Cosmic Chemistry

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. Composition in Halley’s Comet: Clues to Origin and History of Cometary Matter

   • J. Geiss

   Pages 1-27

3. Chemical Abundances in Meteorites

   • H. Palme

   Pages 28-51

4. Chemical Abundances in Stars

   • T. Gehren

   Pages 52-101

5. Chemistry of Circumstellar Shells

   • A. Omont

   Pages 102-113

6. Interstellar Molecular Formation Processes

   • E. Herbst

   Pages 114-138

7. Chemical Abundances in Galaxies

   • M. G. Edmunds

   Pages 139-154

8. An Overview of the Theory of Nucleosynthesis

   • M. Arnould

   Pages 155-178

9. Chemical Composition and Ionisation States of the Solar Wind Plasma as Characteristics of Solar Phenomena

   • R. Schwenn

   Pages 179-183

10. Nuclear Physics Constraints to Bring the Astrophysical R-Process to the “Waiting Point”

    • K.-L. Kratz

    Pages 184-209

11. Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way: the Columbia-Chile CO Survey and Detailed Studies with the KOSMA 3 m Telescope

    • H. Ungerechts

    Pages 210-220

12. Molecular Millimeter and Submillimeter Observations

    • J. Stutzki

    Pages 221-230

13. Nonequilibrium Chemistry in Circumstellar Shells

    • A. Goeres, R. Henkel, E. Sedlmayr, H.-P. Gail

    Pages 231-248

14. Back Matter

    Pages 249-253

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The annual meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in Cologne, June 1988, featured extensive reviews of the chemical processes relevant to astrophysics. The twelve contributions to this book, written by experts from the US, UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany, deal in depth with the chemistry of comets and meteorites, of stars and their shells, of the interstellar medium and galaxies. A comprehensive review of nucleosynthesis and two reports on observations round off an up-to-date presentation of cosmic chemistry.

• astrophysics
• galaxies
• interstellar matter
• milky way
• solar wind
• telescope

• Heidelberg 1, Fed. Rep. of Germany

  Gerhard Klare

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