40 years of the Kazan non-LTE School: achievements and problems

L. I. Mashonkina

Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: This paper reviews the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) line formation studies of the pioneer of such astrophysical researches in our country N. A. Sakhibullin and his scientific group.

Keywords: stellar atmospheres, radiation transfer, statictical equilibrium of atoms, stellar spectra.

UDC: 524.3-355

Received: 25.10.2010