ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS OF ASTRONOMICAL SPECTRA (2ND EDITION) - Hardcover

Tennyson, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 981429196X ISBN 13: 9789814291965

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011

Synopsis

New Edition: Astronomical Spectroscopy (3rd Edition)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.

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From the Inside Flap:

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.

Review:

Without a doubt Astronomical Spectroscopy is the best book to read for anyone who is embarking on research in astronomical spectroscopy, as well as being the obvious text for an introductory course. It should certainly be on the shelves of every university and observatory library. -- Contemporary Physics "Contemporary Physics"

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 981429196X
• ISBN 13: 9789814291965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 236