Overview
- Comprehensive reference on techniques and application of high precision spectroscopy in astrophysics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia (ESO)
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Table of contents (87 papers)
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Front Matter
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Abundances and Isotopes
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About this book
High-accuracy Doppler shift measurements and high-precision spectroscopy are primary techniques in the search for exo-planets.
Further extremely interesting applications include the analysis of QSO absorption lines to determine the variability of physical constants and the analysis of the isotopic ratios of absorption lines both in stars and in QSOs, and the determination of stellar oscillations through radial velocity measurements. Since the use of high-precision/resolution spectroscopy is closely connected to the ability to collect a large number of photons, the scientific domains using this technique benefit tremendously from the use of 8-meter class telescopes and will fully exploit the tremendous gain provided by future Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs). IR high-resolution spectroscopy should soon approach the same accuracy regime achieved in the optical range.
This volume comprehensively covers the astrophysical and technical aspects of high-precision spectroscopy with an outlook to future developments, and represents a useful reference work for researchers in those fields.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference held in Aveiro, Portugal, 11-15 September 2006
Editors: Nuno C. Santos, Luca Pasquini, Alexandre C. M. Correia, Martino Romaniello
Series Title: ESO Astrophysics Symposia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75485-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75484-8Published: 05 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44283-4Published: 23 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75485-5Published: 15 November 2007
Series ISSN: 1431-2433
Series E-ISSN: 1611-6143
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 328
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices