Radio Recombination Lines Their Physics and Astronomical Application
Radio Recombination Lines is a comprehensive guide to the physics and observations of Radio Recombination Lines from astronomical sources. It includes the history of RRL detections, the astrophysics underlying their intensities and line shapes including t
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Radio Recombination Lines Their Physics and Astronomical Applications by
M.A. Gordon and
R.L. Sorochenko
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M.A. Gordon National Radio Astronomy Observatory Tucson NRAO 949 North Cherry Avenue Tucson AZ 85721-0655 USA [email protected]
ISSN: 0067-0057 ISBN: 978-0-387-09604-9 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09691-9
R.L. Sorochenko Russian Academy of Sciences P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Laninsky Prospect 53 Moskva Russia 119991
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-09691-9
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Preface
Recombination lines at radio wavelengths have been – and still are – a powerful tool for modern astronomy. For more than 30 years, they have allowed astronomers to probe the gases from which stars form. They have even been detected in the Sun. In addition, observations of these spectral lines facilitate basic research into the atom, in forms and environments that can only exist in the huge dimensions
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