Astrochemistry: basic principles and recent results
Ewine F. van Dishoeck
Main reading material
- Molecular Astrophysics, 2021, A.G.G.M. Tielens (Cambridge University Press). Advanced Textbook.
- Review of Modern Physics, 85, 2013, A.G.G.M. Tielens
- Interstellar water chemistry, van Dishoeck et al. 2013, Chem. Rev. 113, 9043
(https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cr4003177)
- Various review papers, to be posted at the Lecture Slides page.
General/Summer School Books
- Introduction to Astrochemistry 2016, S. Yamamoto (Springer)
- Astrochemistry: from the Big Bang to the Present Day 2016, C. Vallance & G. Ritchie (Essential Textbooks in Chemistry)
- Astrochemistry of dust, ice and gas: introduction and overview 2014, E.F. van Dishoeck ( https://arxiv.org/pdf/1411.5280.pdf )
- Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium 2007, S. Kwok (MacMillan)
- The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium 2005, A.G.G.M. Tielens (Cambridge University Press). Textbook; selected chapters.
- Molecular Astrophysics, 1990, ed. T.W. Hartquist (Cambridge University Press) (MA I)
- Rate Coefficients in Astrochemistry, 1988, eds. T.J. Millar and D.A. Williams (Kluwer, Dordrecht) (UMIST 88)
- The Molecular Astrophysics of Stars and Galaxies, 1998, eds. T.W. Hartquist and D.A. Williams (Oxford University Press) (MA II)
- Dust in the Galactic Environment, 2003, D.C.B. Whittet (IOP, second edition)
- See also: www.astrochymist.org/astrochymist_texts.
Undergraduate Text Books
- Astrochemistry 2021, Olivia Harper Wilkins and Geoffrey A. Blake (American Chemical Society), DOI 10.1021/acsinfocus.7e5004
- The Physics of the Interstellar Medium (3rd edition) 2020, J.E. Dyson and D.A. Williams (CRC Press)
- Astronomical Spectroscopy (3rd edition) 2019, J. Tennyson (World Scientific)
- The Astrochemical Bond 2013, T.W. Hartquist, D.A. Williams (RSC Publishing)
- Astrochemistry: from Astronomy to Astrobiology 2006, A.M. Shaw (Whiley)
- Interstellar Chemistry 1984, W.W. Duley, D.A. Williams (Academic Press)
Conference Proceedings
- Astrochemistry VII: Through the Cosmos from Galaxies to Planets, 2018, ed. M. Cunningham et al., IAU Symposium 332 (CUP). Latest IAU Symposium on Astrochemistry
- PAHs in the Universe 2011, eds. C. Joblin & A.G.G.M. Tielens (EDP Sciences) (PAH 2011)
- The Molecular Universe, 2011, ed. J. Cernicharo & R. Bachiller, IAU Symposium 280 (CUP). Latest IAU Symposium on this Astrochemistry (IAU 280)
- Organic Matter in Space 2008, IAU Symposium 251, eds. S. Kwok & S. Sandford (Cambridge University Press) (IAU 251)
- Astrochemistry: Recent Successes and Current Challenges 2006, IAU Symposium 231, eds. D.C. Lis, G.A. Blake, E. Herbst (Cambridge University Press) (IAU 231)
- Astrochemistry: From Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems 2000, IAU Symposium 197, eds. Y.C. Minh and E.F. van Dishoeck (ASP) (IAU 197)
- Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes 1997, IAU Symposium 178, ed. E.F. van Dishoeck (Kluwer, Dordrecht) (IAU 178)
Annual Reviews Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Many relevant chapters, including van Dishoeck & Black (1998), Ehrenfreund et al. (2000), Snow & McCall (2006), Bergin & Tafalla (2007), Tielens (2008), Herbst & van Dishoeck (2009), Henning (2010), Smith (2011), Galli & Palla (2013), Boogert et al. (2015), Gerin et al. (2016).
Star and Planet Formation; Solar System Connection
- Origins of Life, Doug Whittet, 2017 (Morgan & Claypool).
- Protostars & Planets VI (PPVI), 2014, eds. H. Beuther, R. Klessen, C. Dullemond, and Th. Henning (Tucson, Univ. of Arizona Press). Latest book in the P&P series, review chapters including some on chemistry; more advanced level than Crete II book.
- Principles of star formation, 2011, P. Bodenheimer (Springer). Latest textbook at graduate student level.
- Protoplanetary dust, 2010, ed. D. Apai, D.S. Lauretta, (CUP). Good reviews on dust from combined astrophysical and cosmochemical perspectives.
- From Dust to Stars, 2006, N.S. Schulz (Springer). Textbook at graduate student level.
- Protostars & Planets V, 2006, eds. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt and K. Kell (Tucson, Univ. of Arizona Press) (See: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/ppv.htm) Review chapters, including some on chemistry.
- Comets II, 2004, ed. M.C. Festou et al., (Tucson, University of Arizona Press).
- The Formation of Stars, 2004, S.W. Stahler and F. Palla (Wiley-VCH). Textbook.
- The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems, 1999, eds. C.J. Lada and N.D. Kylafis, NATO ASI (Kluwer, Dordrecht) (CreteII). Excellent collection of review and tutorial chapters on various aspects of low- and high-mass star formation and formation of planets.
Note:
- Most astrophysical papers can be found and retrieved electronically through: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
- Preprints can be found through: http://aps.arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph