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Quasar Absorption Lines 2 Volume Hardback Set [Multiple-component retail product]

(New Mexico State University)
  • Formaat: Multiple-component retail product, 1522 pages, Worked examples or Exercises, Contains 2 hardbacks
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1009715224
  • ISBN-13: 9781009715225
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  • Formaat: Multiple-component retail product, 1522 pages, Worked examples or Exercises, Contains 2 hardbacks
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1009715224
  • ISBN-13: 9781009715225
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This two-volume set gives a comprehensive, detailed exposition on the science and analysis of quasar spectra, for both aspiring and seasoned astronomers. Volume 1: 'Introduction, Discoveries, and Methods' introduces the historical development and application of quasar absorption line research, including hydrogen (HI, D/H, 21-cm), HeII, and metal lines from the full range of ions. The connection between absorbers and galaxies, groups, and clusters is treated in depth, as well as the taxonomy and classification of AGN/quasar spectra and their associated absorption lines. Volume 2: 'Astrophysics, Analysis, and Modeling' describes detailed theory and practical methods, including atomic physics of multi-electron ions, radiative transfer in the CDM Universe, principles of spectrograph design, and quantitative analysis of absorption features. It presents the principles of large absorption line surveys for measuring absorber population statistics and the physics of partially ionized gas and multi-component, multiphase chemical-ionization modeling.

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From the Foreword: 'These marvellous monographs by Professor Churchill are a long awaited update on the only other titles in this subject of which I am aware. [ ...] To collect all this encyclopedia of relevant knowledge [ on quasars] under one assemblage has never been attempted before and is the phenomenal achievement of these two volumes. Students and experts in the field will find them an endless source of information and a much used reference text for many years to come.' Max Pettini, University of Cambridge

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A detailed exposition on the science and analysis of quasar spectra for aspiring and seasoned astronomers.
Foreword Max Pettini; Preface to Volume 1; Part I. Breakthrough
Astrophysics:
1. A new science;
2. Modern framework;
3. Introduction to
methods; Part II. Intervening Absorbers:
4. Neutral hydrogen absorbers;
5.
Deuterium and the big bang;
6. 21-cm absorption;
7. Helium absorption;
8. Low
ionization metal-line absorbers;
9. Intermediate ionization metal-line
absorbers;
10. The warm/hot diffuse universe;
11. High ionization metal-line
absorbers; Part III. Galaxies and Their Gas:
12. Baryons and dark matter
halos;
13. Studying the circumgalactic medium;
14. The nature of the
circumgalactic medium;
15. Friends of friends and their gas;
16. Groups and
clusters;
17. Starbursts, AGN, and quasars;
18. Active black holes and
Eddington;
19. BALs, NALs, and QPQs; References for Volume 1; Index; Foreword
Max Pettini; Preface to Volume 2; Part IV. Ions and Photons in the Cosmos:
20. Hydrogen and hydrogenic ions;
21. Transitions of hydrogenic ions;
22.
Multi-electron ions and transitions;
23. Atomic properties and spectra;
24.
The CDM cosmological paradigm;
25. Applied cosmology;
26. Cosmological
radiative transfer; Part V. Analyzing Quasar Spectra:
27. Spectrographs and
spectra;
28. Absorption lines and ionization breaks;
29. Absorption line
analysis;
30. Profile fitting and column densities;
31. Absorption line
surveys;
32. Absorber population statistics; Part VI. Modeling Absorbers:
33.
Macro properties of astrophysical gas;
34. The microphysics of ionized gas;
35. Introduction to ionization modeling;
36. Modeling absorbers; References
for Volume 2; Index.
Christopher W. Churchill is a professor in the Department of Astronomy at New Mexico State University, where he leads the Quasar Absorption Line Galaxy Evolution Group, a collaboration between NMSU and several other international institutions. He has studied quasars for 30 years and published around 250 articles. His research has been featured on 'PBS Spacetime' and NPR and in 'New Scientist,' 'Scientific American,' 'The New York Times,' and 'The Washington Post.' He has taught astronomical spectroscopy for 20 years. This two-volume text consolidates these practical experiences.
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