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1 The Interstellar Medium
2 Fundamental Concepts of Radiation
3 Measurements of Radiation
4 Photoionization and Recombination
5 Line Radiation from Atoms and Ions
6 Continuum Radiation in the Gas Phase
7 Interstellar Molecules
8 Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules
9 Molecular Excitation and Abundance Determination
10 Interstellar Grains: Physical Processes
11 The Chemical Composition of Interstellar and Circumstellar
Grains
12 Carbonaceous Grains
13 The Origin of Interstellar Dust
14 Chemical Reactions in the ISM
15 Gas Dynamics, Gravitational Collapse, and Stellar Winds
16 Interaction between Stars and the Interstellar Medium
17 Beyond the Galaxy
SUN KWOK is a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and Faculty Professor of the University of Calgary, Canada. He has published over 200 scientific papers in the fields of interstellar medium and stellar evolution. He is best known for his theory on the origin of planetary nebulae and for the study of organic compounds in the circumstellar environment.
"I would recommend that this book be adopted by faculty for their
courses. Students will learn a great deal from it, and it will be
useful as a reference for researchers in this field."--Mark
Wolfire, University of Maryland
"This book is one of the few modern texts on the interstellar
medium. It is particularly excellent for microphysical processes
and particularly those that are not easily accessible--physically
oriented discussions of atomic and molecular excitation and
radiation, molecular binding and astrochemical processes, and
important detailed aspects of interstellar grains such as the
observational manifestations and formation/destruction
mechanisms.--Carl Heiles, UC Berkeley
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