Ebook: Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas: A Festschrift for Professor Sir Robert Wilson

Throughout his career Sir Robert Wilson has demonstrated that advances in a wide variety of fields in astrophysics and laboratory physics are achievable through the application of fundamental plasma spectroscopy. His work has included: optical studies that probed the nature of interstellar dust and first revealed the existence of O star winds; vacuum ultraviolet and X-ray diagnosis of fusion plasmas; rocket ultraviolet and X-ray observations of the Sun; and the conception, development and use of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite which has contributed greatly to stellar, interstellar and extragalactic astrophysics. This volume contains reviews honouring Sir Robert and reflecting his interests.

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Throughout his career Sir Robert Wilson has demonstrated that advances in a wide variety of fields in astrophysics and laboratory physics are achievable through the application of fundamental plasma spectroscopy. His work has included: optical studies that probed the nature of interstellar dust and first revealed the existence of O star winds; vacuum ultraviolet and X-ray diagnosis of fusion plasmas; rocket ultraviolet and X-ray observations of the Sun; and the conception, development and use of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite which has contributed greatly to stellar, interstellar and extragalactic astrophysics. This volume contains reviews honouring Sir Robert and reflecting his interests.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sir Robert Wilson, C.B.E., FRS....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region in Late-Type Stars....Pages 13-32
The Solar X-Ray Corona....Pages 33-48
Coronal Heating by Magnetic Reconnection....Pages 49-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Chemically Peculiar Hot Stars....Pages 77-105
Levitation....Pages 107-123
Winds of Luminous OB Stars....Pages 125-143
Wolf—Rayet Stars....Pages 145-168
Accretion and Evolution in Close Binaries....Pages 169-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Line Forming Regions in Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei....Pages 187-206
The Broad Emission-Line Region in AGNs and Quasars: The Impact of Variability Studies....Pages 207-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Identification of Diffuse Bands....Pages 243-266
Molecular Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium and Star Forming Regions....Pages 267-298
Spectroscopic Evidence for Protostellar Infall....Pages 299-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Atomic Processes in Astrophysics....Pages 321-340
Fusion Spectroscopy....Pages 341-399

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Throughout his career Sir Robert Wilson has demonstrated that advances in a wide variety of fields in astrophysics and laboratory physics are achievable through the application of fundamental plasma spectroscopy. His work has included: optical studies that probed the nature of interstellar dust and first revealed the existence of O star winds; vacuum ultraviolet and X-ray diagnosis of fusion plasmas; rocket ultraviolet and X-ray observations of the Sun; and the conception, development and use of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite which has contributed greatly to stellar, interstellar and extragalactic astrophysics. This volume contains reviews honouring Sir Robert and reflecting his interests.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sir Robert Wilson, C.B.E., FRS....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region in Late-Type Stars....Pages 13-32
The Solar X-Ray Corona....Pages 33-48
Coronal Heating by Magnetic Reconnection....Pages 49-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Chemically Peculiar Hot Stars....Pages 77-105
Levitation....Pages 107-123
Winds of Luminous OB Stars....Pages 125-143
Wolf—Rayet Stars....Pages 145-168
Accretion and Evolution in Close Binaries....Pages 169-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Line Forming Regions in Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei....Pages 187-206
The Broad Emission-Line Region in AGNs and Quasars: The Impact of Variability Studies....Pages 207-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Identification of Diffuse Bands....Pages 243-266
Molecular Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium and Star Forming Regions....Pages 267-298
Spectroscopic Evidence for Protostellar Infall....Pages 299-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Atomic Processes in Astrophysics....Pages 321-340
Fusion Spectroscopy....Pages 341-399
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