The Interstellar Medium

• Main Author: Lequeux, James (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Fluids.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Atoms.; Matter.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Our Galaxy, Host of the Interstellar Medium
• Radiations and Magnetic Fields
• Radiative Transfer and Excitation
• The Neutral Interstellar Gas
• The Ionized Interstellar Gas
• The Interstellar Medium at High Energies
• Interstellar Dust
• Heating and Cooling of the Interstellar Gas
• Interstellar Chemistry
• Photodissociation Regions
• Shocks
• Shock Applications
• Interstellar Turbulence
• Equilibrium, Collapse and Star Formation
• Changes of State and Transformations.