Ebook: The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds: Proceedings of the 2nd Cologne-Zermatt Symposium Held at Zermatt, Switzerland, 21–24 September 1993

The book is an up-to-date, concise presentation of the development of submillimeter-wave and far-infrared astrophysics. The topics range from the large-scale atomic and molecular distribution in the Galaxy and in external galaxies to the frontal properties of molecular clouds and the details of the star-formation process. A chapter on the most recent technical advances in the field illustrates the intimate connection and interplay between scientific advancement and technological capability. The book not only summarizes the advances in the field but also presents important background information, addressing experts and graduate students alike.

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The book is an up-to-date, concise presentation of the development of submillimeter-wave and far-infrared astrophysics. The topics range from the large-scale atomic and molecular distribution in the Galaxy and in external galaxies to the frontal properties of molecular clouds and the details of the star-formation process. A chapter on the most recent technical advances in the field illustrates the intimate connection and interplay between scientific advancement and technological capability. The book not only summarizes the advances in the field but also presents important background information, addressing experts and graduate students alike.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Three new galactic CO surveys....Pages 2-12
Molecular clouds at the edge of the galaxy: Clouds of FOG....Pages 13-21
Far-infrared [C II] line survey of the galaxy....Pages 22-29
Molecular gas and star formation beyond the optical disk of the galaxy....Pages 30-32
Molecular gas surrounding the galactic center....Pages 33-40
Near-infrared high-resolution imaging of the galactic center....Pages 41-49
Properties of the OMC-2 and OMC-3 cores in orion....Pages 50-51
Vibrationally excited CS in star forming cores-infrared pumping?....Pages 52-53
Millimetre observations of southern translucent clouds....Pages 54-55
Molecular clouds in LMC: Evaluation of physical parameters by means of MM observations....Pages 56-57
The 4D-structure of a dark cloud, B164 under the influence of a bright star, azelfafage....Pages 58-58
Dense molecular gas in ultraluminous and high redshift galaxies....Pages 60-67
Interstellar molecules in the large magellanic cloud....Pages 68-75
Magnetic fields in molecular clouds....Pages 76-81
Mapping magnetic fields in the ISM: Infrared and sub-mm polarimetry....Pages 82-85
The formation of molecular lines in turbulent clouds....Pages 86-89
158 micron [CII] imaging of NGC 891....Pages 90-91
COBE observations of the H II region around IC 1848....Pages 92-93
A survey of the large magellanic cloud in the [C II] 158 micron line....Pages 94-95
Atomic carbon emission from shocked and preshocked gas in the IC 443 supernova remnant....Pages 96-97
Turbulence in interstellar clouds....Pages 100-111
Multiscale structural analysis of perseus....Pages 112-114
Nonlinear waves and solitons in molecular clouds....Pages 115-117
The formation, evolution, and disruption of molecular clouds: The influence of massive stars....Pages 118-119
Molecular absorption in interstellar clouds observed with the plateau de bure interferometer....Pages 120-122
Dynamical modelling of self-gravitating magnetic clouds....Pages 123-124
Kinematics, fragmentation, and heating of molecular streamers in the orion ridge....Pages 125-127
Large-scale submm-CO and FIR [CII] observations of the rosette molecular complex and S140/L1204....Pages 128-129
2-D Monte Carlo models of clumpy interstellar clouds....Pages 130-131
The clumpiness of molecular clouds....Pages 132-133
Large-scale CO-observations of the GMCs orion A and B excitation conditions and fragmentation....Pages 134-135
Photodissociation and rotational excitation of CO and its isotopomers in interstellar clouds....Pages 136-137
The distribution of line wing emission in MBM16....Pages 138-139
Molecular observations of HH34: Does NH3 accurately trace dense molecular gas near young stars?....Pages 140-141
Low-J-CO-multiline studies of molecular clouds: NGC7538....Pages 142-143
L1780: A cometary globule in disguise of a high-latitude cloud.—CO observations....Pages 144-145
Influence of the photospheric line spectrum on the optical pumping of circumstellar CO....Pages 146-147
Clumping in M17SW....Pages 148-149
Interpretation of CO lines from turbulent molecular clouds....Pages 150-151
CO multi-line survey in the Galactic center....Pages 152-153
The spatial distribution of emission from the unidentified infrared bands....Pages 154-155
The distribution of gas and dust in the ? oph cloud....Pages 156-157
Millimeter-wave observations of H2CO in ? Oph B1....Pages 158-159
Theoretical models of photodissociation regions (PDRs)....Pages 160-161
Chemistry in dense photon dominated regions....Pages 164-174
Photon dominated regions: Linking observations and theory....Pages 175-177
Carbon monoxide line emission from photon-dominated regions....Pages 178-185
Line emission from spherical UV irradiated clumps....Pages 186-194
Radiative transfer of continuum photons in hierarchical clouds....Pages 195-196
Submm observations of molecular lines in the orion bar: Towards a physical model....Pages 197-198
The PDR IC 63: Observations, physics and chemistry....Pages 199-200
Star formation in bok globules—A 1.3 mm continuum survey....Pages 201-202
Radiation-driven implosion of cometary globules modelling and observations....Pages 203-205
CI emission from the outflow and PDR in S140....Pages 206-207
The [CII] 158 ?m line emission from the ? ophiuchi cloud....Pages 208-209
How stable are the results of simple model calculations of interstellar chemistry?....Pages 210-211
Interstellar hydrides....Pages 212-213
CO chemistry and optical/FIR structure of interstellar cirrus: low density PDRs....Pages 214-215
Around the HCNH+ chemistry astrophysical implication....Pages 218-224
About the presence of water in IRAS 10214+4724....Pages 225-236
Hot ammonia associated with ultracompact HII regions....Pages 237-239
Structure and chemistry of IRAS 05338-0624....Pages 240-242
Circumstellar disks at centimeter wavelengths....Pages 243-244
Optical pumping of circumstellar SiO masers....Pages 245-246
Observations of interstellar CN, 13CN and C15N....Pages 247-248
Physical and chemical variations within the W3 star-forming region....Pages 249-250
Chemical and physical gradients along the OMC-1 ridge....Pages 251-251
Dense cores and star formation: before and after....Pages 252-253
Sulfur molecules in low-density molecular clouds....Pages 254-255
Chemistry of the orion molecular cloud core....Pages 258-264
The structure of the dense core in the high-latitude cloud MCLD 126.6+24.5....Pages 265-267
The W49A molecular cloud core....Pages 268-268
Massive star nurseries....Pages 269-270
High-resolution C34S images of the W51 region taken with the Plateau de Bure interferometer....Pages 271-273
The synthesis of molecular line, neutral carbon and dust continuum observations in the molecular cloud G34.3+0.2....Pages 274-275
Methyl cyanide and propyne in the hot molecular core G34.3+0.15....Pages 276-284
CS J=2?1 and HCN J=1?0 observations of dense molecular cores in regions of massive star formation....Pages 285-287
Analysis of maser proper motion kinematics....Pages 288-290
H2O and CO emission towards IRAS point sources in regions of star formation....Pages 291-293
Luminosity vs. Circumstellar mass: An evolutionary diagram for YSOs....Pages 294-295
Model envelopes of post-AGB stars from IR and Sub-mm data....Pages 296-297
Distributions and kinematics of molecular species around T tau....Pages 298-299
Ammonia towards high luminous IRAS sources....Pages 300-303
JCMT continuum survey of pre-protostellar cores....Pages 304-305
Comparison of the structure of a star-forming and non-star-forming GMC....Pages 306-307
Outflow-free class I sources: Protostars?....Pages 308-309
Evidence for a recombining wind in DR21....Pages 310-311
Vorticity generation in bow shocks of low excitation....Pages 312-313
Near infrared observations of S155 evidence of induced star formation?....Pages 314-315
FIR/NIR spectroscopy of the Galactic Center Arc region: The importance of massive star formation for ionization....Pages 316-317
Multi-wavelength study of NGC 281 A....Pages 318-319
First tentative detection of the molecular oxygen isotopomer 16O18O in interstellar clouds....Pages 320-321
Molecular outflows driven by optical jets....Pages 322-323
Jet-driven molecular outflows....Pages 326-328
C17O and submillimetre continuum observations of M17SW....Pages 329-330
Submillimetre observations of the Mon R2 cluster....Pages 331-333
Molecular outflow in the vela molecular ridge....Pages 334-336
Prospects for submillimeter observations....Pages 337-339
The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite: Mission science objectives....Pages 340-341
The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite: Instrument hardware....Pages 342-342
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Developments into the 1990’s....Pages 344-351
The Kuiper Widefield Infrared Camera (KWIC)....Pages 352-355
Receiver A2?A 210 to 280 GHz SIS receiver for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope....Pages 356-359
The arcetri 40–50 GHz receiver for the Medicina Radiotelescope....Pages 360-361
The renewal of the POM2 radiotelescope....Pages 362-363
ODIN—A Swedish submillimetre wave satellite for astronomy and aeronomy....Pages 364-365
New techniques for submillimeter precision broadband spectroscopy....Pages 366-367
ARNICA, the NICMOS 3 imaging camera of TIRGO....Pages 368-368
JCMT receivers—Present and future....Pages 369-369
Submillimeter bolometer array for the CSO....Pages 370-372
FTS atmospheric transmission measurements and observations of planetary atmospheres....Pages 373-374
A theorist’s view of interstellar chemistry....Pages 375-375
Back Matter....Pages 376-376
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