Opacity

• Main Authors: Huebner, Walter F. (Author), Barfield, W. David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 402
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

The interaction of radiation with matter is a fundamental process in the universe; in particular, the absorption and scattering of radiation by matter (the opacity) govern the formation, evolution, and structure of stars and planets.  But opacity is also important in many terrestrial applications in...

Table of Contents:

• Definitions
• Atomic and Molecular Structure
• Equation of State
• Radiative Cross Sections
• Continuum transitions
• Bound-Bound Transitions
• Electron Conduction
• Equations of State and Opacities for Mixtures
• Limits, Approximations, Scaling, and Interpolation
• Uncertainties in Models, Methods, and Calculations.