Table of Contents

1 General Introduction 
2 Photoionization Equilibrium
3 Thermal Equilibrium
4 Calculation of Emitted Spectrum
5 Comparison of Theory with Observations
6 Internal Dynamics of Gaseous Nebulae
7 Interstellar Dust
8 Infrared Radiation and Molecules
9 H II Regions in the Galactic Context
10 Planetary Nebulae
11 Heavy Elements and High-Energy Effects
12 Nova and Supernova Remnants
13 Active Galactic Nuclei - Diagnostics and Physics
14 Active Galactic Nuclei - Results

Appendix 1 Measures of Light
Appendix 2  Milne Relation Between Capture and Photoionization Cross Sections
Appendix 3 Emission Lines of Neutral Atoms
Appendix 4 Nebular Quantum Mechanics
Appendix 5 Atomic Data for Heavy Element Ionization Balance 
Appendix 6 Quantum Mechanics of Molecules
Index

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DONALD E. OSTERBROCK is a world-renowned research astrophysicist, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Emeritus at Lick Observatory of the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He was president of the American Astronomical Society 1988-90, and was named its Henry Norris Russell lecturer, its highest honour, in 1991. GARY J. FERLAND received his doctorate from the University of Texas and did post-graduate research at Cambridge University before joining the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1980, where he is now Professor of Physics and Astronomy.

About the Author

DONALD E. OSTERBROCK is a world-renowned research astrophysicist, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Emeritus at Lick Observatory of the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He was president of the American Astronomical Society 1988-90, and was named its Henry Norris Russell lecturer, its highest honour, in 1991.

GARY J. FERLAND received his doctorate from the University of Texas and did post-graduate research at Cambridge University before joining the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1980, where he is now Professor of Physics and Astronomy.

Reviews

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