Millimeter Astronomy Saas-Fee Advanced Course 38. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy /

• Main Authors: Wilson, T. L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Guilloteau, Stéphane (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dessauges-Zavadsky, Miroslava (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pfenniger, Daniel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course, 38
• Subjects: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrophysics.; Planetary science.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Planetary Sciences.

The millimeter and sub-millimeter wavebands are unique in astronomy in containing several thousands of spectral lines of molecules as well as the thermal continuum spectrum of cold dust. They are the only bands in the electromagnetic spectrum in which we can detect the molecular gas reservoir for st...