The Transfer of Spectral Line Radiation

by C.J. Cannon and C.J. Cannon

Book Overview

Originally published in 1985, this monograph describes the interaction of radiation with plasma. Using an approach that is particularly relevant to the interpretation of data from laboratory plasmas or stellar atmospheres, the author sets out the physics and mathematics of the interaction of photons with atoms, molecules, ions and electrons. The emphasis throughout is on relating the formal mathematics to the real world of observable properties and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521106028
• ISBN13: 9780521106023
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"