The Emission-Line Universe

ISBN-13: 9780521898867 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 310 str.

Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics (18th 2006 Inst; Jordi Cepa

Opis

This book presents lectures by prestigious researchers and experienced observers from the eighteenth Winter School of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute (IAC), devoted to emission lines and the astrophysical objects that produce them. It shows how emission lines in different wavelengths, from ultraviolet to near infrared, can provide essential information on understanding the formation and evolution of astrophysical objects, from the first stars to objects in our Galaxy. It includes practical tutorials for data reduction, making this a truly valuable reference for researchers and graduate students.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. What can emission lines tell us? G. Stasińska; 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.