Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas: A Festschrift for Professor Sir Robert Wilson

ISBN-13: 9789048147298 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 400 str.

A. J. Willis; T. W. Hartquist

Opis

Throughout his career Sir Robert Wilson has demonstrated that advances in a wide variety of fields in astrophysics and laboratory physics are achievable through the application of fundamental plasma spectroscopy. His work has included: optical studies that probed the nature of interstellar dust and first revealed the existence of O star winds; vacuum ultraviolet and X-ray diagnosis of fusion plasmas; rocket ultraviolet and X-ray observations of the Sun; and the conception, development and use of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite which has contributed greatly to stellar, interstellar and extragalactic astrophysics. This volume contains reviews honouring Sir Robert and reflecting his interests.

Spis treści

Sir Robert Wilson - A Dedication. Sir Robert Wilson, C.B.E., FRS; A.J. Willis, T.W. Hartquist. Solar Physics. The Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region in Late-Type Stars; C. Jordan. The Solar X-Ray Corona; L. Golub. Coronal Heating by Magnetic Reconnection; E. Priest. Hot Stars and Stellar X-Ray Sources. Chemically Peculiar Hot Stars; K.C. Smith. Levitation; M.J. Seaton. Winds of Luminous OB Stars; I.D. Howarth, R.K. Prinja. Wolf-Rayet Stars. Physical, Chemical and Mass Loss Properties and Evolutionary Status; A.J. Willis. Extragalactic Astronomy. Accretion and Evolution in Close Binaries; A.R. King. Line Forming Regions in Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei; J.E. Dyson, R.J.R. Williams, J.J. Perry. The Broad Emission Line Region in AGNs and Quasars: The Impact of Variability Studies; P.M. Gondhalekar, et al. Interstellar Medium. The Identification of Diffuse Bands; D.A. Williams. Molecular Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium and Star Forming Regions; T.W. Hartquist, A. Dalgarno. Spectroscopic Evidence for Protostellar Infall; J.M.C. Rawlings. Plasma Spectroscopy and Diagnosis. Atomic Processes in Astrophysics; J.C. Raymond, N.C. Brickhouse. Fusion Spectroscopy; N.J. Peacock. The Kluwer LaTeX Style File.