Allen's Astrophysical Quantities

Clabon Walter Allen, Arthur N. Cox

Springer Science & Business Media, 2000 - Science - 719 pages

This new fourth edition of Allen's classic Astrophysical Quantities belongs on every astronomer's bookshelf. It has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date by a team of more than ninety internationally renowned astronomers and astrophysicists. While it follows the basic format of the original, this indispensable reference has grown to more than twice the size of the earlier editions to accommodate the great strides made in astronomy and astrophysics. It includes detailed tables of the most recent data on: - General constants and units - Atoms, molecules, and spectra - Observational astronomy at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays, and neutrinos - Planetary astronomy: Earth, planets and satellites, and solar system small bodies - The Sun, normal stars, and stars with special characteristics - Stellar populations - Cataclysmic and symbiotic variables, supernovae - Theoretical stellar evolution - Circumstellar and interstellar material - Star clusters, galaxies, quasars, and active galactic nuclei - Clusters and groups of galaxies - Cosmology. As well as much explanatory material and extensive and up-to-date bibliographies.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• 12 Astronomical Symbols: 2
• General Constants and Units: 7
• 22 Physical Constants: 8
• 23 General Astronomical Constants: 12
• 24 Astronomical Constants Involving Time: 13
• 25 Units: 17
• 26 Electric and Magnetic Unit Relations: 22
• Atoms and Molecules: 27
• 32 Elements Atomic Mass and SolarSystem Abundance: 28
• 33 Excitation Ionization and Partition Functions: 31
• 34 Ionization Potentials: 35
• 37 Atomic Radii: 43
• 38 Particles of Modern Physics: 44
• 39 Molecules: 45
• 310 Plasmas: 47
• Spectra: 53
• 42 Terminology for Atomic States Levels Terms etc: 54
• 43 Electronic Configurations: 57
• 44 Spectrum Line Intensities: 60
• 45 Relative Strengths Within Multiplets: 65
• 46 Wavelets and Wave Numbers: 68
• 47 Atomic Oscillator Strengths for Allowed Lines: 69
• LowLevel Hyperfine Transitions: 78
• 49 Forbidden Line Transition Probabilities: 79
• 410 Spectra of Diatomic MMolecules: 83
• 411 Energy Levels: 85
• 412 Transitions: 87
• Dipole Radiation: 89
• Radiation: 95
• 52 Refractive Index and Average Polarizability: 100
• 53 Absorption and Scattering by Particles: 102
• 54 Photoionization and Recombination: 106
• 55 XRay Attenuation: 109
• 56 Absorption of Material of Stellar Interiors: 110
• 57 Absorption of Material of the Solar Photosphere: 112
• 59 FreeRee Absorption and Emission: 113
• 510 Reflection from Metallic Mirrors: 115
• Radio Astronomy: 119
• 62 Atmospheric Window and Sky Brightness: 121
• 63 Radio Wave Propagation: 123
• 64 Radio Telescopes and Arrays: 126
• 65 Radio Emission and Absorption Processes: 129
• 66 Radio Astronomy References: 138
• Infrared Astronomy: 141
• 73 Background Emission: 144
• 74 Detectors and SignaltoNoise Ratios: 146
• 75 Photometry 𝜆 30 𝜇m: 147
• 76 PHOTOMETRY 𝜆 30 𝜇m: 152
• 77 Infrared Line List: 153
• 78 Dust: 156
• 79 Solar System: 159
• 710 Stars: 161
• 711 Extragalactic Objects: 162
• Ultraviolet Astronomy: 167
• 83 Significant Atlases and Catalogs: 170
• 84 Interstellar Extinction in the Ultraviolet: 172
• 85 Commonly Observed Ultraviolet Emission Lines: 173
• 86 Ultraviolet Spectral Classification: 176
• 87 Ultraviolet Spectrophotometric Standards: 178
• XRay Astronomy: 181
• 92 Characteristic XRay Transitions: 182
• 94 Transmission of XRays Through the Interstellar Medium: 192
• 95 Cosmic XRay Sources: 196
• 96 Diffuse Background: 201
• 97 XRay Astronomy Missions: 203
• 𝛾Ray and Neutrino Astronomy: 205
• 102 Line Emission Processes: 206
• 103 Scattering and Absorption Processes: 211
• 104 Astrophysical 𝛾Ray Observations: 214
• 105 Neutrinos in Astrophysics: 233
• 106 Current Neutrino Observatories: 235
• Earth: 237
• 111 Mass and Moments of Inertia: 238
• 113 Gravitational Potential and Relation to Products of Inertia: 239
• 114 Topography: 241
• 115 Rotation Spin and Relation to Products of Inertia: 242
• 116 Gravity: 243
• 118 Coordinates: 244
• 1110 Geological Time Scale: 246
• 1111 Glaciations: 249
• 1112 Plate Tectonics: 250
• 1114 Earth Interior: 253
• 1115 Earth Atmosphere Dry Air at Standard Temperature and Pressure STP: 255
• 1116 Composition of the Atmosphere: 256
• 1117 Water Vapor: 257
• 1119 Regions of Earths Atmosphere and Distribution with Height: 258
• 1120 Atmospheric Refraction and Air Path: 260
• 1121 Atmospheric Scattering and Continuum Absorption: 263
• 1122 Absorption by Atmospheric Gases at Visible and Infrared Wavelengths: 266
• 1123 Thermal Emission by the Atmosphere: 268
• 1124 Ionosphere: 269
• 1125 Night Sky and Aurora: 277
• 1126 Geomagnetism: 280
• 1127 Meteorites and Craters: 283
• Planets and Satellites: 291
• 122 Orbits and Physical Characteristics of Planets: 292
• 123 Photometry of Planets and Asteroids: 296
• 124 Physical Conditions on Planets: 298
• 125 Names Designations and Discoveries of Satellites: 300
• 126 Satellite Orbits and Physical Elements: 301
• 127 Moon: 306
• 128 Planetary Rings: 309
• Solar System Small Bodies: 313
• 132 Comets: 319
• 133 Zodiacal Light: 326
• 134 Infrared Zodiacal Emission: 329
• 135 Meteroids and Interplanetary Dust: 331
• Sun: 337
• 142 Interior: 339
• 143 Solar Oscillations: 340
• 144 PhotosphericChromospheric Model: 346
• 145 Spectral Lines: 349
• 146 Spectral Distribution: 351
• 147 Limb Darkening: 353
• 148 Corona: 355
• 149 Solar Rotation: 360
• 1410 Granulation: 362
• 1412 Sunspots: 365
• 1413 Sunspot Statistics: 368
• 1414 Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections: 371
• 1415 Solar Radio Emission: 373
• Normal Stars: 379
• 152 Spectal Classification: 381
• 153 Photometric Systems: 383
• 154 Stellar Atmospheres: 391
• 155 Stellar Structure: 393
• Stars with Special Characteristics: 395
• 161 Variable Stars: 396
• 162 Cepheid and CepheidLike Variables: 397
• 163 Variable White Dwarf Tables: 398
• 164 LongPeriod Variables: 404
• 166 Rotating Variables: 405
• 167 T Tauri Stars: 406
• 168 Flare Stars: 407
• 169 WolfRayet and Luminous Blue Variable Stars: 408
• 1610 Be Stars: 411
• 1611 Characteristics of CarbonRich Stars: 413
• 1612 Barium CH and Subgiant CH Stars: 414
• 1613 HydrogenDeficient Carbon Stars: 415
• 1614 Blue Stragglers: 416
• 1615 Peculiar A and Magnetic Stars: 417
• 1616 Pulsars: 418
• 1617 Galactic Black Hole Candidate XRay Binaries: 420
• 1618 Double Stars: 422
• Cataclysmic and Symbiotic Variables: 427
• 172 Types of Symbiotic Variables: 445
• Supernovae: 449
• 182 Older Population Type Ia Supernovae: 450
• 183 Young Population Supernovae: 452
• 184 SN 1987A: 458
• 185 Characteristics Spectral Lines: 461
• 186 Radio Supernovae: 464
• 188 Supernova Rates: 465
• 189 Old Supernovae Historical Supernovae and Supernova Remnants: 466
• Star Populations and the Solar Neighborhood: 469
• 192 The Brightest Stars: 473
• 193 Stellar Populations: 476
• 194 Star Counts at High Latitudes: 478
• 195 Vertical Stellar Density Profile: 479
• 196 Main Sequence Field Stellar Luminosity Function: 483
• 198 Luminosity Class Distribution for Nearby Field Stars: 484
• 199 Mass Density in the Solar Neighborhood: 485
• 1910 Stellar Mass Function: 486
• 1911 Solar Motion and Kinematics of Nearby Stars: 491
• Theoretical Stellar Evolution: 497
• 202 Stellar Nuclear Energy Generation: 500
• 203 Equations of State: 501
• 204 Stellar Opacities: 503
• 205 Electron Conduction: 504
• 208 Star Formation: 505
• 209 PreMainSequence Evolution: 506
• 2010 MainSequence Population I Stars: 507
• Massive and IntermediateMass Stars: 509
• 2014 Evolution to Red Giant Branch: 512
• 2016 Red Giant MassLoss Rates: 513
• 2017 Asymptotic Giant Branch Evolution: 516
• 2019 Binary Star Evolution: 517
• 2020 Theory Versus Observation in the HR Diagram: 518
• Circumstellar and Interstellar Material: 521
• 212 Galactic Interstellar Extinction: 525
• 213 Abundances in Interstellar Gas: 527
• 215 H₂ and Molecular CLouds: 530
• 216 Neutral Gas Clouds Depletions: 532
• 217 H𝚷 Regions Ionized Gas and the Galactic Halo: 534
• 218 Planetary Nebulae PNe: 536
• 219 Supernova Remnants: 538
• 2110 Cosmic Rays Excluding Photons and Neutrinos: 539
• Star Clusters: 543
• 222 Globular Clusters in the Milky Way: 552
• 223 Globular Clusters in Other Galaxies: 560
• Milky Way and Galaxies: 567
• 232 Normal Galaxy: 574
• Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei: 583
• 243 Catalogs and Surveys: 589
• 244 Commonly Measured Parameters: 591
• 245 Emission Lines: 593
• 246 Absorption Lines: 599
• 247 Spectral Energy DistributionSEDs: 600
• 248 Luminosity Functions and the Space Distribution of Quasars: 603
• 249 BL Lacs HPQs and OVVs: 605
• 2410 LowLuminosity Active Galactic Nuclei LLAGN: 606
• Clusters and Groups of Galaxies: 611
• 252 Cluster Catalogs: 613
• 253 Catalog of Nearby Rich Clusters of Galaxies: 615
• 254 Cluster Properties: 618
• 255 Cluster Classification: 623
• 256 cD Galaxies: 625
• 258 Mass Function of Clusters: 626
• 259 XRay Emission from Cluster: 628
• 2510 The SunyaevZeldovich Effect in Clusters: 630
• 2511 Clusters as Gravitational Lenses: 631
• 2512 Groups of Galaxies: 635
• 2513 QuasarCluster Association: 637
• 2514 Clusters as Gravitational Lenses: 638
• Cosmology: 641
• 261 FriedmannRobertsonWalker Metric and Distance Measures: 642
• 262 The Age of the Universe: 644
• 263 Conversation Factors for the Early Universe: 645
• 264 Other Useful Conversion Factors: 646
• 265 Cosmological Parameters: 647
• 266 FriedmannLemaitre Model: 648
• 268 Age Limits: 650
• H₀: 651
• 2611 Other Cosmological Parameters: 652
• 2613 Power Spectrum of Density Fluctuation: 653
• 2614 Structure Formation Scales: 654
• 2615 Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies: 656
• 2616 LargeScale Structure: 657
• 2617 Densities: 658
• 2618 Velocities: 659
• 2619 Intergalactic Medium: 660
• 2620 Extragalactic Diffuse Backgrounds: 661
• Incidental Tables: 665
• 272 Standard Epochs: 666
• 273 Reduction for Precession: 667
• 274 Solar Coordinates and Related Quantities: 668
• 275 Constellations: 670
• 276 The Messier Objects: 672
• 277 Astrometry: 675
• 278 Optical and Infrared Interferometry: 685
• 279 The Worlds Largest Optical Telescopes: 687
• Index: 699

Bibliographic information

• Title: Allen's Astrophysical Quantities
• Authors: Clabon Walter Allen, Arthur N. Cox
• Editor: Arthur N. Cox
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media, 2000
• ISBN: 0387987460, 9780387987460
• Length: 719 pages
• Subjects: Science / Physics / Astrophysics; Science / Space Science / Astronomy