Describing interstellar matter in our galaxy in all of its various forms, this book also considers the physical and chemical processes that are occurring within this matter. The first seven chapters present the various components making up the interstellar matter and detail the ways that we are able to study them. The following seven chapters are devoted to the physical, chemical and dynamical processes that control the behaviour of interstellar matter. These include the instabilities and cloud collapse processes that lead to the formation of stars. The last chapter summarizes the transformations that can occur between the different phases of the interstellar medium. Emphasizing methods over results, The Interstellar Medium is written for graduate students, for young astronomers, and also for any researchers who have developed an interest in the interstellar medium.
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Describing interstellar matter in our galaxy in all of its various forms, this book also considers the physical and chemical processes that are occurring within this matter. The first seven chapters present the various components making up the interstellar matter and detail the ways that we are able to study them. The following seven chapters are devoted to the physical, chemical and dynamical processes that control the behaviour of interstellar matter. These include the instabilities and cloud collapse processes that lead to the formation of stars. The last chapter summarizes the transformations that can occur between the different phases of the interstellar medium. Emphasizing methods over results, "The Interstellar Medium" is written for graduate students, for young astronomers, and also for any researchers who have developed an interest in the interstellar medium.
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Just as any galaxy, our own Galaxy1, the Milky way, is a complex system of stars, gas and dust particles (see Plate 1 for a spiral galaxy seen face-on and Plate 2 for a collection of images of the Milky way at various wavelengths). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dense photodissociation regions, interstellar nuclei, neutral interstellar medium, diffuse ionized medium, interstellar dust emission, solar cavity, neutral interstellar gas, diffuse ionized gas, radiative precursor, cosmic electrons, interstellar turbulence, ionizing star, diffuse interstellar medium, shocked medium, photoelectric heating, diffuse medium, aromatic bands, ionization front, interstellar radiation field, hydrogen recombination lines, maser effect, solar modulation, magnetic irregularities, atomic medium, interstellar field Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Color Plates, Pineau des Forêts, Shock Applications, The Ionized Interstellar Gas, Large Magellanic Cloud, The Atomic Neutral Gas, Hubble Space Telescope, New York, Different Types of Shocks, Cambridge University Press, Canadian Galactic Plane Survey, Fluid Mech, Pergamon Press, Small Magellanic Cloud, Very Large Array, Annual Reviews, Gamma-Ray Production, John Wiley, Princeton University Press New!
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Just as any galaxy, our own Galaxy1, the Milky way, is a complex system of stars, gas and dust particles (see Plate 1 for a spiral galaxy seen face-on and Plate 2 for a collection of images of the Milky way at various wavelengths). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dense photodissociation regions, interstellar nuclei, neutral interstellar medium, diffuse ionized medium, interstellar dust emission, solar cavity, neutral interstellar gas, diffuse ionized gas, radiative precursor, cosmic electrons, interstellar turbulence, ionizing star, diffuse interstellar medium, shocked medium, photoelectric heating, diffuse medium, aromatic bands, ionization front, interstellar radiation field, hydrogen recombination lines, maser effect, solar modulation, magnetic irregularities, atomic medium, interstellar field Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Color Plates, Pineau des Forêts, Shock Applications, The Ionized Interstellar Gas, Large Magellanic Cloud, The Atomic Neutral Gas, Hubble Space Telescope, New York, Different Types of Shocks, Cambridge University Press, Canadian Galactic Plane Survey, Fluid Mech, Pergamon Press, Small Magellanic Cloud, Very Large Array, Annual Reviews, Gamma-Ray Production, John Wiley, Princeton University Press New!
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- Interstellar Dust (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by L.J. Allamandola on 4 pages
- Interstellar Processes (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by D.J. Hollenbach on page 384, and page 388
- Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill Series in Fundamentals of Physics) by Frederick Reif on page 391
- Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) by Harm J. Habing in Back Matter
- Physical Hydrodynamics by Etienne Guyon on page 386
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- Interstellar Turbulence (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics) by Jose Franco on 4 pages
- An Atlas of Local Group Galaxies (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by Paul W. Hodge on page 134 (1), page 134 (2), and page 194
- Massive Stars in Starbursts (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series) by Claus Leitherer on page 165, page 230, and page 281
- From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) by Miguel A. de Avillez on page 252, and page 331
- Solid State Astrochemistry (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) by Valerio Pirronello on page 75, and page 145
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