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The interstellar medium ism in our local neighborhood within. This book deals with the nature of interstellar matter, treating both the rarefied hydrogen and helium gas pervading the universe and the heavier atoms present. Nuth et al chemical processes in the interstellar medium 149 port against gravity e. To support global research during the covid19 pandemic, aip publishing is making our content freely available to scientists who register on scitation. This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in. Download pdf physical processes in the interstellar medium. This provides a firm foundation for an in depth understanding of the ionized, neutral atomic, and molecular phases of the interstellar medium. The ism therefore represents a fascinating laboratory to study the physics of highly attenuated gases, chemical processes and atomic, molecular and solid state. Simulations of colliding uniform density h2 clouds.
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