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The annual meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in Cologne, June 1988, featured extensive reviews of the chemical processes relevant to astrophysics. The twelve contributions to this book, written by experts from the US, UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany, deal in depth with the chemistry of comets and meteorites, of stars and their shells, of the interstellar medium and galaxies. A comprehensive review of nucleosynthesis and two reports on observations round off an up-to-date presentation of cosmic chemistry.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Composition in Halley's Cornet: Clues to Origin and History of Cometary Matter.- Chemical Abundances in Meteorites.- Chemical Abundances in Stars.- Chemistry of Circumstellar Shells.- Interstellar Molecular Formation Processes.- Chemical Abundances in Galaxies.- An Overview of the Theory of Nucleosynthesis.- Chemical Composition and Ionisation States of the Solar Wind Plasma as Characteristics of Solar Phenomena.- Nuclear Physics Constraints to Bring the Astrophysical R-Process to the "Waiting Point".- Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way: the Columbia-Chile CO Survey and Detailed Studies with the KOSMA 3 m Telescope.- Molecular Millimeter and Submillimeter Observations.- Nonequilibrium Chemistry in Circumstellar Shells.- List of Participants.- Index of Contributors.
