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Atoms in astronomy : a curriculum project of the American Astronomical Society
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- prepared with the cooperation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation by Paul A. Blanchard
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- English
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- Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976
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- xii, 31 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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- ocm02712365, ocm03604883, ocm03604883
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available via the World Wide Web from NASA Technical Reports Server website at http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770009000_1977009000.pdf [PDF Size: 4.9 MB].
- Basic topics: What Are Atoms? -- Atomic structure -- States of matter at high temperature -- Light and Spectroscopy -- Newton's prism -- Emission lines -- Absorption lines -- Spectroscopic analysis -- The Light from the Stars -- Basic facts about the stars -- The spectrum of the Sun -- Stellar spectra -- Intermediate and advanced topics: More about light: electromagnetic radiation -- The electromagnetic spectrum --The quantum theory of electromagnetic radiation -- Kirchhoff s laws -- Hydrogen: the simplest of all atoms -- The Balmer lines -- The Bohr electron orbits -- Excitation and ionization of hydrogen by collisions -- Stellar spectral types -- Classification of stellar spectra -- Strength of the Balmer absorption lines: a clue to temperature -- Complex atoms and ions in stellar spectra -- Glossary -- References and teaching aids -- Class exercises -- Questions and answers