Molecular clouds in the Milky Way and external galaxies
Subtitle: proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, November 2-4, 1987
By: R.L. Dickman, R.L. Snell, J.S. Young, eds.
Contributors: Dickman, R. L. 1947-; Snell, Ronald Lee.; Young, J. S. 1952-
Series: Lecture notes in physics ;; 315
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Molecular clouds -- Congresses.; Galaxies -- Congresses.; Stars -- Formation -- Congresses.; Interstellar magnetic fields -- Congresses.; Cosmochemistry -- Congresses.; Milky Way -- Congresses.
Description: The volume consists of up-to-date reviews and a selection of contributed papers on subjects including the structure and physical properties of molecular clouds, their role in the star formation process, their dust and chemical properties, molecular cloud surveys of the Milky Way, cloud evolution, problems in cloud mass determinations (a panel discussion and review), the CO properties of external galaxies, nuclei of galaxies as revealed by molecular observations, and galactic spiral structure as reflected by molecular cloud distributions. The abstracts of poster papers on these topics presented at the conference are also included. This book is both a valuable reference and a compendium of current knowledge in this field. It should be of special interest to all students and researchers who work on the physics of star formation, the interstellar medium, molecular clouds and galactic structure.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.