Atomic and molecular physics and the interstellar matter. (Proceedings of the XXVI Session of the Les Houches Summer School of Theoretical Physics, Grenoble, France, July - August 1974).
Abstract
The papers provide a detailed description of the basic physical and chemical processes occurring in the interstellar medium and give a thorough account of the present status of knowledge about this medium. Topics discussed include the theoretical and analytical principles of atomic physics and spectral-line formation, the formation of interstellar molecular spectra, atomic-collision theory, atom-atom collision processes in the interstellar medium, the formation and destruction of molecules in interstellar clouds, and the physics of fully ionized interstellar gaseous regions. Consideration is also given to radio astronomical observations of dense interstellar molecular clouds, interstellar masers, the hydrodynamics of interstellar matter, and the use of elemental and isotopic abundances in studies of galactic evolution. Individual items are announced in this issue.
- Publication:
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Atomic and Molecular Physics and the Interstellar Matter
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975ampi.proc.....B
- Keywords:
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- Atomic Physics;
- Conferences;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Molecular Physics;
- Astronomical Models;
- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Astrophysics;
- Chemical Reactions;
- Line Spectra;
- Molecular Collisions;
- Nebulae;
- Astrophysics