Table of Contents
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1: Definitions of and Relations between Quantities used in Radiation Theory
- 1.1: Introduction to Radiation Theory
- 1.2: Radiant Flux or Radiant Power, \(\phi\) or P
- 1.3: Variation with Frequency or Wavelength
- 1.4: Radiant Intensity, I
- 1.5: "Per unit"
- 1.6: Relation between Flux and Intensity
- 1.7: Absolute Magnitude
- 1.8: Normal Flux Density F
- 1.9: Apparent Magnitude
- 1.10: Irradiance E
- 1.11: Exitance M
- 1.12: Radiance L
- 1.13: Lambertian Surface
- 1.14: Relations between Flux, Intensity, Exitance, Irradiance
- 1.15: A= \(\pi\) B
- 1.16: Radiation Density (u)
- 1.17: Radiation Density and Irradiance
- 1.18: Radiation Pressure (P)
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2: Blackbody Radiation
- 2.1: Absorptance, and the Definition of a Black Body
- 2.2: Radiation within a cavity enclosure
- 2.3: Kirchhoff's Law
- 2.4: An aperture as a black body
- 2.5: Planck's Equation
- 2.6: Wien's Law
- 2.7: Stefan's Law (The Stefan-Boltzmann Law)
- 2.8: A Thermodynamical Argument
- 2.9: Dimensionless forms of Planck's equation
- 2.10: Derivation of Wien's and Stefan's Laws
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3: The Exponential Integral Function
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4: Flux, Specific Intensity and other Astrophysical Terms
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5: Absorption, Scattering, Extinction and the Equation of Transfer
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6: Limb Darkening
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7: Atomic Spectroscopy
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: A Very Brief History of Spectroscopy
- 7.3: The Hydrogen Spectrum
- 7.4: The Bohr Model of Hydrogen-like Atoms
- 7.5: One-dimensional Waves in a Stretched String
- 7.6: Vibrations of a Uniform Sphere
- 7.7: The Wave Nature of the Electron
- 7.8: Schrödinger's Equation
- 7.9: Solution of Schrödinger's Time-independent Equation for the Hydrogen Atom
- 7.10: Operators, Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues
- 7.11: Spin
- 7.12: Electron Configurations
- 7.13: LS-coupling
- 7.14: States, Levels, Terms, Polyads, etc.
- 7.15: Components, Lines, Multiplets, etc.
- 7.16: Return to the Hydrogen Atom
- 7.17: How to recognize LS-coupling
- 7.18: Hyperfine Structure
- 7.19: Isotope effects
- 7.20: Orbiting and Spinning Charges
- 7.21: Zeeman effect
- 7.22: Paschen-Back Effect
- 7.23: Zeeman effect with nuclear spin
- 7.24: Selection rules
- 7.25: Some forbidden lines worth knowing
- 7.26: Stark Effect
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8: Boltzmann's and Saha's Equations
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Stirling's Approximation. Lagrangian Multipliers.
- 8.3: Some Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- 8.4: Boltzmann's Equation
- 8.5: Some Comments on Partition Functions
- 8.6: Saha's Equation
- 8.7: The Negative Hydrogen Ion
- 8.8: Autoionization and Dielectronic Recombination
- 8.9: Molecular Equilibrium
- 8.10: Thermodynamic Equilibrium
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9: Oscillator Strengths and Related Topics
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10: Line Profiles
- 10.1: Natural Broadening (Radiation Damping)
- 10.2: Thermal Broadening
- 10.3: Microturbulence
- 10.4: Combination of Profiles
- 10.5: Pressure Broadening
- 10.6: Rotational Broadening
- 10.7: Instrumental Broadening
- 10.8: Other Line-Broadening Mechanisms
- 10.9: Appendix A- Convolution of Gaussian and Lorentzian Functions
- 10.10: APPENDIX B- Radiation Damping as Functions of Angular Frequency, Frequency and Wavelength
- 10.11: APPENDIX C- Optical Thinness, Homogeneity and Thermodynamic Equilibrium
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11: Curve of Growth
- 11.1: Introduction to Curve of Growth
- 11.2: A Review of Some Terms
- 11.3: Theory of the Curve of Growth
- 11.4: Curve of Growth for Gaussian Profiles
- 11.5: Curve of Growth for Lorentzian Profiles
- 11.6: Curve of Growth for Voigt Profiles
- 11.7: Observational Curve of Growth
- 11.8: Interpreting an Optically Thick Profile
- 11.9: APPENDIX A- Evaluation of the Voigt Curve of Growth Integral
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Index
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