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From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies

A JENAM 2002 Workshop Porto, Portugal 3–5 September 2002

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Editors:
  1. Miguel A. Avillez

    1. University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

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  2. Dieter Breitschwerdt

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. Opening Talk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. The Need for a Self-Consistent Model of the ISM

      • Joel N. Bregman
      Pages 5-16

  3. Interstellar Matter in Galaxies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. An Observer’s Overview of the Galactic Interstellar Medium

      • Donald G. York
      Pages 19-25

    3. Probing the IRC +10° 216 Circumstellar Envelope Using Spectroscopic Observations of Background Stars

      • Tim Kendall, Nicolas Mauron, June Mccombie, Peter Sarre
      Pages 27-30

    4. Volume Filling Factors of the DIG in M 31

      • Elly M. Berkhuijsen
      Pages 31-34

    5. Comparing the CO and HI Distributions in Nearby Spiral Galaxies at High Resolution

      • Tony Wong, Leo Blitz, J. M. Van Der Hulst
      Pages 35-38

    6. Evidence and Implications of Pressure Fluctuations in the ISM

      • Edward B. Jenkins
      Pages 39-47

    7. D/O and D/H Ratios in The Local Interstellar Medium From Fuse Observations

      • Guillaume Hébrard
      Pages 49-52

    8. X-Rays from the Local Bubble

      • Michael J. Freyberg
      Pages 53-62

    9. Gas as a Tracer of the Galactic Potential

      • Peter M. W. Kalberla
      Pages 63-66

    10. Molecular Clouds: Formation and Disruption

      • Javier Ballesteros-Paredes
      Pages 67-78

    11. The KOSMA Large-Scale CO Survey of Clouds in the Galactic Molecular Ring

      • M. Brüll, C. Kramer, V. Ossenkopf, R. Simon, J. Stutzki
      Pages 79-82

    12. The Structure of Molecular Clouds from PC to AU Scale

      • J. Alves
      Pages 83-87

    13. Molecular Cloud Formation in Disk Galaxies: The Case of M33

      • Erik Rosolowsky, Leo Blitz
      Pages 89-92

    14. Superbubble Activity in Star-Forming Galaxies

      • M. S. Oey
      Pages 93-101

    15. HI Shells in the Leiden-Dwingeloo HI Survey

      • Soňa Ehlerová, Jan Palouš, Richard Wünsch
      Pages 103-106

    16. SNR Surface Density Distribution in Nearby Galaxies

      • Manami Sasaki, Dieter Breitschwerdt, Rodrigo Supper
      Pages 107-110

    17. Kinematics of Giant H II Regions in Nearby Galaxies

      • H. Plana, J. Maíz-Apellániz, E. Telles
      Pages 111-114
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About this book

Research of the interstellar medium (ISM) has been advancing rapidly during the last 10 years, mainly due to immensely improved observational facilities and techniques in all wavelength ranges. We are now able to investigate the ISM in external galaxies and even the intergalactic and intracluster medium in great detail. Increased spatial and spectral resolution have provided us with a great deal of information on the interstellar gas in its various phases, the magnetic field and the cosmic rays, and of course, also the stellar component, which is the driving agent of the interstellar matter cycle.
Since only fairly recently, a sufficient amount of computing power has become available to tackle these problems with some prospect of obtaining a self-consistent picture of the ISM, a major goal of this workshop was to bring together observers and theoreticians sufficiently close, so that intense discussions about the necessities and desiderata of modelling the ISM could be stimulated. Observers have shown in great detail on this conference of what is seen on all scales of the ISM, near and far, and what boundary conditions would be appropriate for realistic models, and theoreticians pointed out what assumptions and simplifications their codes need, and how future observations could test their models. As a first step towards this goal, some self-consistent numerical simulations with a minimum number of relevant physical processes were also presented on this meeting. There was wide agreement, that this approach - to keep observers and theoreticians in close contact and also in sometimes quite controversial discussions - will bear fruitful results in the near future.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

    Miguel A. Avillez

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    Dieter Breitschwerdt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies

  • Book Subtitle: A JENAM 2002 Workshop Porto, Portugal 3–5 September 2002

  • Editors: Miguel A. Avillez, Dieter Breitschwerdt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0979-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1939-5Published: 31 March 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3758-7Published: 26 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0979-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 322

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 289:3-4

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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