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- Extremely broad coverage of the field
- Replaces L. Spitzer's classic text from 1978
- Opens new roads to the exciting search for interstellar dust and its role in the birth of stars
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 to study them. The following seven chapters are devoted to the physical, chemical and dynamical processes that control the behaviour of interstellar matter. These include the instabilities and cloud collapse processes that lead to the formation of stars. The last chapter summarizes the transformations that can occur between the different phases of the interstellar medium. Emphasizing methods over results, The Interstellar Medium is written for graduate students, for young astronomers, and also for any researchers who have developed an interest in the interstellar medium.
Authors and Affiliations
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Observatoire de Paris, LERMA, Paris, France
James Lequeux
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Interstellar Medium
Authors: James Lequeux
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b137959
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-21326-0Published: 31 August 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05966-7Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26693-8Published: 29 August 2005
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 440
Additional Information: Original French edition published by Editions EDP Sciences / CNRS Éditions, Paris, France, 2003
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Cosmology, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction