Molecular Collisions in the Interstellar Medium

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Dec 2003

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Molecular Collisions in the Interstellar Medium, by David Flower, pp. 145. ISBN 0521545749. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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This volume introduces the theory of atomic and molecular collisions processes that occur in the interstellar medium, and deals primarily with processes in interstellar molecular clouds where the electron density is low and collisions with the abundant natural species, H, H[2O and He, I predominate. As the energies involved are very small, the theory is necessarily based on the quantum, mechanical method with simpler, classical models used to interpret the results wherever possible. The compilation of sources of data pertaining to the rotational excitation of interstellar molecules will be helpful to radio astronomers interpreting mm-wave observations of molecular clouds. Directed toward graduate students and research workers in astrophysics and astrochemistry, this book will also be of interest to physical chemists.

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