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Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Originally published: New York : Wiley, 1979.;Includes bibliographical references and index.;RADIATIVE PROCESSES IN ASTROPHYSICS; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIATIVE TRANSFER; CHAPTER 2 BASIC THEORY OF RADIATION FIELDS; CHAPTER 3 RADIATION FROM MOVING CHARGES; CHAPTER 4 RELATIVISTIC COVARIANCE AND KINEMATICS; CHAPTER 5 BREMSSTRAHLUNG; CHAPTER 6 SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; CHAPTER 7 COMPTON SCATTERING; CHAPTER 8 PLASMA EFFECTS; CHAPTER 9 ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CHAPTER 10 RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; CHAPTER 11 MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUTIONS; INDEX.;Description based on print version record. Radiative Processes in Astrophysics: This clear, straightforward, and fundamental introduction is designed to present-from a physicist's point of view-radiation processes and their applications to astrophysical phenomena and space science. It covers such topics as radiative transfer theory, relativistic covariance and kinematics, bremsstrahlung radiation, synchrotron radiation, Compton scattering, some plasma effects, and radiative transitions in atoms. Discussion begins with first principles, physically motivating and deriving all results rather than merely presenting finished formulae. Howev.