Stellar Atmospheres (Tatum)
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The stellar atmosphere is the outer region of the volume of a star, lying above the stellar core, radiation zone and convection zone.
Front Matter
1: Definitions of and Relations between Quantities used in Radiation Theory
2: Blackbody Radiation
3: The Exponential Integral Function
4: Flux, Specific Intensity and other Astrophysical Terms
5: Absorption, Scattering, Extinction and the Equation of Transfer
6: Limb Darkening
7: Atomic Spectroscopy
8: Boltzmann's and Saha's Equations
9: Oscillator Strengths and Related Topics
10: Line Profiles
11: Curve of Growth
Back Matter
Thumbnail: This image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 20, 2013 shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the Sun. (Public Domain; NASA/SDO via NASA)