Title: Topics in interstellar matter : invited reviews given for commission 34 (interstellar matter) of the International Astronomical Union, at the sixteenth general assembly of IAU, Grenoble, August 1976
Abstract: 1 - The Hot Interstellar Gas Phase.- Observations of 0 VI.- Observations of the Soft X-ray Background.- Nature, Origin and Evolution of the Hot Gas: Interstellar?.- Structure and Evolution of Wind-driven Circumstellar Shells.- Summary of Comments and Discussion.- 2 - Interaction of Stars and Interstellar Medium.- Compact HII Regions.- Dust in HII Regions.- Unusual, Large-Scale, Motions in HII Regions.- Planetary Nebulae.- Circumstellar Masers.- 3 - Interstellar Molecules and Dust.- Observations of Molecular Clouds.- Isotopie Abundances in Interstellar Clouds.- Formation and Excitation of Molecular Hydrogen.- Progress in Interstellar Molecule Formation.- The Nature of Dust Grains.- Formation and Destruction of Grains.- 4 - Large-Scale Distribution of Interstellar Matter in the Galaxy.- Comparative Morphology of Galactic Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.- Gamma-Ray Astrophysics and Galactic Structure.- Recombination Line Observations of Ionized Hydrogen.- The Large-Scale Distribution of Interstellar Matter in the Context of the Density-Wave Theory.- 5 - Interstellar Matter in External Galaxies.- HII Regions in Galaxies of the Local Group.- Interstellar Abundances in External Galaxies.- The Helium Problem.- Galactic Warps: Observations (with a comment by A. Toomre).- The Gas Content of Early-Type Galaxies.- Name Index.
Publication Year: 1977
Publication Date: 1977-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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