Interstellar Matter Proceedings of the Second Haystack Observatory Meeting : A Symposium on Interstellar Molecules and Grains in Honor of Alan H. Barrett, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 10-12 June 1987

Haystack Observatory Meeting, Alan H. Barrett, James M. Moran, Paul T. P. Ho, Haystack Observatory

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Publisher's Synopsis

Dedicated to Alan Barrett, formerly of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), this text updates current understanding of the composition and dynamics of interstellar matter. Thirteen invited papers and 42 poster papers discuss molecules as probes of cloud chemistry, molecules as probes of cloud physics, grains and large molecules and new techniques for studying interstellar matter. The career of Alan H.Barrett as a scientist, colleague and teacher is set in context and the future implications of his work are discussed.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780677219103
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	01 Jan 1988
DEWEY:	523.1135
DEWEY edition:	19
Language:	English
Number of pages:	418
Weight:	953g