Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of constants
- List of conversion factors
- 1 The galactic ecosystem
- 2 Gas cooling
- 3 Gas heating
- 4 Chemical processes
- 5 Interstellar dust
- 6 Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules
- 7 HII regions
- 8 The phases of the ISM
- 9 Photodissociation regions
- 10 Molecular clouds
- 11 Interstellar shocks
- 12 Dynamics of the interstellar medium
- 13 The lifecycle of interstellar dust
- 14 List of symbols
- Index of compounds
- Alphabetic list of molecular species
- Index of molecules
- Index of objects
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of constants
- List of conversion factors
- 1 The galactic ecosystem
- 2 Gas cooling
- 3 Gas heating
- 4 Chemical processes
- 5 Interstellar dust
- 6 Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules
- 7 HII regions
- 8 The phases of the ISM
- 9 Photodissociation regions
- 10 Molecular clouds
- 11 Interstellar shocks
- 12 Dynamics of the interstellar medium
- 13 The lifecycle of interstellar dust
- 14 List of symbols
- Index of compounds
- Alphabetic list of molecular species
- Index of molecules
- Index of objects
- Index
Summary
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- The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005