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"We can measure how much of a particular element is in a star using spectroscopy. We plot the spectrum and find a particular absorption feature associated with a particular element. Then we can use a clever approximation o get a sense of the amount of the element present. The approximation is called the equivalent width. The equivalent width calculation is fairly simple geometry that comes from some [very complicated stellar physics and chemistry](http://research.iac.es/congreso/itn-gaia2013/media/Primas2.pdf).\n",
"We can measure how much of a particular element is in a star using spectroscopy. We plot the spectrum and find a particular absorption feature associated with a particular element. Then we can use a clever approximation to get a sense of the amount of the element present. The approximation is called the equivalent width. The equivalent width calculation is fairly simple geometry that comes from some [very complicated stellar physics and chemistry](http://research.iac.es/congreso/itn-gaia2013/media/Primas2.pdf).\n",
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"$ W_{\\lambda}\\propto\\ Nhf\\lambda^2 $\n",
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"The equivalent width $ W_{\\lambda} $ varies as the number of atoms of that element, $ N $. The product $ hf $ is Planck's constant times the frequency of the absorption feature. $ \\lambda $ is the wavelength of the of the absorption feature. This strange notation is common for stellar spectroscopy."
"The equivalent width $ W_{\\lambda} $ varies as the number of atoms of that element, $ N $. The product $ hf $ is Planck's constant times the frequency of the absorption feature. $ \\lambda $ is the wavelength of the absorption feature. This strange notation is common for stellar spectroscopy."
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