ENGLISH

Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae

By Donald E. Osterbrock

Book information

Publisher
W.H. Freeman & Company
Year
1974
ISBN
0716703483, 9780716703488
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
80 MB (83631312 bytes)
Series
A Series of books in astronomy and astrophysics
Edition
Hardcover
Pages
251\262
Topic
Physics\\Astronomy: Astrophysics
Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Time added
2018-11-08 04:20:00
AstronomyAstrophysicsNebulae

Description

Donald E. Osterbrock, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is himself an astronomer in the Lick Observatory and directed it for eight years. He has published a book on the astrophysics of gaseous nebulae, as well as a biography of James E. Keeler, and is President-Elect of the American Astronomical Society. 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. H II Regions in the Galactic Context 9. Planetary Nebulae

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