Thoroughly revised, expanded and updated throughout, this new edition of Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Gala
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English Pages 461 Year 2006
Table of 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
A1. Measures Of Light
A2. Milne Relation Between Capture and Photoionization Cross Sections
A3. Emission Lines of Neutral Atoms
A4. Nebular Quantum Mechanics
A5. Atomic Data for Heavy Element Ionization Balance
A6. Quantum Mechanics of Molecules