Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies (IAU S292)

IAU S292 provides a timely overview of galactic molecular gas and dust, and includes early results from the ALMA observatory.

Tony Wong (Edited by), Jürgen Ott (Edited by)

9781107033818, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 April 2013

408 pages, 233 b/w illus.
25.3 x 17.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.88 kg

Our knowledge of the molecular gas content in galaxies has advanced rapidly in the past decade with systematic surveys from ground-based radio facilities, coupled with advances in observations and modeling of the thermal dust emission associated with the gas. This Symposium Proceedings provides a timely overview of the latest observations of molecular gas and dust in the Milky Way and in other galaxies. It also covers related topics including the initial conditions for star formation, observational tracers of star formation and interstellar conditions, and simulations of the turbulent, multiphase interstellar medium. Featuring ten review articles by leaders in the field, and including early results and prospects for the ALMA observatory, this volume will prove especially useful for graduate students or scientists who are pursuing or planning research in this area.

Plenary session: from gases to stars over cosmic time
1. Molecular clouds: Internal properties, star formation, stellar feedback
2. Molecular clouds: Distribution, large-scale properties, formation, evolution
3. Atomic and molecular gas in galaxies: Nearby dwarfs, spirals, early-types, starbursts
4. Atomic and molecular gas in galaxies: Cooling flow, radio galaxies, epoch of reionisation
5. ISM diagnostics: Physical conditions, excitation mechanisms, chemistry, atomic-molecular transition
6. ISM diagnostics: Dust
7. Star formation: Tracers, scaling relations, efficiency, modeling
8. Feedback: Stellar feedback, AGN feedback, gas accretion, outflows
Summary
Author index.

Subject Areas: Astronomy, space & time [PG], Mathematics & science [P]