Molecular astronomy of cool stars and sub-stellar objects

TY - JOUR

T1 - Molecular astronomy of cool stars and sub-stellar objects

AU - Bernath, Peter F.

PY - 2009/10

Y1 - 2009/10

N2 - The optical and infrared spectra of a wide variety of 'cool' astronomical objects including the Sun, sunspots, K-, M- and S-type stars, carbon stars, brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets are reviewed. The review provides the necessary astronomical background for chemical physicists to understand and appreciate the unique molecular environments found in astronomy. The calculation of molecular opacities needed to simulate the observed spectral energy distributions is discussed.

AB - The optical and infrared spectra of a wide variety of 'cool' astronomical objects including the Sun, sunspots, K-, M- and S-type stars, carbon stars, brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets are reviewed. The review provides the necessary astronomical background for chemical physicists to understand and appreciate the unique molecular environments found in astronomy. The calculation of molecular opacities needed to simulate the observed spectral energy distributions is discussed.

KW - extrasolar planets

KW - cool stars

KW - brown dwarfs

KW - solar spectra

KW - sunspots

KW - spectral energy distributions

KW - molecular opacities

KW - astronomical spectroscopy

KW - INFRARED-EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY

KW - RESOLUTION SPECTRAL ATLAS

KW - GIANT BRANCH STARS

KW - ALL-SKY SURVEY

KW - LOW-MASS STARS

KW - CARBON STARS

KW - MU-M

KW - S-STARS

KW - SOLAR GRANULATION

KW - LINE FORMATION

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U2 - 10.1080/01442350903292442

DO - 10.1080/01442350903292442

M3 - Literature review

SN - 0144-235X

VL - 28

SP - 681

EP - 709

JO - INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

JF - INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

IS - 4

ER -