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Good day
How does spectroscopic analysis work and how do we know what we know about the light from stars?
Regards,
Sunil Mahabir
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Hello,
This is simply too vast an area to casually address in a forum like this, so I post several links below which explain the basis in detail -for which you can choose as much (or as little) as you want:
http://www.arm.ac.uk/~csj/pus/spectra/tot_l.html
http://www.noao.edu/education/arbsefolder/files/Stellar-Spectroscopy-GA3.pdf
http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/astrophysics/files/spectroscopy.html
Also, I recommend Lawrence Aller's 'Atoms, Stars and Nebulae' - an excellent middle -level read (between amateur and professional standards):
http://www.amazon.com/Atoms-Stars-Nebulae-Lawrence-Aller/dp/0521310407
Note you can buy a *used copy* for 1 cent!
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Philip A. Stahl
Expertise
I specialize in stellar and solar astrophysics. Can answer any questions pertaining to these areas, the spectroscopic analysis of stars – as well as the magneto-hydrodynamics of sunspots and solar flares. Sorry – No homework problems done or research projects! I will provide hints on solutions.
Experience
Have published papers on the relationship between sunspot morphology and solar flares; discovery of SID flares related to this, constructed computerized stellar models; MHD research.
Organizations
American Astronomical Society (Solar physics and Dynamical astronomy divisions), American Geophysical Union, American Mathematical Society, Intertel.
Publications
Solar Physics, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Journal of the Barbados Astronomical Society, Meudon Solar Flare Proceedings (Meudon, France). Books: 'Selected Analyses in Solar Flare Plasma Dynamics', 'Physics Notes for Advanced Level'.
Education/Credentials
B.A. degree in Astronomy; M.Phil. degree in Physics - specializing in solar physics.
Awards and Honors
Postgraduate research award- Barbados government; Studentship Award in Solar Physics - American Astronomical Society
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