ISM / Star Formation Papers

A suggested reading list for the U.Toronto ISM/Star Formation Discussion Group and AST 2030F.

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Galactic ISM Distribution
Atomic Hydrogen (H I)
Photoionization & H II Regions
Warm Ionized Medium (WIM)
Photodissociation Regions (PDRs)
Supernova Remnants
High Velocity Clouds
Dust Grains
Shock Waves
Hot/Coronal Gas
Fountain: Disk/Halo Interaction
Molecular Clouds
Star Formation
    Protostellar Jets & Outflows
ISM Thermal/Mechanical/Dynamical State
Wind bubbles
Other Galaxies

Galactic ISM Distribution

Spitzer 56: On gas coronae
Schmidt 59: Galactic Star Formation Rate
Spitzer & Jenkins 75: UV absorption studies, review
Smith & al 78: SF rate & distrib. in Milky Way
Shaver et al 83: Galactic Abundance Gradient
Mathis et al 83: Interstellar Rad'n Field
Fich & Blitz 84: Cutoff to H II regions @ 20 kpc
Lockman & al 86: Local HI "halo" extent
Boulares & Cox 90: Hydrosatic Disk w/CRs and B-field
Cox & Reynolds 87: Local ISM
Tenorio-Tagle & Bodenheimer 88: Expanding Superstructures
Taylor & Cordes 93: Galactic free electron distribution
Fitz & Spitz 94: Detailed disk/halo abs. toward a star
Blitz, Fich, & Kulkarni 83: Milky Way overview
Ferriere 01: Good ISM Overview
Bloemen & al 84: Cosmic Rays/Gamma Rays/Outer Galaxy H I

Atomic Hydrogen (H I)

Fich & Kulkarni 85: H I velocities
Dickey & Lockman '90: HI review
Lockman & Gehman 91: H I turb. & vertical structure
Lockman 84: HI Halo of Inner Galaxy

Photoionization & H II Regions

Paresce & al 80: gal/extragal FUV background
McKee & al 84: HII region + Wind Bubble
Wood & Churchwell 89: Ultracompact H II rgns
Oort & Spitzer 55: cloud photoevaporation & rocket effect
Brown & al 78: Radio Recomb. Lines
Whitworth 79: Molecular Cloud Destruction
Dove & Shull 94: Photoionization of WIM & Halo by OB assocs
Vacca & al 96: Stellar Ionizing Fluxes
Slavin, McKee, & Hollenbach 00: Photoionization of Halo by SNRs

Warm Ionized Medium (WIM)

Reynolds 74: H alpha Distribution
Rickett & al 88: Radio Scintillation in ISM
Miller & Cox 93: Ionization by O*s
Reynolds&al 99:WIM Heating
Reynolds&al 99: WIM towards Orion & Perseus Arms

Photodissociation Regions (PDRs)

Gorti & Hollenbach 02: Clump Evap'n in PDRs
Tielens & Hollenbach 85: PDRs, and Orion
Bertoldi & Draine 96: Non-Equilibrium PDR Fronts

Supernova Remnants

Cioffi & al 88: Radiative SNRs
Ostriker & McKee 88: SNRs & Wind Bubbles etc.
Slavin & Cox 92: Long-term evolution

High Velocity Clouds

Kutyrev & Reynolds 89: H_alpha in HVC
Tufte & al 98: H alpha Emission from High-Velocity Clouds

Dust Grains

Jones & al 94: grain destruction
Purcell 69: Extinction and Grain Volume
Aanestad & Purcell 73: Grain review
Purcell 76: Small-Grain Temp. Fluctuations
Mathis, Rumpl & Nordseik (MRN) 77: Dust size distribution
Draine78: Photoelectric Heating of Gas
Draine & Salpeter 79: Dust Destruction
Savage & Mathis 79: Dust obs. review
Draine&Lee 84: Optical properties
Draine & Anderson 85: IR Emiss. & Temperature Fluctuations
Jenkins & al 86: Depletion - n_H correlation
Cardelli, Clayton, & Mathis 89: IR/O/UV extinction reln
Mathis 90: Dust/extinction review

Shock Waves

Draine & Roberge 84: CO emission from Shocks
Draine&McKee 93: Overview

Hot/Coronal Gas

Cowie & McKee 77: Thermal evap. of clouds in hot gas
McKee & Ostriker 77: 3-Phase Model w/Hot gas
Cox & Smith 74: Hot Tunnels
Raymond, Cox, & Smith 76: X-ray cooling
Spitzer 90: Hot gas review
Smith & al 96: Cooling & Grain Destruction
McKee 90: State of 3-Phase Model
Kalberla & Kerp 98: Halo Model

Fountain: Disk/Halo Interaction

Shapiro & Field 76: Fountain
Corbelli & Salpeter 88: Galactic Fountain
Norman & Ikeuchi 89: Galactic Fountain/Wind from Superbubbles
Reynolds & al 01: Superbubble from Cas OB6
Heiles 79: H I shells and supershells

Molecular Clouds

Field & Saslaw 65: Early Cloud Model
Blitz & Shu 80: GMC Formation
Larson 81: Correlations (virial, r-sigma) in mol. clouds
Zweibel & Josafatsson 83: Wave dissipation in molec. clouds
Bloemen & al 86: CO/H_2 from Gamma Rays, from Cosmic Rays
Solomon & al 87: GMC population & properties
Norman & Silk 80: Wind Feedback in GMC turbulence
McKee 89: SF rate in GMCs regulated by FUV & turbulence decay
Bertoldi & McKee 92: Pressure-confined clumps in GMCs
McKee & Zweibel 95: Cloud Support w/Alfven waves
Williams & McKee 97: OB assoc/GMC populations and associations
Stone, Ostriker, & Gammie 98: Turbulent Decay in GMCs
Zweibel & McKee 95: Virial Thm. in GMCs
Zuckerman & Palmer 74: Review ("GMCs are not in free-fall")
Arons & Max 75: Alfven wave support of GMCs?
van Dishoek & Black 88: Chemistry of Molecule Formation & Self-Shielding
McKee 99: Overview of GMCs and Star Formation

Star Formation

Elmegreen & Lada 77: Sequential Star Formation
Elitzur & McKee 89: H2O masers in SF regions
McKee & al 93: B-fields in SF regions
Mestel & Spitzer 56: B-fields & Star Formation
Mouschovias & Spitzer 76: Magnetized Clouds
Myers & Benson 83: Star-Forming GMC Cores in NH_3
Mouschovias 76: Magnetized Clouds 2
Shu 77: Inside-Out Collapse Model
Miller & Scalo 78: OB* Clustering
Mathieu 83: SF Efficiency & Cluster Formation
Lada & al 84: Dynamics of *-Cluster Formation
Tereby, Shu, & Cassen 84: Rotating Collapse
Hoyle 53: IMF theory
Larson 85: IMF theory
Shu, Adams & Lizano 87: SF Overview
Wolfire & Cassinelli 87: Massive Star Formation
Lada 92: Clumps and Embedded Clusters in Orion B
Jijina & Adams 96: Massive Star Formation
Larson & Starrfield 71: Massive Star Formtion
Franko & Shore 84: Self-Regulated Galactic OB* Formation

Protostellar Jets & Outflows

Blandford & Payne 82: Magnetized Jets
Bally & Lada 83: Outflows near YSOs
Pudritz & Norman 86: YSO Disk-Wind Model
Lizano & al 88: Neutral YSO-Wind Component
Lada & Fich 96: Collimated CO Outflow
Shu & al 91: Outflow model
Shu & al '94 et seq: X-wind theory for YSOs
Bachiller 96: Review of Jets & Outflows
Matzner & McKee 99: Jet/Outflow Model

ISM Thermal/Mechanical/Dynamical State

Field, Goldsmith, & Habing 69: 2-Phase Model
Boulares & Cox 90: Equilibrium w/B-fields & CRs
Wolfire & al 95: Neutral ISM phases
Begelman 02: Thermal Phases of the Interstellar Medium in Galaxies
Lithwick & Goldreich 01: MHD Turbulence in ISM

Wind bubbles

Castor, McCray & Weaver 75: Wind bubbles
Koo & McKee 92: Wind Bubble Basics

Other Galaxies

Larson & Tinsley 78: Bursty SF in Peculiar Galaxies
Larson 74: SNe in Galaxy Formation
Larson 76: Disk galaxy formation
Kennicutt 83: Star Formation in Galaxies
Kennicutt 89: *Formation & Toomre Instability in Galaxies
Schaye 02: *Formation and Toomre's instab. param. in diks
Spaans & Norman 97: Dwarf Galaxy Evol
Jump to:
Galactic ISM Distribution
Atomic Hydrogen (H I)
Photoionization & H II Regions
Warm Ionized Medium (WIM)
Photodissociation Regions (PDRs)
Supernova Remnants
High Velocity Clouds
Dust Grains
Shock Waves
Hot/Coronal Gas
Fountain: Disk/Halo Interaction
Molecular Clouds
Star Formation
    Protostellar Jets & Outflows
ISM Thermal/Mechanical/Dynamical State
Wind bubbles
Other Galaxies
    Last update 16 Sep 2002. Page prepared for Ast 2030F and the ISM/SF Discussion Group at U. Toronto and maintained by Chris Matzner