Deciphering the universe through spectroscopy

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This 22nd volume in the series contains 15 invited reviews and highlight contributions from outstanding speakers presented during the 2009 annual meeting of the Astronomical Society on the subject of ""Deciphering the Universe through Spectroscopy"", held in Potsdam, Germany.Topics range from the measurements of magnetic fields on the surface of the sun via detailed measurements of abundances in stellar atmospheres to the kinematics of the universe at its largest scales. The result is a systema…

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Full title :Deciphering the universe through spectroscopy / edited by Regina von Berlepsch.

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Publication Date:©2010.

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Publisher(s):Wiley-VCH
Place of Publication:Weinheim
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

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Description:1 online resource (262 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9783527634859, 3527634851, 9783527634842, 3527634843
oclc:ocn747183245
LC Classification:QB1
Dewey Decimal:522.67

Reviews in Modern Astronomy; Contents; Preface; Karl Schwarzschild Lecture: Dissecting galaxies with quantitative spectroscopy of the brightest stars in the Universe; Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: Pulsations and planets: The asteroseismology-extrasolar-planet connection; Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: Stellar archaeology: Exploring the Universe with metal-poor stars; Quantitative solar spectroscopy; Metallicity and kinematical clues To the formation of the Local Group; Probing dark matter, galaxies and the expansion history of the Universe with Lya in absorption and emission

Hypervelocity stars in the Galactic haloSchwarzschild modelling of elliptical galaxies and their black holes; Star and protoplanetary disk properties in Orion's suburbs; Molecular gas at high redshift; X-ray spectroscopy and mass analysis of galaxy clusters; High-fidelity spectroscopy at the highest resolution; Spectroscopy of solar neutrinos; Open clusters and the galactic disk; VLT-CRIRES: "Good Vibrations" Rotational-vibrational molecular spectroscopy in astronomy; Index of Contributors; General Table of Contents; General Index of Contributors

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Astronomical spectroscopy Astronomical spectroscopy -- Congresses astrophysics Astrophysics--Congresses Astrophysique -- Congrès Conference papers and proceedings NATURE -- Sky Observation Spectroscopie astronomique -- Congrès Spectrum analysis Spectrum analysis -- Congresses