ASTR 553/554 : Extragalactic Astronomy

Reading Assignments, and other reference material.

Topic 9 : Gas & Dust in Galaxies

Reading before class :

• These notes (!)
• EAA: "Gas in Galaxies"   Joss Bland-Hawthorn & Ron Reynolds
• EAA: "Interstellar Matter"   Blair Savage
• EAA: "Interstellar Grains"   Bruce Draine

Main Texts :
B&M :

Ch3 p131-142; Dust
Ch8 p451-487 ISM emission
Ch8 p488-505 ISM in Disks
Ch8 p513-515 ISM in S0s
Ch8 p520-521 Magnetic Fields
Ch8 p525-530 ISM in Ellipticals

Ch6 p110-127 Gas

Other Texts :

Whittet, D.B. "Dust in the Galactic Environment"   an excellent comprehensive text

Other Review Material :

Keel's Notes: "Gas in Galaxies"; "Dust in Galaxies" (as always, very well written)
EAA : "HII Regions"   John Dyson & J. Franco
EAA : "Interstellar Molecular Clouds:   Leo Blitz