Books :

1. -“The Interstellar Medium”, J. Lequeux
   

2. -"The Physics of the Interstellar Medium", Dyson & Williams
   

3. -“The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium”, A. G. G. M. Tielens
   

4. -“Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium”, Spitzer

Last modified : 9 déc. 2014

Lectures :

1. -Chapter 1. Introduction (25/09/2014)
   

2. -Chapter 2. Overview of the ISM (25/09/2014)
   

3. -Chapter 3. Interstellar dust (16/10/2014) ; Dust-to-gas ratio
   

4. -Chapter 4. Molecular clouds (24/11/2014)

Schedule : see the M2R ASEP schedule

Exam : oral on 14/01/2015

1. -present an analysis of a recent article (distribution of articles around mid-december)
   

2. -answer some course questions

Handouts/Appendices :

1. -Astrophysical constants
   

2. -Fundamentals of radiation

Extra material.— Derivations of the following equations :

1. -Jeans mass and free-fall time
   

2. -Lane-Emden equation

Herschel’s Cygnus X
Credit : ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Martin Hennemann & Frédérique Motte, Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/Irfu - CNRS/INSU - Univ. Paris Diderot, France