Formation and Evolution of Solids in Space

Interstellar dust, meteorites, interplanetary dust particles (IDP's), the zodiacal light, comets, comet dust. Where do they come from, what are they made of, how do they evolve, and finally, are there connections between them? These are the questions discussed in this volume by some of the worl...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Greenberg, J. Mayo (Editor), Aigen Li (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
Series:Nato Science Series C:, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Observational constraints on interstellar dust composition
  • The nature and evolution of interstellar organics
  • Tracking the organic refractory component of interstellar dust
  • MID — infrared spectropolarimetry and the composition of cosmic dust
  • Method of regularization and models of interstellar dust
  • Models and observations of gas-grain interactions in star-forming regions
  • Modified models of gas/grain interactions
  • The organic chemistry of TMC-1 revisited
  • Molecular gas phase counterparts to solid state grain mantle features: Implication for gas/grain chemistry
  • Diffuse interstellar bands - The 75th anniversary
  • Observational constraints on the carriers of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs)
  • Laboratory simulation of processes in interstellar ices
  • Cosmic dust and laboratory simulation: Wishes, results and open problems
  • Stardust mineralogy: The laboratory approach
  • Infrared spectroscopy of cosmic dust analogues at low temperatures
  • Matrix isolation of amorphous carbon grains in boron-oxide glass: Far UV spectroscopy
  • Matrix-isolated nano-sized soot grains and their relation to solid carbon in space
  • Temperature dependence of the FIR absorption coefficient for carbon and silicate grains
  • Morphology, composition and MIR-FIR spectroscopy of silicates of astrophysical interest
  • IR reflectance spectroscopy of Martian analogues
  • Properties of dust producing stars
  • Dust formation in supernovae
  • The destruction of interstellar dust
  • Dust coagulation and the structure of dust aggregates in space
  • Solids and volatiles in comets: From cometary nuclei to cometary atmospheres
  • In situ measurements of evolved solids in space with emphasis on cometary particles
  • Interstellar material in meteorites
  • Interstellar Dust - Evidence from interplanetary dustparticles
  • The Dust around Vega-like stars: A bridge from YSOs to comets
  • Accreting gas and dust in pre-main sequence disk systems
  • Observations of dust and molecules in the disks and envelopes of young stellar objects
  • Release mechanisms of volatile molecules in amorphous H2O ice
  • Scattering by complex systems I: Methods
  • Scattering by complex systems II: Results from microwave measurements
  • Dynamical structure of the Zodiacal cloud
  • List of contributors
  • List of participants