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Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics

Proceedings of the ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference held in Aveiro, Portugal, 11-15 September 2006

  • 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)

  1. QSO Absorption Lines

    1. Small-scale Structure of High-redshift OVI Absorption Systems

      • S. Lopez, S. Ellison, S. D’Odorico, T.-S. Kim
      Pages 83-84
    2. Hot Halos around High-Redshift Galaxies

      • Andrew J. Fox, Patrick Petitjean, Cédric Ledoux, R. Srianand
      Pages 85-86
  2. Fundamental Constants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
    2. Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics

      • C. J. A. P. Martins
      Pages 89-94
    3. Revisiting VLT/UVES Constraints on a Varying Fine-structure Constant

      • M. T. Murphy, J. K. Webb, V. V. Flambaum
      Pages 95-99
    4. On the Variation of the Fine-structure Constant, and Precision Spectroscopy

      • Chand H., Srianand R., Petitjean P., Aracil B.
      Pages 101-104
    5. High-Precision Measurements of Δα/αfrom QSO Absorption Spectra

      • Sergei A. Levshakov, Paolo Molaro, Sebastian Lopez, Sandro D’Odorico, Miriam Centurión, Piercarlo Bonifacio et al.
      Pages 105-108
    6. Probing Fundamental Constant Evolution with Redshifted OH Lines

      • Nissim Kanekar, Jayaram N Chengalur, Tapasi Ghosh
      Pages 109-112
    7. A Molecular Probe of Dark Energy

      • Rodger I. Thompson
      Pages 113-116
  3. Beyond Photon Noise

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Establishing Wavelength Standards in the near Infra-red: Th-Ar

      • Florian Kerber, Gillian Nave, Craig. J. Sansonetti, Gaspare Lo Curto, Paul Bristow, Michael R. Rosa
      Pages 119-122
    3. Optimal Extraction of Echelle Spectra

      • Nikolai Piskunov
      Pages 129-132
    4. Hydrodynamical Model Atmospheres and 3D Spectral Synthesis

      • Hans-Günter Ludwig, Matthias Steffen
      Pages 133-138
    5. Intrinsic Lineshifts in Astronomical Spectra

      • Dainis Dravins
      Pages 139-142
    6. A Pan-Spectral Method of Abundance Determination

      • A. Sapar, A. Aret, L. Sapar, R. Poolamäe
      Pages 145-148
    7. Spectroscopic Binary Mass Determination Using Relativity

      • Shay Zucker, Tal Alexander
      Pages 149-152
  4. Asteroseismology/Oscillations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
    2. Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram

      • Mario J. P. F. G. Monteiro
      Pages 155-160

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

  • Centro de Astrofisica da, Univ. do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Nuno C. Santos

  • European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

    Luca Pasquini, Martino Romaniello

  • Depto. Fisica, Universidade Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Alexandre C. M. Correia

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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