The Emission-Line Universe

by Jordi Cepa

Overview

This book presents lectures by prestigious researchers and experienced observers from the eighteenth Winter School of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute (IAC), devoted to emission lines and the astrophysical objects that produce them. It shows how emission lines in different wavelengths, from ultraviolet to near infrared, can provide essential information on understanding the formation and evolution of astrophysical objects, from the first stars to objects in our Galaxy. It includes practical tutorials for data reduction, making this a truly valuable reference for researchers and graduate students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521898867
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/20/2008
Series:	Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics , #18
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jordi Cepa is staff lecturer of the Departamento de Astrofísica of the Universidad de La Laguna and an astronomer of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. What can emission lines tell us? G. Stasińska; 2. The observer's perspective: emission-line surveys M. Giavalisco; 3. The astrophysics of early galaxy formation P. Madau; 4. Primeval galaxies D. Schaerer; 5. Active galactic nuclei B. M. Peterson; 6. Chemical evolution F. Matteucci; 7. Galactic sources of emission lines S. Eikenberry; 8. Narrow band imaging S. Pascual and B. Cedrés; 9. Long-slit spectroscopy M. Sánchez and A. M. García; 10. Basic principles of tunable filters H. Castañeda and A. Bongiovanni.