Dust in the galactic environment
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Dust in the galactic environment
（The graduate series in astronomy）
Institute of Physics Publishing, c1992
- : pbk
Available at 18 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides an overview of this highly active and topical area of current research, covering general concepts, methods of investigation, important results and their significance, relevant literature, and some suggestions for promising avenues of future research. It is invaluable as a review of this significant area of astrophysics.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Dust in the galaxy - our view from within. Interstellar environments. The significance of dust. The problem of grain composition. Element abundances and depletions: The origin and evolution of the chemical elements. The solar system abundances - a standard reference. Abundance trends in the galaxy. The observed depletions. Interstellar extinction and scattering: Theory and methods. Average properties. Spatial variations in the extinction curve. Models for interstellar extinction. Interstellar polarization and grain alignment: Extinction by non-spherical particles. Visual polarimetry of reddened stars. The spectral dependence of polarization. Grain alignment. Spectral absorption features: The 2175 A feature. The optical diffuse bands. The infrared absorption features. Continuum and line emission: Theoretical considerations. Continuum emission from the galactic disk. Spectral emission features. The origin and evolution of interstellar grains: Dust in the ejecta of evolved stars. The evolution of dust in the interstellar medium. Dust in the environments of young stars. Towards a unified model for interstellar dust. References. Index.
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