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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Millimeter/Sub-Millimeter Astronomy (T.L. Wilson)
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Some Background
• 3 Theory of Receivers
• 4 Practical Receivers
• 5 Filled Aperture Antennas
• 6 Single Dish Observational Methods
• 7 Interferometers and Aperture Synthesis
• 8 Continuum Emission from mm/sub-mm Sources
• 9 Spectral Line Basics
• 10 Line Radiation from Atoms
• 11 Emission Nebulae, Radio Recombination Lines
• 12 Overview of Molecular Basics
• 13 Astronomical Applications
• References
• Star Formation with ALMA (S. Guilloteau)
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Dust as a Probe of Star Formation
• 3 Using Molecules
• 4 Prestellar Cores
• 5 Class 0
• 6 Outflows
• 7 Protoplanetary Disks
• 8 High-Mass Stars
• 9 Nonstandard Observations
• 10 Conclusions: The promise of ALMA
• References.