Galactic and Extragalactic Infrared Spectroscopy :
[Book]
Proceedings of the XVIth ESLAB Symposium, held in Toledo, Spain, December 6-8, 1982
edited by M.F. Kessler, J.P. Phillips.
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1983
(492 pages)
Astrophysics and Space Science Library, A Series of Books on the Recent Developments of Space Science and of General Geophysics and Astrophysics Published in Connection with the Journal Space Science Reviews,, 108.
Welcome Address.- Welcome Address.- Section I: Interstellar Dust and Chemistry.- Absorption and Emission Characteristics of Interstellar Dust.- Observed Spectral Features of Dust.- Formation of Molecules on Dust.- Gas Phase Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium.- Observational Constraints on Interstellar Chemistry.- Section II: Emission Processes and their Interpretation.- Atomic and Ionic Emission Processes.- Infrared Spectroscopy of Interstellar Shocks.- Infrared Hydrogen Emission Lines from HII Regions and "Protostars".- The Significance of Far-Infrared Spectra of the Interstellar Medium.- Astrophysical Interpretation of Molecular Spectra.- Excitation Conditions in Molecular Clouds.- Section III: Galactic Sources.- Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral Interstellar Clouds.- Molecular Astronomy at Submillimeter Wavelengths.- Submillimeter Observations of Molecules and the Structure of Giant Molecular Clouds.- Energetic Outflows, Winds and Jets Around Young Stars.- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of H2 and CO in Molecular Clouds.- Spectroscopy of HII Regions in the 1 - 15 ?m Region.- Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of HII Regions.- Infrared Spectroscopy of Late Type Stars.- Infrared Spectroscopy of Evolved Objects.- Section IV: Galactic Centre and Extragalactic Systems.- The Galactic Center.- Ground-Based Extragalactic Infrared Spectroscopy and Related Studies.- A Comparison of the FIR Line and Continuum Emission from External Galaxies with the Emission from our Galaxy.- Molecular Gas Distribution in Spiral Galaxies.- Titles of Contributed Papers.- Object Index.
Proceedings of the XVIth ESLAB Symposium, held in Toledo, Spain, December 6-8, 1982