Emphasizing microscopic physical and chemical processes in space, and their influence on the macroscopic structure of the interstellar medium of galaxies, this book includes the latest developments in an exciting area of molecular astrophysics. New space and ground-based observational opportunities have resulted in significant additions to our knowledge of the molecular universe in recent years. This comprehensive overview will be an invaluable reference source for undergraduates, graduates and researchers.
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“...a comprehensive overview of the physical processes operating in the gas between the stars, or interstellar medium. One excellent feature is the suggested reading lists at the ends of the chapters, which offer a very nice bibliography of the most important research papers in the field.”
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New space and ground-based observational opportunities have enabled rapid developments in our understanding of the molecular universe in recent years. This work provides a comprehensive overview of our current theoretical and observational understanding of the interstellar medium of galaxies. With emphasis on the microscopic physical and chemical processes in space, and their influence on the macroscopic structure of the interstellar medium of galaxies, the book includes the latest developments in this exciting area of molecular astrophysics. This is an invaluable reference source for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers.
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Inteller space is the hardest vacuum that we know of. But it is not empty. Over the vast distances there are atoms, molecules, dust grains, radiations and more. It is a coprehensive overview of our current theories as backed up by the most recent observational understanding of the interstellar medium of galaxies as of 2005.As this is a rapidly developing field, the book is filled with references for the student to find more information from web sites and the like that will contain the most recent findings, research, and theories. This book is suitable for a course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and for research scientists. The author is a professor of Astrophysics at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute in the Netherlands and is a senior scientist with the Dutch Space Agency, SRON.
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calculated ionization structure, electron sticking coefficient, ionized gas volume, intercloud media, physisorbed sites, dissociative electron recombination, dense photodissociation regions, average interstellar radiation field, chemisorbed sites, intercloud phase, pure hydrogen nebula, accreted species, interstellar grain size distribution, migration time scale, gas heating rate, ionization front, evaporation time scale, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules, preshock density, warm neutral medium, recombination time scale, warm intercloud medium, ionizing photon luminosity, observed extinction curve, preshock gas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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calculated ionization structure, electron sticking coefficient, ionized gas volume, intercloud media, physisorbed sites, dissociative electron recombination, dense photodissociation regions, average interstellar radiation field, chemisorbed sites, intercloud phase, pure hydrogen nebula, accreted species, interstellar grain size distribution, migration time scale, gas heating rate, ionization front, evaporation time scale, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules, preshock density, warm neutral medium, recombination time scale, warm intercloud medium, ionizing photon luminosity, observed extinction curve, preshock gas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, New York, Orion Bar, Solar System, Academic Press, San Francisco, Pineau des Forets, University Science Books, Mill Valley, Infrared Space Observatory, Monte Carlo, Orion Nebula, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Cambridge University Press, Red Rectangle, Springer Verlag New!
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- Active Galactic Nuclei (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by D.E. Osterbrock on 6 pages
- Astrophysics Of Gaseous Nebulae And Active Galactic Nuclei by Donald E. Osterbrock on 6 pages
- Interstellar Processes (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by D.J. Hollenbach on 5 pages
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Astrophysics (NATO Science Series C: (closed)) by A. Léger on page 225, and page 226
- Interstellar Dust (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by L.J. Allamandola on page 171, and page 226
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