PUBLICATIONS:
A. P. Thorne

BOOKS

• "Spectrophysics: Principles and Applications",
  A.P.Thorne, U.Litzen and S.Johansson,
  Springer-Verlag, 1999
  
  
• "Spectrophysics", First and Second Editions,
  A.P.Thorne,
  Chapman & Hall, 1974 and 1988 respectively
  
  
• "Interferometric Spectrometers", Chap. 4 in Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy II , ed. J.A.R Samson and D.L.Ederer, Vol.32 of "Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences",
  Anne Thorne and Malcolm Howells,
  Academic Press, 1998
  
  

PAPERS since 1990

• "Oscillator strengths of UV transitions in Ti II",
  J.C.Pickering, A.P.Thorne and R.Perez,
  Astrophys. J. Supp., 132, 403-409, 2001
  
  
• "The application of a VUV Fourier transform spectrometer and synchrotron radiation source to measurements of: III. The e (1,0) band of NO",
  J.Rufus, K.Yoshino, J.R.Esmond, A.P.Thorne, J.E.Murray, T.Imajo, K.Ito and T.Matsui,
  In press: J.Chem.Phys., 2001
  
  
• "Precise laboratory wavelengths of importance to studies of the time variation of the fine structure constant",
  J.C.Pickering, A.P.Thorne, U.Litzen, J.K.Webb and V.Zilio,
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 319, 163-167 (2000)
  
  
• "The application of a VUV Fourier transform spectrometer and synchrotron radiation source to measurements of: II. The d (1,0) band of NO",
  T.Imajo, K.Yoshino, J.R.Esmond, W.H.Parkinson, A.P.Thorne, J.E.Murray, R.C.M.Learner, G.Cox, A.S.-C.Cheung, K.Ito and T.Matsui,
  J.Chem.Phys., 112, 2251-2257, 2000
  
  
• "The application of a VUV-FT spectrometer and synchrotron radiation source to measurements of the NO and O₂ bands at 295 K",
  K.Yoshino, A.P.Thorne, J.E.Murray, K.Ito, T.Matsui, K.W.-S.Leung, A.S.-C.Cheung, and T.Imajo,
  Phys. Chem. Earth (c), 25, 199-201, 2000
  
  
• "Fourier transform spectroscopy and cross-section measurements of the Herzberg III bands of O₂ at 295 K",
  K.Yoshino, J.R.Esmond, W.H.Parkinson, A.P.Thorne, R.C.M.Learner, G.Cox and A.S.-C. Cheung,
  J.Chem.Phys., 112, 9791-9801, 2000
  
  
• "Fourier transform spectroscopy and cross-section measurements of the Herzberg II bands of O₂ at 295 K",
  K.Yoshino, J.R.Esmond, W.H.Parkinson, A.P.Thorne, R.C.M.Learner and G.Cox,
  J.Chem.Phys., 111, 2960-2967, 1999
  
  
• "High resolution photoabsorption cross section measurements of SO₂ at 295 K between 198 nm and 220 nm",
  G.Stark, P.L.Smith, J.Rufus, A.P.Thorne, J.C.Pickering and G.Cox
  J. Geophys. Res., 104, 16585-16590 (1999)
  
  
• "Abundances and isotopic compositions of platinum in Chi Lupi and HR7775 based on new laboratory data of Pt II"
  G.Kalus, S.Johansson, G.M.Wahlgren, D.S.Leckrone, A.P.Thorne and J.C.Brandt
  Astrophys. J., 494, 792-798, 1998
  
  
• "High resolution Fourier transform spectrometry in the visible and ultraviolet regions",
  Anne Thorne,
  J.Anal.Atomic Spectroscopy, 13, 407-411, 1998
  
  
• "The application of a VUV Fourier transform spectrometer and synchrotron radiation source to measurements of: I. The b (9,0) band of NO",
  K.Yoshino, J.R.Esmond, W.H.Parkinson, A.P.Thorne, J.E.Murray, R.C.M.Learner, G.Cox, A.S.-C.Cheung, K.W.-S.Leung, K.Ito, T.Matsui and T.Imajo,
  J. Chem. Phys., 109, 1751-1757, 1998
  
  
• "High Resolution laboratory VUV Fourier transform spectroscopy relevant to GHRS",
  J.Pickering, A.Thorne, R.Learner,
  The Scientific Impact of the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, Astron. Soc. Pacific. Conf. Ser. Vol 143, 391 (1998)
  
  
• "Improved VUV Spectroscopy of Doubly-Ionized Atoms for Astrophysics",
  P.L.Smith, A.P.Thorne, R.C.M.Learner, J.C.Pickering, R.Kling, W.Mende, M.Kock,
  The Scientific Impact of the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conf. Ser., Vol 143, 395 (1998)
  
  
• "Abundances and isotopic compositions of singly ionized platinum in Chi Lupi and HR7775",
  G.Kalus, S.Johansson, G.Wahlgren, D.Leckrone, J.Brandt and A.Thorne,
  The Scientific Impact of the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conf. Ser., Vol 143, 326 (1998)
  
  
• "A comparative high-resolution study of predissociation line widths in the Schumann-Runge bands of O₂,
  P.M.Dooley, B.R.Lewis, S.T.Gibson, K.G.B.Baldwin, P.C.Cosby, J.L.Price, R.A.Copeland, T.G.Slanger, A.P.Thorne, J.E.Murray and K.Yoshino,
  J.Chem.Phys., 109, 3856-3867, 1998
  
  
• "Precise laboratory measurements of Mg I and Mg II resonance transitions at 2853, 2803 and 2796 Å",
  J.C.Pickering, A.P.Thorne and J.Webb,
  MNRAS, 300, 131-134 (1998)
  
  
• "Upgrading the atomic and molecular database for astrophysics and atmospheric physics by Fourier transform spectroscopy",
  J.C.Pickering, R.Schermaul, G.Cox, J.Rufus, A.P.Thorne, R.C.M.Learner, & P.L.Smith,
  NIST Special Publication 926, 159-163 (1998)
  
  
• "Laboratory Fourier Transform Spectroscopy for astronomers' special requests",
  J.C.Pickering, A.P.Thorne, R.C.M.Learner and G.Cox,
  in Proceedings of NASA workshop on Laboratory Space Science, Cambridge, MA, USA, 213-216, 1998
  
  
• "Precision VUV wavelengths of Fe II measured by Fourier transform and grating spectrometry",
  Gillian Nave, Sveneric Johansson and Anne Thorne,
  J.Opt.Soc.Am., B14, 1035-1042, 1997
  
  
• "Fourier transform spectrometry in the vacuum ultraviolet: applications and progress",
  Anne Thorne,
  Physica Scripta T65, 31-35, 1996
  
  
• "Ghosts and artefacts in Fourier transform spectrometry",
  R.C.M.Learner, A.P.Thorne and J.W.Brault,
  Applied Optics, 35, 2947--2954, 1996
  
  
• "High resolution FTS studies of glow discharge spectra",
  E.B.M.Steers and A.P.Thorne,
  Frosenius J. of Analytical Chemistry, 355, 868--872, 1996
  
  
• "The spectrum and term analysis of Co I",
  J.C.Pickering & A.P.Thorne,
  Astrophysical J. Suppl., 107, 761-809, 1996
  
  
• "A comparison of imaging Fourier transform with grating spectrometry for tridimensional spectroscopy",
  P.L.Smith, A.P.Thorne and W.H.Parkinson,
  Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series, Vol. 71, 328-331, 1995
  
  
• "Inductively coupled plasma Fourier transform spectrometry: a study of element spectra and a table of inductively coupled plasma lines",
  Claudia Schierle and Anne Thorne,
  Spectrochim.Acta, 50B, 27-50, 1995
  
  
• "Calibration of line width standards and lamp intensities using FT UV",
  Anne Thorne,
  in Spectrophotometry, Luminescence and Colour, ed: C.Burgess and D.G.Jones, pp. 355-367, Elsevier Science, 1995
  
  
• "Band oscillator strengths of the Herzberg I bands of O₂",
  K.Yoshino, J.R.Esmond, J.E.Murray, W.H.Parkinson, A.P.Thorne, R.C.M.Learner and G.Cox,
  J.Chem.Phys., 103, 1243-1249, 1995
  
  
• "UV Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Term Analysis of Co I and Co II",
  J.C.Pickering, A.P.Thorne & M. Rosberg,
  Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Ser., Vol 81, 204--205, 1995
  
  
• "UV Fourier transform spectroscopy of emission line spectra",
  R.C.M.Learner, A.P.Thorne, J.E.Murray and J.I.Semeniuk,
  Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Ser., Vol 81, 227--228, 1995
  
  
• "Fourier transform spectroscopy at vacuum ultraviolet wavelengths",
  A.P.Thorne, G.Cox, R.C.M.Learner, P.L.Smith and W.H.Parkinson,
  Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Ser., Vol 81, 235--236, 1995
  
  
• "Isotope shift in Pt II observed in laboratory FT spectra",
  G.M.Kalus, S.Johansson, A.P.Thorne, D.S.Leckrone and G.M.Wahlgren,
  Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Ser., Vol 81, 239--240, 1995
  
  
• "Phase correction of emission line Fourier transform spectra",
  R.C.M.Learner, A.P.Thorne, I.Wynne-Jones, J.W.Brault and M.C.Abrams,
  J.Opt.Soc.Am., A 12, 2165-2171, 1995
  
  
• "Vacuum ultraviolet Fourier transform spectroscopy of the delta(0,0) and beta(7,0) bands of NO",
  J.E.Murray, K.Yoshino, J.R.Esmond, W.H.Parkinson, Y.Sun, A.Dalgarno, A.P.Thorne and G.Cox,
  J.Chem.Phys., 101, 62--73, 1994
  
  
• "A new multiplet table for Fe I",
  G.Nave, S.Johansson, R.C.M.Learner, A.P.Thorne and J.W.Brault,
  Astrophys. J. Supp. Series, 94, 221--459, 1994
  
  
• "Fourier transform spectroscopy of the Herzberg I bands of O₂,
  K.Yoshino, J.E.Murray, J.R.Esmond, Y.Sun, W.H.Parkinson, A.P.Thorne, R.C.M.Learner and G.Cox,
  Can.J.Phys., 72, 1101--1108, 1994
  
  
• "Application of high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometry to the study of glow discharge sources",
  E.B.M.Steers and A.P.Thorne,
  J.Anal.At.Spectrom., 8, 309--315, 1993
  
  
• "Spectrum and term system of neutral nickel, Ni I",
  U.Litzen, J.W.Brault and A.P.Thorne,
  Physica Scripta, 47, 628--673, 1993
  
  
• "Transition element spectra by high resolution Fourier transform spectrometry",
  J.E.Murray, J.Pickering, G.Nave, R.C.M.Learner and A.P.Thorne,
  NIST Special Publication 850, pp 154--155, 1993
  
  
• "Precision Fe I and Fe II wavelengths in the red and infra-red spectrum of the iron-neon hollow cathode lamp",
  G.Nave, R.C.M.Learner, J.E.Murray, A.P.Thorne and J.W.Brault,
  J.Phys. II France, 2, 913-929, 1992
  
  
• "IFTS: the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer",
  A.P.Thorne,
  Invited paper in Proc.ESA Workshop on Solar Physics and Astrophysics at Interferometric Resolution, Paris, pp191--195, 1992
  
  
• "VUV Fourier transform spectroscopy (with imaging)",
  A.P.Thorne,
  Opt.Soc.Am. Technical Digest Series 21, 104, 1992
  
• "Interferometry at the vacuum ultra-violet limit",
  A.P.Thorne, G.Cox and R.C.M.Learner,
  Proc. ESA Colloquium on Targets for Space Based Interferometry, Beaulieu (France), pp 231--234, 1992
  
  
• "Accurate wavelengths for the thorium-neodymium stellar chronometer",
  R.C.M.Learner, J.Davies and A.P.Thorne,
  Mon.Not.R.Astr.Soc., 248, 414--418, 1991
  
  
• "Fourier transform spectrometry in the ultraviolet",
  Anne Thorne,
  Analytical Chemistry, 63 (2), 57A--65A, 1991
  
  
• "Precision Fe I and Fe II wavelengths in the ultraviolet spectrum of the iron-neon hollow cathode lamp",
  G.Nave, R.C.M.Learner, A.P.Thorne and C.J.Harris,
  J.Opt.Soc Amer.B 8, 2028--2043, 1991
  
  
• "Atomic spectrometry update: atomic emission spectrometry",
  D.Littlejohn, R.Jowitt, S.T.Sparkes, A.P.Thorne and S.J.Walton,
  J.Anal.At.Spectrom., 6, 137R--185R, 1991
  
  
• "Wavelengths and branching ratios with an ultra-violet Fourier transform spectrometer",
  A.P.Thorne and R.C.M.Learner,
  in Atomic spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysics and Fusion Research, (ed. J.E.Hansen), 191--195, North-Holland, 1990
  
  
• "Astrophysical applications of high resolution laboratory FTS in the visible and ultra-violet",
  R.C.M.Learner, A.P.Thorne, J.Davies and F.Federmann,
  in Atomic spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysics and Fusion Research, (ed. J.E.Hansen), 196--197, North-Holland 1990
  
  
• "High resolution UV Fourier transform spectrometry",
  Anne Thorne,
  Spectroscopy World, 2/2, 22--26, 1990
  
  
• "Atomic Spectrometry Update --- Instrumentation",
  S.Hill, J.B.Dawson and A.P.Thorne,
  J.Anal.At.Spectrom., 5, 151R--166R, 1990
  
  
• "Fourier transform atomic emission spectroscopy",
  Anne Thorne,
  Chemia Analityczna, 35, 255--264, 1990
  

Spectrophysics shows how observations of atomic and molecular physics can be related to the environment of the emitting or absorbing particles, with particular applications to astrophysics, atmospheric physics and plasma physics. The first part of the book describes the relations between the structure of atoms and simple molecules and their spectra, including complex atoms, which are not normally treated in introductory texts. The second part treats the effects of temperature, density, pressure, collisions with other particles, and so on. Much of this material is normally found only in specialized texts on astrophysics or plasma physics. The experimental methods of optical spectroscopy, from the mid-infrared to the far-ultraviolet regions, are described and compared in the last part of the book, with a final chapter addressing such practical matters as wavelength and intensity calibration and signal-to-noise ratios.

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