Chemistry in Space

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Nuclear Processes

   1. Chemical Enrichment of the Interstellar Medium

      • Francesca Matteucci

      Pages 1-41

   2. A Brief Introduction to the Cosmic Radiation

      • Maurice M. Shapiro

      Pages 43-69

3. Molecules and Dust in Interstellar and Circumstellar Environments

   1. Interstellar Chemistry

      • A. Dalgarno

      Pages 71-87

   2. The Molecular Composition of Dense Interstellar Clouds

      • William M. Irvine

      Pages 89-121

   3. Molecular Clouds in Regions of Massive Star Formation

      • Reinhard Genzel

      Pages 123-170

   4. Circumstellar Chemistry

      • Alain Omont

      Pages 171-197

   5. The Chemistry of Supernova 1987A

      • A. Dalgarno, S. Lepp

      Pages 199-209

   6. Small Grains and Large Aromatic Molecules

      • A. Léger, L. D’Hendecourt, L. Verstraete, P. Ehrenfreund

      Pages 211-225

   7. Physical, Chemical and Optical Interactions with Interstellar Dust

      • J. Mayo Greenberg

      Pages 227-261

   8. Physical and Chemical Effects Induced by Fast Ions in Ices of Astrophysical Interest

      • Valerio Pirronello

      Pages 263-303

   9. Chemical Analyses with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)

      • Martin Harwit

      Pages 305-319

4. Solar System

   1. Chemistry of the Solar Nebula

      • J. S. Lewis, M. L. Hutson

      Pages 321-338

   2. The Volatile Composition of Comets Deduced from Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

      • Paul D. Feldman

      Pages 339-361

   3. From Interstellar Dust to Comets to Comet Dust: A Test of the Interstellar Dust Model of Comets

      • J. M. Greenberg, J. I. Hage

      Pages 363-382

   4. Features of Experimental Studying of Comet Halley Dust Particles Elemental Composition

      • E. N. Evlanov, M. N. Fomenkova, V. N. Khromov, L. M. Mukhin, O. F. Prilutsky, R. Z. Sagdeev et al.

      Pages 383-397

   5. Chemical Composition of Halley’s Dust Component from the PUMA-2 Data

      • L. M. Mukhin, Yu. P. Dikov, E. N. Evlanov, M. N. Fomenkova, A. D. Grechinskiy, M. A. Nazarov et al.

      Pages 399-414

5. Contributed papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 415-415

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   2. Heavy Metal Abundances in Nova Ejecta Revealed by Infrared Coronal Emission Lines

      • Matthew A. Greenhouse

      Pages 417-418

   3. Impulsive Model of Collisions

      • N. Petrović, S. D. Bosanac

      Pages 419-420

This volume contains the lectures presented at the first course of the Inter­ national School of Space Chemistry held in Erice (Sicily) from May 10 to May 20 at the 'E. Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture'. The course was attended by 57 participants from 11 countries. The recognition by Professor A. Zichichi that space chemistry is one of the important and rapidly growing scientific disciplines with many and varied appli­ cations provided the stimulation to initiate this new school. Historically, the study of chemistry in space had its major origins in comets, the solar nebula and circumstellar envelopes before the interstellar medium achieved its current prominence. A remarkably rapid development in interstellar chemistry was precipitated by the discovery of formaldehyde in the late 1960's made possible by the new radio observational techniques. A four atom molecule in interstellar space was indeed a surprise considering that only a short time ear­ lier there were still arguments about the existence of the simplest of all molecules - the hydrogen molecule. The application of ion-molecule reactions to interstellar cloud chemistry provided a rich variety of new possibilities which were, however, continuously under pressure to keep pace with radio-astronomical discoveries of more and more complex molecules.

• LOPES
• Supernova
• collision
• cosmic ray
• interstellar matter
• molecule
• observatory
• particles
• solar system
• spectra
• spectroscopy
• star
• star formation

'All libraries of institutions working in astronomy and astrophysics should have a copy.' Space Sciences Reviews 61:431 1992

• Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

  J. M. Greenberg

• Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

  V. Pirronello

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