Structure and Dynamics of the Interstellar Medium
Subtitle: Proceedings of IAU Colloquium No. 120 Held on the Occasion of Guido's Jubilee in Granada, Spain, April 17-21, 1989
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Published: December 1989
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 558
ISBN-13: 9783540519560
Subjects: Cosmology & the universe
Description: Here for the first time is a book that treats practically all aspects of modern research in interstellar matter astrophysics. 20 review articles and 40 carefully selected and refereed papers give a thorough overview of the field and convey the flavor of enthusiastic colloquium discussions to the reader. The book includes sections on: - Molecular clouds, star formation and HII regions - Mechanical energy sources - Discs, outflows, jets and HH objects - The Orion Nebula - The extragalactic interstellar medium - Interstellar matter at high galactic latitudes - The structure of the interstellar medium