Molecular Hydrogen in Space
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Part of Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics
- Editors:
- F. Combes, Observatoire de Paris, DEMIRM
- G. Pineau des Forets, Observatoire de Paris de Meudon, DAEC
- Date Published: February 2001
- availability: Unavailable - out of print January 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521782241
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Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecule in the Universe. In recent years, advances in theory and laboratory experiments coupled with breakthrough observations with important new telescopes and satellites have revolutionized our understanding of molecular hydrogen in space. It is now possible to address the question of how molecular hydrogen formed in the early Universe and the role it played in the formation of primordial structures. This timely volume presents articles from a host of experts who reviewed this new understanding at an international conference in Paris. This book provides the first multi-disciplinary synthesis of our new understanding of molecular hydrogen. It covers the theory of the physical processes and laboratory experiments, as well as the latest observations. It will therefore be an invaluable reference for all students and researchers in astrophysics and cosmology.
Read more- The first multi-disciplinary review of our new understanding of molecular hydrogen in space
- Covers recent developments in theory, laboratory experiments, and observations from the latest telescopes and satellites
- Includes articles by experts from around the world
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'… an invaluable reference for all students and researchers in astrophysics and cosmology.' Europe & Astronomy
See more reviews'This book covers what seems like a very narrow subject - a conference on the behaviour of one molecule in the interstellar medium. But what a molecule! This conference proceedings, like all others, is a mixed bag of excellent reviews, reports of important and novel work, and of course more ephemeral recent results. its particular virtue is that the conference was set at an important time with results from ISO and now FUSE available, with major new calculations being completed, and with exciting new laboratory experiments being done … a pleasure to hold, and not wildly expensive.' Peter W. J. L. Brand, The Observatory
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- Date Published: February 2001
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521782241
- length: 352 pages
- dimensions: 257 x 181 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.844kg
- contains: 110 b/w illus. 15 tables
- availability: Unavailable - out of print January 2022
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.
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