Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium

by Sun Kwok

This book is a graduate-level text covering the fundamental physics and chemistry required for a modern understanding of the interstellar medium. Radiation mechanisms are comprehensively presented, and extensive examples are drawn from observations in the X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, infrared, mm/sub mm, and radio observations. This book goes beyond a phenomenological study of the interstellar medium to give a detailed quantitative treatment of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007RDHKNS
• ISBN13: 9781891389467
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University Science Books
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.5"