Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium /

Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium / / Bruce T. Draine.

This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium--the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in a galaxy and also between galaxies th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Draine, Bruce T.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2011
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Princeton Series in Astrophysics ; 19
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Physical Description:1 online resource (560 p.) :; 23 color illus. 158 line illus.50 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Collisional Processes
  • 3. Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamic Equilibrium
  • 4. Energy Levels of Atoms and Ions
  • 5. Energy Levels of Molecules
  • 6. Spontaneous Emission, Stimulated Emission, and Absorption
  • 7. Radiative Transfer
  • 8. HI 21-cm Emission and Absorption
  • 9. Absorption Lines: The Curve of Growth
  • 10. Emission and Absorption by a Thermal Plasma
  • 11. Propagation of Radio Waves through the ISM
  • 12. Interstellar Radiation Fields
  • 13. Ionization Processes
  • 14. Recombination of Ions with Electrons
  • 15. Photoionized Gas
  • 16. Ionization in Predominantly Neutral Regions
  • 17. Collisional Excitation
  • 18. Nebular Diagnostics
  • 19. Radiative Trapping
  • 20. Optical Pumping
  • 21. Interstellar Dust: Observed Properties
  • 22. Scattering and Absorption by Small Particles
  • 23. Composition of Interstellar Dust
  • 24. Temperatures of Interstellar Grains
  • 25. Grain Physics: Charging and Sputtering
  • 26. Grain Dynamics
  • 27. Heating and Cooling of H II Regions
  • 28. The Orion H II Region
  • 29. HI Clouds: Observations
  • 30. H I Clouds: Heating and Cooling
  • 31. Molecular Hydrogen
  • 32. Molecular Clouds: Observations
  • 33. Molecular Clouds: Chemistry and Ionization
  • 34. Physical Processes in Hot Gas
  • 35. Fluid Dynamics
  • 36. Shock Waves
  • 37. Ionization/Dissociation Fronts
  • 38. Stellar Winds
  • 39. Effects of Supernovae on the ISM
  • 40. Cosmic Rays and Gamma Rays
  • 41. Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation: Theory
  • 42. Star Formation: Observations
  • A. List of Symbols
  • B. Physical Constants
  • C. Summary of Radiative Processes
  • D. Ionization Potentials (eV)
  • E. Energy-Level Diagrams
  • F. Collisional Rate Coefficients
  • G. Semiclassical Atom
  • H. Debye Length for a Plasma
  • I. Heuristic Model for Ion-Electron Inelastic Scattering
  • J. Virial Theorem
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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