Jonathan P. Williams (Manoa University of Hawaii)

Introduction to the Interstellar Medium

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive yet accessible textbook on the physical nature of the gas and dust in interstellar space provides a one-semester course for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. Topics include the interaction of radiation with matter; atomic, molecular, and ionized regions; star formation; and the structure of the Galaxy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 196mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9781108480802
• ISBN-10: 1108480802
• Artikelnr.: 60400902

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Williams is an Astronomer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research in the Interstellar Medium has ranged from the formation of the giant molecular clouds that form stars to the evolution of disks around young stars that give birth to planets. He has written pedagogical reviews on these topics and taught a wide variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. This textbook builds on his course notes that have been widely used and class-tested over almost two decades.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Observations
3. Essential Background Physics
4. Dust
5. Atomic Regions
6. Ionized Regions
7 Molecular Regions
8. Dynamics
9. Star Formation
10. The ISM on the Galactic Scale
11. The ISM in Other Galaxies and Beyond
Appendix. Constants in SI and CGS Units
Nomenclature
References
Index.