Subject: why in a cephied variable star in the helium ionization layer does opacity
Date: Tue Nov 16 22:54:37 2004
Posted by bob
Grade level: grad (science)
School: graduated
City: cleveland State/Province: ohio
Country: usa
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1100667277.As
Message:
why in a cephied variable star in the helium ionization layer does opacity
INCREASE when helium loses an electron? i thought electrons impede the outward
flow of photons, yet here the lose of electrons increases opacity. i've never
understood this (i'm a geologist by education)......
Re: why in a cephied variable star in the helium ionization layer does opacity
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