1. Chapter 11 Bradt Notes ASTR 402 Dr. H. Geller
Spectroscopy
Chapter 11 Bradt Notes
ASTR 402
Dr. H. Geller

2. Plots of Spectra
Emission Line
Broadened Emission Line

3. Plots of Spectra
Absorption Lines
Continuous Spectra

4. Plots of Spectra Jargon
Energy specific intensity
Number specific intensity
Photon energy
Energy spectral flux density
Number spectral flux density
Spectral reference band
Frequencies and wavelengths
Spectral bin widths

5. Transitions
Bound-bound
Free-bound
Bound-free
Free-free

6. Thermal Bremsstrahlung

7. Plasmas

8. Shock Wave

9. Synchrotron Radiation

10. Planck Radiation Law Different View from Textbook

11. Rayleigh Jeans Law

12. Cosmic Microwave Background

13. Stellar Spectra

14. Fraunhoffer Spectrum

15. Equivalent Width

16. FWHM