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Experimental Spectroscopy of Light Mesons

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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to include any interaction with radiative energy as a function of its wavelength or frequency. Spectroscopic data are often represented by an emission spectrum, a plot of the response of interest as a function of wavelength or frequency.
Spectroscopy
What we are nowadays hearing of the language of spectra is a true 'music of the spheres' in order and harmony that becomes ever more perfect in spite of the manifold variety. The theory of spectral lines will bear the name of Bohr for all time. But yet another name will be permanently associated with it, that of Planck. All integral laws of spectral lines and of atomic theory spring originally from the quantum theory. It is the mysterious organon on which Nature plays her music of the spectra, and according to the rhythm of which she regulates the structure of the atoms and nuclei.
Arnold Sommerfeld in: Wolfgang Pauli Writings on Physics and Philosophy, Springer Science & Business Media, 27 September 1994
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying biological systems. It often provides a convenient method for analysis of individual components in a biological system such as proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites. It can also provide detailed information about the structure and mechanism of action of molecules.
Gordon G. Hammes, in Spectroscopy for the Biological Sciences (2005), Ch. 1 : Fundamentals of Spectroscopy, p. 1
Spectroscopy
One important object of this original spectroscopic investigation of the light of the stars and other celestial bodies, namely to discover whether the same chemical elements as those of our earth are present throughout the universe, was most satisfactorily settled in the affirmative.
Sir William Huggins in: Norriss S. Hetherington Encyclopedia of Cosmology: Historical, Philosophical, and Scientific Foundations of Modern Cosmology, Routledge, Apr 8, 2014
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