Formation and Evolution of Solids in Space - (NATO Asi Series. Series C, Mathematical and Physical Science) by NATO (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Preface. Observational Constraints on Interstellar Dust Composition; T.P. Snow. The Nature and Evolution of Interstellar Organics; J.E. Chiar, Y.J. Pendleton. Tracking the Organic Refractory Component of Interstellar Dust; J.M. Greenberg. MID Infrared Spectropolarimetry and the Composition of Cosmic Dust; C.M. Wright, et al. Method of Regularization and Models of Interstellar Dust; V.G. Zubko. Models and Observations of Gas-Grain Interactions in Star-Forming Regions; E.F. van Dishoeck. The Organic Chemistry of TMC-1 Revisited; S.B. Charnley. Molecular Gas Phase Counterparts to Solid State Grain Mantle Features: Implications for Gas/Grain Chemistry; E. Dartois, et al. Diffuse Interstellar Bands - The 75th Anniversary; J. Krelowski. Observational Constraints on the Carriers of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs); J. Cami, et al. Laboratory Simulation of Processes in Interstellar Ices; W.A. Schutte. Cosmic Dust and Laboratory Simulation: Wishes, Results and Open Problems; L. Colangeli, et al. Stardust Mineralogy: The Laboratory Approach; J. Dorschner. Infrared Spectroscopy of Cosmic Dust Analogues at Low Temperatures; H. Mutschke, Th. Henning. Matrix Isolation of Amorphous Carbon Grains in Boron-Oxide Glass: Far UV Spectroscopy; M.S. Robinson, et al. Matrix-Isolated Nano-Sized Soot Grains and Their Relation to Solid Carbon in Space; M. Schnaiter, et al. Temperature Dependence of the FIR Absorption Coefficient for Carbon and Silicate Grains; J.R. Brucato, et al. Morphology, Composition and MIR-FIR Spectroscopy of SIlicates of Astrophysical Interest; G. Ferrini, et al. IR Reflectance Spectroscopy of Martian Analogues; F. Esposito, et al. Properties of Dust Producing Stars; H.J. Habing. Dust Formation in Supernovae; P.-O.Lagage. The Destruction of Interstellar Dust; A.G.G.M. Tielens. Dust Coagulation and the Structure of Dust Aggregates in Space; C. Dominik. Solids and Volatiles in Comets: From Cometary Nuclei to Cometary Atmospheres; J. Crovisier. In Situ Measurements of Evolved Solids in Space with Emphasis on Cometary Particles; J. Kissel. Interstellar Material in Meteorites; J.F. Kerridge. Interstellar Dust &endash; Evidence from Interplanetary Dust Particles; J.P. Bradley. The Dust around Vega-Like Stars: A Bridge from YSOs to Comets; H.M. Butner, et al. Accreting Gas and Dust in Pre-Main Sequence Disk Systems; J.L. Sitko, et al. Observations of Dust and Molecules in the Disks and Envelopes of Young Stellar Objects; M.R. Hogerheijde, et al. Release Mechanisms of Volatile Molecules in Amorphous H2O Ice; S. Sirono, T. Yamamoto. Scattering by Complex Systems I: Methods; B.Å.S. Gustafson. Scattering by Complex Systems II: Results from Microwave Measurements; B.Å.S. Gustafson, et al. Dynamical Structure of the Zodiacal Cloud; S.F. Dermott, et al. List of Contributors. List of Participants. Index.