High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas
Subtitle: IAU Colloquium 115 (I a U Colloquium//Proceedings)
Contributors: Paul Gorenstein (Editor); Martin V. Zombeck (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 27, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780521370189
Subjects: Astrophysics; Science; Science/Mathematics; X-Ray Spectroscopy; Astrophysics & Space Science; Plasma astrophysics--Congresses; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Congresses; High resolution spectroscopy; Plasma astrophysics; Space plasmas
First sentence: ABSTRACT. The spectral lines which dominate the X-ray emission of hot, optically thin astrophysical plasmas reflect the elemental abundances, temperature distribution, and other physical parameters of the emitting gas.