Continuum

The continuum is the smooth, continuously varying portion of an electromagnetic spectrum, with no spectral features such as atomic or molecular lines or bands. It may be produced by different physical processes: radiative recombination of electrons previously in free states, two-photon decays of metastable levels, thermal bremsstrahlung, blackbody radiation, and synchrotron emission.

• Background

• Blackbody

• Bremsstrahlung Radiation

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Radiative Processes

Authors and Affiliations

1. LESIA, Observatoire Paris-Site de Meudon, Meudon, France

   Daniel Rouan

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Daniel Rouan .

Editors and Affiliations

1. Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France

   Muriel Gargaud

2. Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

   William M. Irvine

3. Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

   Ricardo Amils

4. Analytical, Environmental, Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

   Philippe Claeys

5. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

   Henderson James Cleaves

6. Radio Astronomy, Paris Observatory, Paris, France

   Maryvonne Gerin

7. LESIA, Observatoire de Paris-Site de Meudon, Meudon, France

   Daniel Rouan

8. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

   Tilman Spohn

9. Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques de Nantes, Centre François Viète d’Histoire des Sciences et de Techniques EA 1161, Nantes, France

   Stéphane Tirard

10. Innovaxiom, Paris, CX, France

    Michel Viso

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