Radio Recombination Lines Their Physics and Astronomical Applications /

• Main Authors: Gordon, M.A. (Author), Sorochenko, R.L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 282
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Molecular structure.; Atomic and Molecular Structure and Spectra.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09691-9

Radio Recombination Lines is a comprehensive guide to the physics and observations of Radio Recombination Lines from astronomical sources. It includes the history of RRL detections, the astrophysics underlying their intensities and line shapes including topics like departures from LTE and Stark broa...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• RRLs and Atomic Physics
• RRLs: Tools for Astronomers
• RRLs from Extragalactic Objects
• Constants
• Tables of Line Frequencies
• Supplemental Calculations
• Hydrogen Oscillator Strengths
• Departure Coefficients
• Observational Units
• Author Index
• References. Index.