Dust in the galactic environment
D. C. B. Whittet;
Institute of Physics Publishing, 1992, 306 pages
ABSTRACT:An overview of dust in the galactic environment is given which covers general concepts,
methods of investigation, important results and their significance,
relevant literature, and suggestions for future research.
The general topics
addressed include: element abundances and depletions, interstellar
extinction and scattering, interstellar polarization and grain alignment,
spectral absorption features, continuum and line emission, and the origin and
evolution of interstellar grains.
KEYWORDS: cosmic dust, interstellar matter, abundance, interstellar extinction, line spectra, milky way galaxy, spatial distribution, spectrum analysis
PERSOKEY:dust, ,
CODE: whittet92a