Stellar atmospheres

Name: Stellar atmospheres
Author: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
EDITOR’S FOREWORD
CONTENTS
PART I THE PHYSICAL GROUNDWORK
CHAPTER I THE LABORATORY BASIS OF ASTROPHYSICS
TABLE I
TABLE II
TABLE III
TABLE IV
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II THE STELLAR TEMPERATURE SCALE
TABLE V
TABLE VI
TABLE VII
TABLE VIII
TABLE IX
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III PRESSURES IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
TABLE X
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV THE SOURCE AND COMPOSITION OF THE STELLAR SPECTRUM
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
TABLE XI
TABLE XII
TABLE XIII
TABLE XIV
TABLE XV
TABLE XVI
FOOTNOTES:
PART II THEORY OF THERMAL IONIZATION
CHAPTER VI THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF A GAS
TABLE XVII
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF IONIZATION THEORY
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII OBSERVATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE TEST OF IONIZATION THEORY
TABLEXVIII
TABLE XIX
NOTES ON OBSERVATIONAL MATERIAL
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IX THE IONIZATION TEMPERATURE SCALE
TABLE XX
TABLE XXI
TABLE XXII
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X EFFECTS OF ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE UPON THE SPECTRUM
TABLE XXIII
TABLE XXIV
FOOTNOTES:
PART III ADDITIONAL DEDUCTIONS FROM IONIZATION THEORY
CHAPTER XI THE ASTROPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS
TABLE XXV
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XII SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
TABLE XXVI
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIII THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE ELEMENTS
TABLE XXVII
TABLE XXVIII
TABLE XXIX
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIV THE MEANING OF STELLAR CLASSIFICATION
TABLE XXX
TABLE XXXI
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XV ON THE FUTURE OF THE PROBLEM
APPENDICES
III. MATERIAL USED IN CHAPTER VIII
TABLE XXXII
TABLE XXXIII
TABLE XXXIV
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