Molecular Hydrogen in Space

Table of Contents

Preface
Conference participants
Conference photograph/poster
Part I. Physics of H2 and HD:
1. Astrophysical importance of H2
2. Radiative and electronic excitation of Lyman and Werner transitions in H2
3. The cooling of astrophysical media by H2 and HD
4. Highly excited singlet ungerade states of H2 and their theoretical description
5. Laboratory studies of long-range excited states of H2
6. A model of interstellar Dark Matter
7. Mass of H2 dark matter in the galactic halo
Part II. Formation – Destruction:
8. Experiments with trapped ions and nanoparticles
9. Laboratory studies of modular hydrogen formation on surfaces of astrophysical interest
10. The formation of H2 and other simple molecules on interstellar grains
11. The interaction of H atoms with interstellar dust particles: models
12. The energetics and efficiency of H2 formation on the surface of simulated interstellar grains
13. Probing the connection between PAHs and Hydrogen (H, H2) in the laboratory and in the interstellar medium
Part III. Observations and Models:
14. Non stationary C-shocks: H2 emission in molecular outflows
15. The Ortho/Para ratio in C and J-type shocks
16. Theoretical models of photodissociation fronts
17. ISO spectroscopy of H2 in star forming regions
18. Observations of the H2 Ortho-Para ratio in photodissociation regions
19. H2 emission from CRL618
20. Hydrogen in photodissociation regions: NGC2023 and NGC7023
21. A pre-FUSE view of H2
22. H2 absorption line measurements with ORFEUS
23. Ultraviolet observations of molecular hydrogen in interstellar space
24. FUSE and deuterated molecular hydrogen
25. ISO-SWS observations of H2 in galactic sources
26. H2 in molecular supernova remnants
27. 3D integral field H2 spectroscopy in outflows
28. Near-infrared imaging and [OI] spectroscopy of IC443 using 2MASS and ISO
29. ISOCAM spectro-imaging of the supernova remnant IC443
30. Spatial structure of a photo-dissociation region in ophiucus
31. Tracing H2 via infrared dust extinction
32. The small scale structure of H2 clouds
33. Hot chemistry in the cold diffuse medium: spectral signature in the H2 rotational lines
34. H2 observations of the OMC-1 outflow with the ISO-SWS
Part IV. Extragalactic and Cosmology:
35. The role of H2 molecules in cosmological structure formation
36. The role of H2 molecules in primordial star formation
37. Evolution of primordial H2 for different cosmological models
38. Dynamics of H2 cool fronts in the primordial gas
39. Is reionization regulated by H2 in the early universe?
41. Transformation of galaxies within the Hubble sequence
42. Extragalactic H2 and its variable relation to CO
43. The galactic dark matter halo: It is H2?
44. Observations of H2 in quasar absorbers
45. H2 emission as a diagnostic of physical processes in starforming galaxies
Part V. Outlook:
46. H2 in the universe: perspectives
Author index.