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The Physics of Interstellar Dust (Hardcover)
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The Physics of Interstellar Dust (Hardcover)
Series: Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Interstellar dust grains catalyse chemical reactions, absorb,
scatter, polarise and re-radiate starlight and constitute the
building blocks for the formation of planets. Understanding this
interstellar component is therefore of primary importance in many
areas of astronomy & astrophysics. For example, observers need
to understand how dust effects light passing through molecular
clouds. Astrophysicists wish to comprehend how dust enables the
collapse of clouds or how it determines the spectral behaviour of
protostars, star forming regions or whole galaxies. This book gives
a thorough theoretical description of the fundamental physics of
interstellar dust: its composition, morphology, size distribution,
dynamics, optical and thermal properties, alignment, polarisation,
scattering, radiation and spectral features.
This encyclopedic book provides the basic physics towards
understanding the solid matter in interstellar space. It includes
all the necessary physics, including solid state physics, radiative
transport, optical properties, thermodynamics, statistical
mechanics and quantum mechanics. It then uses all of this basic
physics in the specific case of dust grains in the interstellar
medium.
Interstellar dust clouds catalyze simple chemical reactions,
absorbs, scatters, polarizes and re-radiates starlight and forms
the building blocks for planet and stellar formation. Understanding
this interstellar medium is then of primary importance in many
areas of astronomy & astrophysics. For example observers need
to understand how it effects light passing through dust and
molecular clouds, astrophysicists need to comprehend the formation
and structure of dust clouds and how it collapses to form stars and
planets.
Written in an accessible and descriptive manner, this will be
essential supplementary reading for advanced undergraduate and
graduate students taking courses on the interstellar medium and
active researchers in need of a single source of well illustrated
and detailed information.
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