TY - BOOK AU - Osterbrock,Donald E. AU - Seaton,M.J. AU - Williams,Robert AU - Livio,Mario ED - Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.). TI - The analysis of emission lines: a meeting in honour of the 70th birthdays of D.E. Osterbrock & M.J. Seaton : proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 16-18, 1994 T2 - Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series SN - 9780511600180 (ebook) AV - QB465 .S63 1994 U1 - 522/.67 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Osterbrock, Donald E. KW - Seaton, M. J. KW - Astronomical spectroscopy KW - Congresses KW - Emission spectroscopy N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - What can emission lines tell us about an astrophysical object? A workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute was dedicated to address just this question - for a host of objects (including planetary nebulae and active galactic nuclei) across a broad range of wavelengths (from the infrared through to gamma-rays). Thirteen review articles from internationally renowned experts are presented in this volume. They provide an edited and coherent overview of the latest technical data, techniques in and applications of the study of emission lines from a variety of objects. Chapters include the theory of radiative transfer, photoionising shocks, and emission lines from stellar winds, as well as useful summaries of abundance determinations, atomic data, and diagnostics for IR, UV, gamma-ray and molecular lines. Together these review articles provide an overview of the analysis of emission lines. They summarise current knowledge, highlight outstanding problems and provide focus for fruitful future research. In this way they provide an excellent introduction for graduate students and reference for professionals UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511600180 ER -