Updated and revised, "The Physics of the Interstellar Medium, Second Edition" leads the advanced undergraduate through a wide range of disciplines related to the interstellar medium. The book covers the study of the interstellar medium, which incorporates a large range of physical processes on both large and small scales. With chapter introductions provided to aid learning as well as problems and simple models included throughout, this comprehensive overview is suitable for any student studying physics or astrophysics. Considerable progress has been made in the field over the last decade, making this up-to-date understanding of the interstellar medium particularly timely.
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A concise and clear introduction to the interstellar medium. Chapters 5 to 7 on radiatively excited regions and gas dynamics are particularly well written (half the book). The rest of the book is perhaps too concise to cover adequately topics such as dust properties and star formation.
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I f we are fortunate enough to see the sky on a moonless and cloudless night, then, when our eyes have accustomed to the dark, we can discern the prominent feature called the Milky Way. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shocked wind gas, stellar wind gas, shocked interstellar gas, energy output rate, specific total energy, sound crossing time, shocked gas, diffuse nebulae, neutral clouds, coronal gas, ionization balance, interstellar gases, ionized region, gas sphere, interstellar medium, grain temperature, shock velocity, interstellar grains, interstellar molecules, radio region, neutral gas, forbidden lines, ionizing photons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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I f we are fortunate enough to see the sky on a moonless and cloudless night, then, when our eyes have accustomed to the dark, we can discern the prominent feature called the Milky Way. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shocked wind gas, stellar wind gas, shocked interstellar gas, energy output rate, specific total energy, sound crossing time, shocked gas, diffuse nebulae, neutral clouds, coronal gas, ionization balance, interstellar gases, ionized region, gas sphere, interstellar medium, grain temperature, shock velocity, interstellar grains, interstellar molecules, radio region, neutral gas, forbidden lines, ionizing photons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
David Malin, Milky Way, Copyright Anglo-Australian Observatory, Einstein A-coefficient New!
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- An Introduction to the Science of Cosmology (Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics) by Derek Raine in Front Matter
- Dust and Chemistry in Astronomy (Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics) by T.J Millar in Front Matter
- Observational Astrophysics, (Graduate Series in Astronomy) by R. E. White in Front Matter
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- Dust in the Galactic Environment (2nd Edition) (Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics) by D.C.B Whittet in Front Matter, page 36, and Back Matter
- Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction by Linda S. Sparke on page 109, and Back Matter
- Blowing Bubbles in the Cosmos: Astronomical Winds, Jets, and Explosions by T. W. Hartquist on page 45, and page 66
- Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence by Dieter Biskamp in Back Matter
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