magnetic Field
pagenum: 117; label: 8.3
title: Weak Magnetic Field
pagenum: 118; label: 8.3.1
title: The normal Zeeman effect
pagenum: 118; label: 8.3.2
title: The anomolous Zeeman effect
pagenum: 119; label: 8.4
title: Spectra in Magnetic Field
pagenum: 120; label: 9
title: X-Ray Spectra
pagenum: 123; label: 9.1
title: Inner Shell Processes
pagenum: 123; label: 9.2
title: The Solar Corona
pagenum: 127; label: 9.3
title: The Structure of Highly Ionised Atoms
pagenum: 127; label: 9.4
title: Isotope Effects
pagenum: 131; label: 10
title: Molecular Structure
pagenum: 135; label: 10.1
title: The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
pagenum: 136; label: 10.2
title: Electronic Structure of Diatomics
pagenum: 137; label: 10.2.1
title: Labelling of electronic states
pagenum: 140; label: 10.2.2
title: Symmetry
pagenum: 141; label: 10.2.3
title: State labels
pagenum: 143; label: 10.3
title: Schrödinger Equation
pagenum: 144; label: 10.3.1
title: Nuclear motion in diatomic molecules
pagenum: 144; label: 10.4
title: Fractionation
pagenum: 149; label: 10.5
title: Vibration-Rotation Energy Levels
pagenum: 150; label: 10.6
title: Temperature Effects
pagenum: 152; label: 10.6.1
title: Rotational state populations
pagenum: 152; label: 10.6.2
title: Vibrational state populations
pagenum: 154; label: 10.6.3
title: Electronic state populations
pagenum: 155; label: 11
title: Rotational Spectra
pagenum: 157; label: 11.1
title: Rotational Structure of Polyatomic Molecules
pagenum: 157; label: 11.2
title: Selection Rules: Pure Rotational Transitions
pagenum: 160; label: 11.3
title: Selection Rules
pagenum: 161; label: 11.4
title: Isotope Effects
pagenum: 166; label: 11.5
title: Rotational Spectra of Other Molecules
pagenum: 166; label: 11.6
title: Rotational Spectra of Molecular Hydrogen
pagenum: 170; label: 11.7
title: Maser Emissions
pagenum: 170; label: 12
title: Vibration-Rotation Spectra
pagenum: 175; label: 12.1
title: Vibrations in Polyatomic Molecules
pagenum: 175; label: 12.2
title: Vibrational Transitions
pagenum: 177; label: 12.2.1
title: Structure of the spectrum
pagenum: 178; label: 12.2.2
title: Isotope effects
pagenum: 181; label: 12.2.3
title: Hydrogen molecule vibrational spectra
pagenum: 181; label: 12.3
title: Astronomical Spectra
pagenum: 183; label: 13
title: Electronic Spectra of Diatomic Molecules
pagenum: 187; label: 13.1
title: Electronic Transitions
pagenum: 187; label: 13.2
title: Selection Rules
pagenum: 188; label: 13.2.1
title: Vibrational selection rules
pagenum: 189; label: 13.2.2
title: Rotational selection rules
pagenum: 190; label: 13.3
title: Transition Frequencies
pagenum: 192; label: 13.4
title: Astronomical Spectra
pagenum: 193; label: 13.5
title: Non-¹Σ Electronic States
pagenum: 195; title: Solutions to Model Problems
pagenum: 199; title: Further Reading and Bibliography
pagenum: 215; title: Index
pagenum: 217