Stellar Atmospheres: Beyond Classical Models

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Recent Advances in Computational Methods....Pages 1-8
Acceleration of Convergence....Pages 9-17
Fast Solution of Radiative Transfer Problems with a Multi-Grid Method....Pages 19-27
Line Blanketing without LTE: Simple and Complex Spectra....Pages 29-38
Global and Local Methods for 1-D Problems; Implementation Aspects and CPU-Time and Memory Scalings....Pages 39-48
2-D Axisymmetric Line Transport....Pages 49-59
NLTE Spectral Line Formation in Three Dimensions....Pages 61-68
Iteration with Approximate Lambda Operators, and its Application to the Expanding Atmospheres of WR Stars....Pages 69-80
Analytical Methods of Line Formation Theory: Are they Still Alive?....Pages 81-104
Iteration Factors in the Solution of the NLTE Line Transfer Problem....Pages 105-110
Analysis of Ultraviolet P Cygni Profiles in the Spectra of O-Type Stars....Pages 111-118
Computer Codes for Stellar Atmospheric Modeling....Pages 119-125
The Quest for Physical Realism in Stellar Atmospheric Modeling....Pages 127-141
Unified NLTE Model Atmospheres Including Spherical Extension and Stellar Winds: EUV — Fluxes and the He II Discrepancy in Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae....Pages 143-154
Non-LTE Model Atmosphere Calculations with Approximate Lambda Operators....Pages 155-164
NLTE Model Atmospheres for Hot Stars....Pages 165-174
Radiative Transfer in Expanding Atmospheres — Radiative Acceleration of Wolf-Rayet Envelopes?....Pages 175-189
Non-LTE Analysis of Hot Stars Including Line Blanketing....Pages 191-203
Time-Dependent Two-Dimensional Radiation Hydrodynamics of Accreting Matter onto Highly Magnetized Neutron Stars: The Evolution of Photon Bubbles....Pages 205-220
The Origin and Development of Instabilities in Radiatively-Driven Stellar Winds....Pages 221-233
A Smooth Source Function Method for Including Scattering in Radiatively Driven Wind Simulations....Pages 235-246
2-D Radiation-Hydrodynamics Models of the Solar Photosphere....Pages 247-261
Dynamics of and Radiative Transfer in Inhomogeneous Media....Pages 263-279
Atmospheres of Late-Type Giants....Pages 281-290
FE II Emission Line Diagnostics of the Sun and Stars....Pages 291-296
Chromospheric Inhomogeneities in Cool Stars: Possible Effect on Hydrogen Line Profiles....Pages 297-302
Numerical Simulation of Photospheric Convection : Hydrodynamical Test Calculations....Pages 303-308
Stellar Atmosphere Theory as a Spectroscopic Tool. The Example of Hot Stars....Pages 309-309
The Winds of O-Stars V: Tests of the Accuracy of the Radiation Driven Wind Models....Pages 311-316
Diagnostics of Wolf-Rayet Atmospheres....Pages 317-329
Central Stars of PN: Spectral Diagnostics Based on Model Atmospheres vs. Diagnostics Based on the Classical Nebular Approach....Pages 331-340
Spectral Diagnostics of Hot Subdwarfs: Successes and Problems....Pages 341-351
Temperatures, Gravities and Abundances of B Stars: Recent Progress and Remaining Problems....Pages 353-364
Line Blanketing without LTE: The Effect on Diagnostics For B-Type Stars....Pages 365-373
Particle Transport in Magnetic Stellar Atmospheres....Pages 375-386
Spectroscopic Tests of Late-Type Model Atmospheres of Dwarf Stars....Pages 387-396
Dust in the Shells of Cool Giants and Supergiants....Pages 397-408
NLTE Analyses of Massive OB Stars....Pages 409-414
Formation of the K I 7699 Å Line in Sunspots....Pages 415-422
On the Influence of Multi-Dimensional Radiative Transfer on the Energetic Contribution of the Ca K Line....Pages 423-429
The Opacity Project and the Practical Utilization of Atomic Data....Pages 431-439
New Opacity Calculations....Pages 441-448
40 Years Numerical Stellar Atmospheres Concluding Remarks and Personal Considerations....Pages 449-452
Back Matter....Pages 453-461