Stellar Atmospheres

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Author

Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979

Title

Stellar atmospheres : A contribution to the observational study of high temperature in the reversing layers of stars

Original Publication

Cambridge: The Observatory, 1925.

Credits

Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Stars -- Temperature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73996

Release Date

July 9, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.EDITOR’S FOREWORD
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.PART I THE PHYSICAL GROUNDWORK
7. 7.CHAPTER I THE LABORATORY BASIS OF ASTROPHYSICS — TABLE I — TABLE II — TABLE III — TABLE IV — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER II THE STELLAR TEMPERATURE SCALE — TABLE V — TABLE VI — TABLE VII — TABLE VIII — TABLE IX — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER III PRESSURES IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES — TABLE X — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER IV THE SOURCE AND COMPOSITION OF THE STELLAR SPECTRUM — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER V ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES — TABLE XI — TABLE XII — TABLE XIII — TABLE XIV — TABLE XV — TABLE XVI — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.PART II THEORY OF THERMAL IONIZATION
13. 13.CHAPTER VI THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF A GAS — TABLE XVII — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER VII CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF IONIZATION THEORY — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII OBSERVATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE TEST OF IONIZATION THEORY — TABLEXVIII — TABLE XIX — NOTES ON OBSERVATIONAL MATERIAL — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER IX THE IONIZATION TEMPERATURE SCALE — TABLE XX — TABLE XXI — TABLE XXII — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER X EFFECTS OF ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE UPON THE SPECTRUM — TABLE XXIII — TABLE XXIV — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.PART III ADDITIONAL DEDUCTIONS FROM IONIZATION THEORY
19. 19.CHAPTER XI THE ASTROPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS — TABLE XXV — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XII SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES — TABLE XXVI — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE ELEMENTS — TABLE XXVII — TABLE XXVIII — TABLE XXIX — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV THE MEANING OF STELLAR CLASSIFICATION — TABLE XXX — TABLE XXXI — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XV ON THE FUTURE OF THE PROBLEM
24. 24.APPENDICES — III. MATERIAL USED IN CHAPTER VIII — TABLE XXXII — TABLE XXXIII — TABLE XXXIV
25. 25.SUBJECT INDEX
26. 26.NAME INDEX

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