Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium. Collisions are fundamental to the physics of the interstellar medium ism. Some additional reference books for this class note that the first five books are in the umass library and the sixth is available online. Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium cern.
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The interstellar medium ast 393 fall 2014 instructor. Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium 2011 by bruce draine additional references. Tielens the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium k. Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium princeton series in astrophysics series by bruce t. This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic mediumthe gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in a galaxy and also between galaxies themselves. The interstellar medium ism and intergalactic medium igm are generally far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Read physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium by bruce t. There will be homework, three exams and one comprehensive final. The interstellar medium ism and intergalactic medium igm are generally far from. Title, physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium.
Try to read through the suggested chapters before lecture. Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium author. Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium is a graduatelevel textbook. Interstellar and intergalactic medium by barbara ryden. Draine, physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium 2011 princeton university press.
Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium by bruce t. Physics 224 the interstellar medium karin sandstrom. Brand new, encyclopedic, full of physics, and densely written just like bruce draine s papers. With exceptional clarity, draine introduces the underlying physics and brings the basic pieces together to describe the multiphase structure of the interstellar and intergalactic medium. It is available in both paperback and hardcover editions from princeton univ. Meiksin school of physics, university of edinburgh, edinburgh, eh9 3hj, united kingdom supa intergalactic space is.
Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium by. I have assembled this collection of problems to accompany physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium. All elements heavier than hydrogen are denoted as metals temperature range 4 k draine, physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium princeton university press, 2011 qb790. Intergalactic medium, material found between galaxies and that mostly consists of hot, tenuous hydrogen gas. We will cover the first several chapters of draine s book as a. At one time it was thought that large amounts of mass might exist in the form of gas clouds in the spaces between galaxies. H ii regions are typically observed around b2 o3 stars t eff 25,00050,000 k pure hydrogen nebulae have higher t es than we observe. Followup reading for this and next lecture chapter 5. Lee physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium por bruce t.
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A residual neutral fraction is detected in the spectra of quasistellar objects at both. Your grade in this class will be based on the following. Topics include radiative processes across the electromagnetic spectrum. The table of contents pdf and chapter 1 pdf are available for inspection. Combined with many useful tables and figures, this book will rapidly become a hit with students and researchers alike.
Outer space, or simply space, is the expanse that exists beyond the earth and between celestial bodies. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. The lecture is open to all physics students at the master level or. Draine physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium errata in the second printing. Now a day people who living in the era everywhere everything reachable by match the internet and the resources within it can be true or not need people to be aware of each details they get. Outer space is not completely emptyit is a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust, and cosmic rays. Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium e. The text discusses the phases of the interstellar gas, emphasizing the role of heating, cooling, ionization, recombination, and radiative transport.
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