Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Interstellar Medium: A General Introduction

   • Marco Spaans, Pascale Ehrenfreund

   Pages 1-36

3. Laboratory Astrophysics in Solar System Studies — An Overview

   • D. P. Cruikshank

   Pages 37-67

4. Ices in the Interstellar Medium

   • W. A. Schutte

   Pages 69-103

5. Water Ice on Comets and Satellites

   • M. P. Bernstein

   Pages 105-120

6. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Lunar and Planetary Soils

   • V. Gromov

   Pages 121-142

7. Interstellar and Interplanetary Grains

   • Joseph A. Nuth III, Susan L. Hallenbeck, Frans J. M. Rietmeijer

   Pages 143-182

8. Investigation on Planetary Atmospheres using Laboratory Simulation Experiments

   • Patrice Coll, François Raulin

   Pages 183-203

9. Space Plasma Phenomena: Laboratory Modeling

   • C. Krafft

   Pages 205-224

10. Space Plasma Phenomena: Laboratory Modeling

    • C. Krafft, M. V. Starodubtsev

    Pages 225-248

11. Carbon - From Space to Laboratory

    • Th. Henning, M. Schnaiter

    Pages 249-277

12. Physics and chemistry of impacts

    • M. V. Gerasimov, B. A. Ivanov, O. I. Yakovlev, Yu. P. Dikov

    Pages 279-329

13. Radiation Physics

    • Valerio Pirronello, Giulio Manicó

    Pages 331-353

14. Mass Spectrometers Developed for Planetary Missions

    • Paul Mahaffy

    Pages 355-376

15. Application of Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry (LDMS) to Cosmogeochemistry: Direct Analysis of Organic Compounds in Meteorites

    • Luann Becker

    Pages 377-398

16. Aspects of Laboratory Dust Aggregation with Relevance to the Formation of Planetesimals

    • J. Blum, G. Wurm, T. Poppe, L.-O. Heim

    Pages 399-423

17. Preparing for the 1998/99 Leonid Storms

    • P. Jenniskens, M. de Lignie, H. Betlem, J. Borovicka, C. O. Laux, D. Packan et al.

    Pages 425-455

18. Light scattering by dust under microgravity conditions

    • A. C. Levasseur-Regourd, M. Cabane, V. Haudebourg, J. C. Worms

    Pages 457-482

19. Microscopy in Space - Past and Future

    • J. Romstedt, R. Schmidt, E. K. Jessberger

    Pages 483-505

20. Space Mission Support

    • J.-P. Lebreton, D. Matson

    Pages 507-522

The book presents the most recent developments of laboratory studies in astrophysics and space research. The individual chapters review laboratory investigations under simulated space conditions, studies for the design of successful space experiments or for supporting the interpretation of astronomical and space mission recorded data. Related theoretical models, numerical simulations and in situ observations demonstrate the necessity of experimental work on the Earth's surface. The expertise of the contributing scientists covers a broad spectrum and is included in general overviews from fundamental science to recent space technology.
The book intends to serve as a reference for researchers and graduate students on the most recent activities and results in laboratory astrophysics, and to give reviews of their applications in astronomy, planetology, cosmochemistry, space research and Solar System exploration.

• Planet
• Solar System
• astronomy
• astrophysics
• solar

• Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands

  P. Ehrenfreund

• Academy of Sciences, Austria

  P. Ehrenfreund

• LPGP, Université Paris Sud, France

  C. Krafft

• DLR, Cologne, Germany

  H. Kochan

• University of Catania, Italy

  V. Pirronello

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