Ebook: The interstellar medium
- Genre: Physics // Astronomy: Astrophysics
- Series: Astronomy and astrophysics library
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Springer
- City: Berlin; New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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,
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