Physics and Chemistry of The Interstellar Medium 1891389467, 9781891389467
This book is a graduate-level text covering the fundamental physics and chemistry required for a modern understanding of
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English Pages 586 Year 2007
Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Credit
Contents
Preface
Goals and Philosophy
Acknowledgments
1 The Interstellar Medium
2 Fundamental Concepts of Radiation
3 Measurements of Radiation
4 Photoionization and Recombination
5 Line Radiation from Atoms and Ions
6 Continuum Radiation in the Gas Phase
7 Interstellar Molecules
8 Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules
9 Molecular Excitation and Abundance Determination
10 Interstellar Grains: Physical Processes
11 The Chemical Composition of Interstellar and Circumstellar Grains
12 Carbonaceous Grains
13 The Origin of Interstellar Dust
14 Chemical Reactions in the ISM
15 Gas Dynamics, Gravitational Collapse and Stellar Winds
16 Interaction between Stars and the Interstellar Medium
17 Beyond the Galaxy
A1 Vector Formulae in Ddifferent Coordinate Systems
A2 Ionization Potentials for Atoms and Molecules
A3 List of Interstellar Molecules
A4 Solutions to Selected Exercises
Symbols and Abbreviations
Glossary
References
Index
Back Cover
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