Emission-Line Universe

Klappentext A valuable reference on emission lines and the astrophysical objects that produce them, for researchers and graduate students. Zusammenfassung Devoted to the study of emission lines and the astrophysical objects that produce them! this book presents lectures from the eighteenth Winter School of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute (IAC). Written by prestigious researchers and experienced observers! it is a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. What can emission lines tell us? G. Stasi¿ska; 2. The observer's perspective: emission-line surveys M. Giavalisco; 3. The astrophysics of early galaxy formation P. Madau; 4. Primeval galaxies D. Schaerer; 5. Active galactic nuclei B. M. Peterson; 6. Chemical evolution F. Matteucci; 7. Galactic sources of emission lines S. Eikenberry; 8. Narrow band imaging S. Pascual and B. Cedrés; 9. Long-slit spectroscopy M. Sánchez and A. M. García; 10. Basic principles of tunable filters H. Castañeda and A. Bongiovanni.

Product details

• Authors: Jordi Cepa, Jordi (Instituto De Astrofisica De Canarias Cepa
• Assisted by: Jordi Cepa (Editor), Cepa Jordi (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107404670
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40467-0
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Canary Islands Winter School o; Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; Astrophysics, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy