Harvard University,
Astronomy
208: The Physics of the Interstellar Medium
Fall 2000
Prof. Alyssa Goodman
2000 Reference Reading List for Astronomy
208
Notes:
- Readings preceded by a
are especially useful. Others are for Reference
(useful for completing the assignments, and studying a particular
subject).
Contents
1.
Introduction
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 of Interest
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.
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
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
4.
Interaction of Photons with the ISM
Reference Work
Historic Work
5. Star-Formation
in Molecular Clouds
Reference Work
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.
6. Interaction of Stellar Winds with the ISM
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).
7. The ISM
in External Galaxies
8. The Intergalactic
Medium
Topical Work of Interest
- Gunn, J. E.,
& Peterson, B. A. 1965, ApJ, 142, 1633
Historic Work
- Spitzer,
L. 1956, On a possible interstellar galactic corona,
Astrophys. J., 124, 20.
9. The "ISM"
at z>>0
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.
General References,
in addition to those listed above
- A list of Annual Review Articles
Relevant to Astronomy 208 can be found here.
- Good ISM "text:"
Burton,
W.B., Elmegreen, B.G. and Genzel, R. 1992, The Galactic
Interstellar Medium (Berlin: Springer-Verlag).
- Good recent Star-Formation
"text:" Protostars
& Planets IV, Mannings, Boss & Russel eds. (Tucson: U
of Arizona Press) 2000.