Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Interstellar molecules
- 2 Interstellar shocks and chemistry
- 3 The primordial gas
- 4 The rotational excitation of molecules
- 5 The vibrational excitation of linear molecules
- 6 The excitation of fine structure transitions
- 7 Radiative transfer in molecular lines
- 8 Charge transfer processes
- 9 Electron collisions
- 10 Photon collisions
- Appendix 1 The atomic system of units
- Appendix 2 Reaction rate coefficients
- References
- Index
1 - Interstellar molecules
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Interstellar molecules
- 2 Interstellar shocks and chemistry
- 3 The primordial gas
- 4 The rotational excitation of molecules
- 5 The vibrational excitation of linear molecules
- 6 The excitation of fine structure transitions
- 7 Radiative transfer in molecular lines
- 8 Charge transfer processes
- 9 Electron collisions
- 10 Photon collisions
- Appendix 1 The atomic system of units
- Appendix 2 Reaction rate coefficients
- References
- Index
Summary
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Molecular Collisions in the Interstellar Medium , pp. 1 - 11Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007