02024cam a2200277Ma 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020001800063020001500081035002100096050002100117100002700138245007500165250001200240260005200252300002400304500004200328504005100370505092100421520023301342650004001575942001201615952010601627999001301733ocn219990926OCoLCta210416r20082005enka     b    001 0 eng    a9780521066815  a0521066816  a(OCoLC)219990926  aQB809b.G73 20081 aGray, David F.,d1938-14aThe observation and analysis of stellar photospheres /cDavid F. Gray.  a3rd ed.  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2008.  axvi, 533 p. :bill.  aReprint. Originally published: 2005.   aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. Background -- 2. Fourier transforms -- 3. Spectroscopic tools -- 4. Light detectors -- 5. Radiation terms and definitions -- 6. The black body and its radiation -- 7. Radiative and convective energy transport -- 8. The continuous absorption coefficient -- 9. The model photosphere -- 10. The measurement of stellar continua -- 11. The line absorption coefficient -- 12. The measurement of spectral lines -- 13. The behavior of spectral lines -- 14. The measurement of stellar radii and temperatures -- 15. The measurement of photospheric pressure -- 16. Chemical analysis -- 17. Velocity fields in stellar photospheres -- 18. Stellar rotation -- Appendix A. A table of useful constants -- Appendix B. Physical parameters of stars -- Appendix C. A fast Fourier transform Fortran program -- Appendix D. Atomic data -- Appendix E. The strongest lines in the solar spectrum -- Appendix F Computation of random errors.  aGray describes the equipment, observational techniques and analysis used in the investigation of photospheres. The first half of the book develops the tools of analysis while the second half demonstrates how they can be applied. 4aStellar photospheresxObservations.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oQB809 .G73 2008pPNLIB21060060r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c246d246