Harvard University, Astronomy 208: The Physics of the Interstellar Medium
Fall 1998
Prof. Alyssa Goodman

1998 Reading List for Astronomy 208

Notes:

Readings preceded by a are "urged." Those preceded by a are "required." Others are for Reference.
Two kinds of readings are listed, "topical" and "reference."
Topical works will be discussed on Thursdays in class, and are marked with a .
Reference works should be useful for completing the assignments, and studying a particular subject.

Additional general references are listed at the bottom of this page.

1. Introduction (Meetings 1,2)
2. Kinetic Equilibrium & Radiative Processes (Meetings 3-6) 3. The ISM of the Milky Way (Meetings 6-14) 4. Interaction of Photons with the ISM (Meetings 15,16) 5. Star Formation in Molecular Clouds (Meetings 17-20) 6. Interaction of Stellar Winds with the ISM (Meetings 21,22) 7. The ISM in External Galaxies (Meetings 23, 24) 8. The Intergalactic Medium (Meeting 25) 9. The "ISM" at z>>0 (Meeting 26)

1. Introduction

Topical Work for Discussion

Barnard, E.E. 1919, On the Markings of the Sky with a Catalogue of 182 Such Objects, ApJ, 39, 1-23 (copies handed out). (Presenter: Andi Mahdavi)

Reference Work

Knapp, G. 1995, The stuff between the stars, Sky & Telescope, 89, 20-26.

Chapter 1 : Osterbrock, D.E. 1989, Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei (Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books).

Chapter 1: Dyson, J.E. and Williams, D.A. 1980, Physics of the interstellar medium (New York: Wiley).

2. Kinetic Equilibrium, Radiative Processes & Observables

Topical Work of Interest

Wolfire, M.G., Hollenbach, D., McKee, C.F., Tielens, A.G.G.M. and Bakes, E.L.O. 1995, The neutral atomic phases of the interstellar medium, ApJ, 443, 152-168.

Reference Work

Chapters 18 & 20: Bowers, R.L. and Deeming, T. 1984, Astrophysics. Volume 2 -- Interstellar matter and Galaxies (Boston: Jones & Bartlett).
Chapters 2 & 3: Spitzer, L., Jr. 1978, Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium (New York: Wiley).
Chapters 2 & 3: Dyson, J.E. and Williams, D.A. 1980, Physics of the interstellar medium (New York: Wiley).
Chapter 3,4,5 : Osterbrock, D.E. 1989, Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei (Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books).

3. The ISM of the Milky Way

Topical Work for Discussion

Quick overview of Heiles, C. 1979, H I shells and supershells, ApJ, 229, 533-544 AND Full Report on: Whence the Local Bubble, Gum, Orion? GSH 238+00+09, A Nearby Major Superbubble toward Galactic Longitude 238 degrees, ApJ, 498, 689. (to be discussed prior to Heiles' colloquium on 12/10)

Danly, L., Albert, C.E. and Kuntz, K.D. 1993, A Determination of the Distance to the High-Velocity Cloud Complex M, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 416, L29. AND Tufte, S.L., Reynolds, R.J. and Haffner, L.M. 1998, WHAM Observations of H alpha Emission from High-Velocity Clouds in the M, A, ApJ, 504, 773. (Presenter: Ken Rines (primarily for Danly); all students should read BOTH articles).

Morris, M. and Yusef-Zadeh, F. 1989, The thermal, arched filaments of the radio arc near the Galactic center, ApJ, 343, 703-712. (Presenter: Robin McGary).

Alves, J., Lada, C., and Lada, C. 1998, Correlation Between Gas and Dust in Molecular Clouds: L977, astro-ph/9809027. (Note: Related work can be found at astro-ph/9805141.) (Presenter: Daniel Harvey).

Reference Work

3.1 The Multi-Phase Paradigm (as proposed)

McKee, C.F. 1982, The nature of the interstellar medium, International Cosmic Ray Conference, 17th, Paris, France, July 13-25, 1981, Conference Papers, 12, 69-78.
McKee, C.F. and Ostriker, J.P. 1977, A theory of the interstellar medium - Three components regulated by supernova explosions in an inhomogeneous substrate, ApJ, 218, 148-169.

3.2 Cold ISM

Spitzer, L. 1976, Hydrogen molecules in interstellar space, QJRAS, 17, 97-120.
Chapter 3: Dyson, J.E. and Williams, D.A. 1980, Physics of the interstellar medium (New York: Wiley).

3.3 Dust

Chapter 4: Dyson, J.E. and Williams, D.A. 1980, Physics of the interstellar medium (New York: Wiley).
Mathis, J.S. 1990, Interstellar dust and extinction, ARA&A, 28, 37-70.
Chapter 7,8,9: Spitzer, L., Jr. 1978, Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium (New York: Wiley).
Whittet, D.C.B. 1992, Dust in the Galactic Environment (Bristol: IOP Publishing).<--Definitive reference!
Chapter 19: Bowers, R.L. and Deeming, T. 1984, Astrophysics. Volume 2 -- Interstellar matter and Galaxies (Boston: Jones & Bartlett).

3.2, 3.5 Heating & Cooling, PDRs

Hollenbach, D. 1988, Heating and cooling of molecular clouds and their surfaces , in Interstellar Matter, ed. J. M. Moran and P. T. P. Ho (New York: Gordon and Breach), p. 39-53.

3.5 & 5.1 H II Regions in General

Chapter 5: Dyson, J.E. and Williams, D.A. 1980, Physics of the interstellar medium (New York: Wiley).
Chapter 2 : Osterbrock, D.E. 1989, Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei (Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books).

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4. Interaction of Photons with the ISM

Topical Work for Discussion

Lizano, S., Canto, J., Garay, G. and Hollenbach, D. 1996, Photoevaporated Flows from H II Regions, ApJ, 468, 739 (Presenter: Vincent Fish).
Martin, C.L. and Kennicutt, R.C., Jr. 1995, Soft X-Ray Emission from NGC 5253 and the Ionized Interstellar Medium, ApJ, 447, 171. (Presenter: Jonathan Jenkins).

Reference Work

see H II region & PDR sections above
Chapter 6: Spitzer, L., Jr. 1978, Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium (New York: Wiley).

Historic Work

Oort, J.H. and Spitzer, L., Jr. 1955, Acceleration of interstellar clouds by O-type stars, Astrophys. J., 121, 6.

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5. Star-Formation in Molecular Clouds

Topical Work for Discussion

Week 1: Myers, P.C. and Goodman, A.A. 1988, Evidence for Magnetic and Virial Equilibrium in Molecular Clouds, 326, L27., and Myers, P.C. and Goodman, A.A. 1988, Indirect Evidence for Magnetic and Virial Equilibrium in Molecular Clouds, ApJ, 329, 392. (Presenter: Aaron Tustin).
Plus... Free Bonus (AG will present) Goodman, A.A., Barranco, J.A., Wilner, D.J. and Heyer, M.H. 1998, Coherence in Dense Cores. II. The Transition to Coherence, ApJ, 504, 223.
Week 2: Snell, R.L., Loren, R.B. and Plambeck, R.L. 1980, Observations of CO in L1551: Evidence for Stellar Wind Driven Shocks, Ap. J. (Letters), 239, L17-L22. AND Reipurth, B., Bally, J. and Devine, D. 1997, Giant Herbig-Haro Flows, AJ, 114, 2708. (Presenters: Feryal Ozel (Snell et al.), Héctor Arce (Reipurth et al.)).

Reference Work

General Star Formation, Summarized

Chapter 23: Bowers, R.L. and Deeming, T. 1984, Astrophysics. Volume 2 -- Interstellar matter and Galaxies (Boston: Jones & Bartlett).

Giant Molecular Clouds

Blitz, L. 1993, Giant molecular clouds , in Protostars and Planets III, ed. E. H. Levy and J. I. Lunine (Tucson: University of Arizona Press), p. 125-161.

Lada, E.A., Strom, K.M. and Myers, P.C. 1993, Environments of star formation - Relationship between molecular clouds, dense cores and young stars , in Protostars and planets III, ed. p. 245-277.

Star-formation

Shu, F., Najita, J., Galli, D., Ostriker, E. and Lizano, S. 1993, The Collapse of Clouds and the Formation and Evolution of Stars and Disks , in Protostars and Planets III, ed. E. H. Levy and J. I. Lunine (Tucson: University of Arizona Press), p. 3-46.

Magnetic fields in Star-Forming Regions

Heiles, C., Goodman, A.A., McKee, C.F. and Zweibel, E.G. 1993, Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Regions. I. Observations , in Protostars and Planets III, ed. E. H. Levy and J. I. Lunine (Tucson: University of Arizona Press), p. 279-326.

McKee, C.F., Zweibel, E.G., Goodman, A.A. and Heiles, C. 1993, Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Regions. II. Theory , in Protostars and Planets III, ed. E. H. Levy and J. I. Lunine (Tucson: University of Arizona Press), p. 327-366.

Outflows

Fukui, Y., Iwata, T., Mizuno, A., Bally, J. and Lane, A.P. 1993, Molecular Outflows , in Protostars and Planets III, ed. E. H. Levy and J. I. Lunine (Tucson: University of Arizona Press), p. 603-639.

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6. Interaction of Stellar Winds with the ISM

Topical Work for Discussion

Frail, D.A. and Mitchell, G.F. 1998, OH(1720 MHz) Masers As Signposts of Molecular Shocks, ApJ, in press, astro-ph/9807011. (Presenter: Xiaohu Wang).

Reference Work

Chapter 6, 7: Dyson, J.E. and Williams, D.A. 1980, Physics of the interstellar medium (New York: Wiley).
Chapter 25: Bowers, R.L. and Deeming, T. 1984, Astrophysics. Volume 2 -- Interstellar matter and Galaxies (Boston: Jones & Bartlett).
Chapters 12: Spitzer, L., Jr. 1978, Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium (New York: Wiley).

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7. The ISM in External Galaxies

Topical Work for Discussion

Rand, R.J. and Kulkarni, S.R. 1990, M51 - Molecular spiral arms, giant molecular associations, and superclouds, ApJ (Letters), 349, L43. and/or Rand, R.J. 1993, Density wave kinematics and giant molecular association formation in M51, ApJ, 410, 68-80 (Presenter: Aaron Sokasian, primarily for Rand & Kulkarni; all students should quickly read Rand 1993 as well).

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8. The Intergalactic Medium

Topical Work for Discussion

Gunn, J. E., & Peterson, B. A. 1965, ApJ, 142, 1633 (Presenter: Pinaki Chatterjee).

Historic Work

Spitzer, L. 1956, On a possible interstellar galactic corona, Astrophys. J., 124, 20.

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9. The "ISM" at z>>0

Topical Work for Discussion

Norman, C.A. and Spaans, M. 1997 Molecules at High Redshift: The Evolution of the Cool Phase of Protogalactic Disks, ApJ, 480, 45. (Presenter: Hannah Jang).

Topical Work of Interest

Elowitz, R.M., Green, R.F., Impey, C.D. 1995, Search for Correlations of Lyman-Alpha Clouds and Metal Systems on Closely Spaced Lines of Sight, ApJ, 440, 458. (For a recent closely related article, see Dinshaw et al. 1998.).

Reference Work

Rauch, M. 1998, The Lyman Alpha Forest in the Spectra of QSOs, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 1998, 36, in press.

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General References, in addition to those listed above

A list of Annual Review Articles Relevant to Astronomy 208 can be found here.

Good recent ISM "text:" Burton, W.B., Elmegreen, B.G. and Genzel, R. 1992, The Galactic Interstellar Medium (Berlin: Springer-Verlag).

Good recent Star-Formation "text:" Yuan, C. and You, J. eds. 1995, Molecular Clouds and Star Formation (Singapre: World-Scientific).