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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019177603321

Titolo

Deciphering the universe through spectroscopy / / edited by Regina von Berlespch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, Germany, : Wiley-VCH, 2010

ISBN

9786613140760

9783527643851

3527643850

9781283140768

1283140764

9783527634859

3527634851

9783527634842

3527634843

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Reviews in modern astronomy ; ; v. 22

Altri autori (Persone)

BerlepschRegina von

Disciplina

523.10287

600

Soggetti

Astronomical spectroscopy

Spectrum analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 systematic overview of the latest astronomical and cosmological research.