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Stellar atmospheres

Subtitle: A contribution to the observational study of high temperature in the reversing layers of stars

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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STELLAR ATMOSPHERES EDITOR’S FOREWORD

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TABLE I TABLE II TABLE III TABLE IV

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TABLEXVIII TABLE XIX NOTES ON OBSERVATIONAL MATERIAL

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1. Front matter 2. STELLAR ATMOSPHERES 3. EDITOR’S FOREWORD 4. CHAPTER I THE LABORATORY BASIS OF ASTROPHYSICS 5. TABLE I 6. TABLE II 7. TABLE III 8. TABLE IV 9. CHAPTER II THE STELLAR TEMPERATURE SCALE 10. TABLE V 11. TABLE VI 12. TABLE VII 13. TABLE VIII 14. TABLE IX 15. CHAPTER III PRESSURES IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES 16. TABLE X 17. CHAPTER IV THE SOURCE AND COMPOSITION OF THE STELLAR SPECTRUM 18. CHAPTER V ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES 19. TABLE XI 20. TABLE XII 21. TABLE XIII 22. TABLE XIV 23. TABLE XV 24. TABLE XVI 25. CHAPTER VI THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF A GAS 26. TABLE XVII 27. CHAPTER VII CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF IONIZATION THEORY 28. CHAPTER VIII OBSERVATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE TEST OF IONIZATION THEORY 29. TABLEXVIII 30. TABLE XIX 31. NOTES ON OBSERVATIONAL MATERIAL 32. CHAPTER IX THE IONIZATION TEMPERATURE SCALE 33. TABLE XX 34. TABLE XXI 35. TABLE XXII 36. CHAPTER X EFFECTS OF ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE UPON THE SPECTRUM 37. TABLE XXIII 38. TABLE XXIV 39. CHAPTER XI THE ASTROPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS 40. TABLE XXV 41. CHAPTER XII SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN STELLAR ATMOSPHERES 42. TABLE XXVI 43. CHAPTER XIII THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE ELEMENTS 44. TABLE XXVII 45. TABLE XXVIII 46. TABLE XXIX 47. CHAPTER XIV THE MEANING OF STELLAR CLASSIFICATION 48. TABLE XXX 49. TABLE XXXI 50. CHAPTER XV ON THE FUTURE OF THE PROBLEM 51. APPENDICES 52. III. MATERIAL USED IN CHAPTER VIII 53. TABLE XXXII 54. TABLE XXXIII 55. TABLE XXXIV 56. SUBJECT INDEX 57. NAME INDEX

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