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Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas

A Festschrift for Professor Sir Robert Wilson

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  • © 1996

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  1. A. J. Willis

    1. University College London, London, UK

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  2. T. W. Hartquist

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Sir Robert Wilson — A Dedication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sir Robert Wilson, C.B.E., FRS

      • Allan J. Willis, Thomas W. Hartquist
      Pages 3-9

  3. Solar Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region in Late-Type Stars

      • C. Jordan
      Pages 13-32

    3. The Solar X-Ray Corona

      • L. Golub
      Pages 33-48

    4. Coronal Heating by Magnetic Reconnection

      • Eric R. Priest
      Pages 49-73

  4. Hot Stars and Stellar X-Ray Sources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Chemically Peculiar Hot Stars

      • Keith C. Smith
      Pages 77-105

    3. Levitation

      • M. J. Seaton
      Pages 107-123

    4. Winds of Luminous OB Stars

      • Ian D. Howarth, Raman K. Prinja
      Pages 125-143

    5. Wolf—Rayet Stars

      • Allan J. Willis
      Pages 145-168

    6. Accretion and Evolution in Close Binaries

      • A. R. King
      Pages 169-184

  5. Extragalactic Astronomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Line Forming Regions in Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei

      • J. E. Dyson, R. J. R. Williams, J. J. Perry
      Pages 187-206

    3. The Broad Emission-Line Region in AGNs and Quasars: The Impact of Variability Studies

      • P. M. Gondhalekar, M. R. Goad, P. T. O’Brien
      Pages 207-240

  6. Interstellar Medium

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. The Identification of Diffuse Bands

      • D. A. Williams
      Pages 243-266

    3. Molecular Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium and Star Forming Regions

      • T. W. Hartquist, A. Dalgarno
      Pages 267-298

    4. Spectroscopic Evidence for Protostellar Infall

      • J. M. C. Rawlings
      Pages 299-318
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  • University College London, London, UK

    A. J. Willis

  • Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    T. W. Hartquist

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