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This two-volume set gives a comprehensive, detailed exposition on the science and analysis of quasar spectra, for both aspiring and seasoned astronomers. Volume 1: 'Introduction, Discoveries, and Methods' introduces the historical development and application of quasar absorption line research, including hydrogen (HI, D/H, 21-cm), HeII, and metal lines from the full range of ions. The connection between absorbers and galaxies, groups, and clusters is treated in depth, as well as the taxonomy and classification of AGN/quasar spectra and their associated absorption lines. Volume 2: 'Astrophysics, Analysis, and Modeling' describes detailed theory and practical methods, including atomic physics of multi-electron ions, radiative transfer in the ΛCDM Universe, principles of spectrograph design, and quantitative analysis of absorption features. It presents the principles of large absorption line surveys for measuring absorber population statistics and the physics of partially ionized gas and multi-component, multiphase chemical-ionization modeling.
Contents
Foreword Max Pettini; Preface to Volume 1; Part I. Breakthrough Astrophysics: 1. A new science; 2. Modern framework; 3. Introduction to methods; Part II. Intervening Absorbers: 4. Neutral hydrogen absorbers; 5. Deuterium and the big bang; 6. 21-cm absorption; 7. Helium absorption; 8. Low ionization metal-line absorbers; 9. Intermediate ionization metal-line absorbers; 10. The warm/hot diffuse universe; 11. High ionization metal-line absorbers; Part III. Galaxies and Their Gas: 12. Baryons and dark matter halos; 13. Studying the circumgalactic medium; 14. The nature of the circumgalactic medium; 15. Friends of friends and their gas; 16. Groups and clusters; 17. Starbursts, AGN, and quasars; 18. Active black holes and Eddington; 19. BALs, NALs, and QPQs; References for Volume 1; Index; Foreword Max Pettini; Preface to Volume 2; Part IV. Ions and Photons in the Cosmos: 20. Hydrogen and hydrogenic ions; 21. Transitions of hydrogenic ions; 22. Multi-electron ions and transitions; 23. Atomic properties and spectra; 24. The ΛCDM cosmological paradigm; 25. Applied cosmology; 26. Cosmological radiative transfer; Part V. Analyzing Quasar Spectra: 27. Spectrographs and spectra; 28. Absorption lines and ionization breaks; 29. Absorption line analysis; 30. Profile fitting and column densities; 31. Absorption line surveys; 32. Absorber population statistics; Part VI. Modeling Absorbers: 33. Macro properties of astrophysical gas; 34. The microphysics of ionized gas; 35. Introduction to ionization modeling; 36. Modeling absorbers; References for Volume 2; Index.
