The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium

A. G. G. M. Tielens

494 pages, parution le 23/08/2005

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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 area of molecular astrophysics. The various heating, cooling, and chemical processes relevant for the rarefied gas and submicron-sized dust grains that constitute the interstellar medium are discussed in detail. This provides a firm foundation for an in-depth understanding of the ionized, neutral atomic, and molecular phases of the interstellar medium. The physical and chemical properties of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules and their role in the interstellar medium are highlighted, and the physics and chemistry of warm and dense photodissociation regions are discussed. This is an invaluable reference source for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and research scientists.

L'auteur - A. G. G. M. Tielens

Alexander Tielens is a professor of Astrophysics at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute in the Netherlands, and is a senior scientist with the Dutch Space Agency, SRON. Priortothis, he worked as an assistant researcher in the Astronomy Department of the University of California, Berkeley, and as a senior scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, California. He has published extensively on various aspects of the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium.

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Preface
List of constants
List of conversion factors
The galactic ecosystem
Gas cooling
Gas heating
Chemical processes
Interstellar dust
Insterstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules
HII regions
The phases of the ISM
Photodissociation regions
Molecular clouds
Insterstellar shocks
Dynamics of the interstellar medium
The life cycle of insterstellar dust
Index of compounds
Index of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Index of molecules
Index of objects
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	A. G. G. M. Tielens
Parution	23/08/2005
Nb. de pages	494
Format	18 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1158g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521826341
ISBN13	978-0-521-82634-1