The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies: Proceedings of the 4th Cologne-Bonn-Zermatt-Symposium “The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies”, Zermatt, 22–26 September, 2003

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The First Stars and the Epoch of Reionization....Pages 3-10
HI at High Redshift....Pages 11-14
A Spectroscopic Survey of the Submillimeter Galaxy Population: 85 Redshifts Using Keck/LRIS-B....Pages 15-21
The Quasar Q0957+561: Lensed CO Emission from a Disk at z∼1.4?....Pages 23-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Molecular Astrophysics: An Integral Part of Astronomy....Pages 29-36
The Ubiquitous H + 3 ....Pages 37-42
New Microwave and Optical Molecules....Pages 43-50
Two Problems of Interstellar Chemistry....Pages 51-54
Electronic Spectroscopy of Carbon Chains and Their Relevance to Astrophysics....Pages 55-60
Highlights from the SWAS Mission....Pages 61-68
Perspective from a Younger Generation — The Astro-spectroscopy of Gisbert Winnewisser....Pages 69-82
Gisbert F. Winnewisser....Pages 83-90
 trans -Ethyl Methyl Ether: Laboratory Measurements and Analysis....Pages 91-94
The Cologne Database for Molecular Spectroscopy, CDMS....Pages 95-98
Spectroscopy of Linear Carbon Chain Radicals — The Case of C n N Chains....Pages 99-102
Precise Laboratory Rest Frequency of a Submillimeter-Wave Line of D 2 H + ....Pages 103-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Molecular Gas in Spiral Galaxies....Pages 109-116
The Spiral Arms of M 51: Physical Properties of the Gas....Pages 117-120
Molecular Gas in the Andromeda Galaxy....Pages 121-124
CO Emission Associated with a Cooling Flow....Pages 125-128
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Triggered Star Formation on Galactic Scales....Pages 129-134
CO (J = 7 → 6) Observations of NGC 253: Exited Molecular Gas in the Nucleus....Pages 135-138
NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA): The IRAM Survey of Low Luminosity AGN....Pages 139-142
The Nearby QSO Host I Zw 1: NIR Probing of Structural Properties and Stellar Populations....Pages 143-146
The Neutral ISM in Nearby Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies....Pages 147-150
Giant Molecular Clouds and On-Going Star Formation in the LMC and SMC....Pages 151-154
Molecular Gas in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies: Single Dish and Interferometric Results....Pages 155-158
Molecular Gas in Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 159-164
Detection of Molecular Gas in the Interarm Regions of M83....Pages 165-168
A Masing Molecular Cloud in the Central Parsecs of Mrk 348....Pages 169-172
The Spectral Line Survey of NGC 253....Pages 173-176
Starburst at the Molecular Superbubble in M82....Pages 177-180
Gas Dynamics in the Non-barred Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4501....Pages 181-185
The Merger QSO 3C 48 and Its Host Galaxy in the Near Infrared....Pages 187-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
New Views of Neutral Hydrogen in the Milky Way....Pages 193-198
The BU-FCRAO Galactic Ring Survey....Pages 199-202
New View of Molecular Gas Distribution of the Southern Sky: CO Surveys with NANTEN....Pages 203-209
OB Star Formation Across the Galaxy....Pages 211-216
CII, CI, and CO in the Massive Star Forming Region W3 Main....Pages 217-220
High-Angular Resolution HC 3 N and CS Observations of the Dense Core in the Cirrus Cloud MCLD123.5+24.9....Pages 221-224
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
The KOSMA Multi-line CO Survey of Clouds in the Galactic Molecular Ring....Pages 225-228
The Distribution of MSX Dark Clouds in the Inner Milky Way....Pages 229-232
The Carbon Content in the Galactic CygnusX/DR21 Star Forming Region....Pages 233-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Probing the Galactic Black Hole and Its Environment with the Orbits of Stars Experiencing Their Closest Approaches....Pages 239-244
The Galactic Center: Breakthroughs with VLT/NACO....Pages 245-251
Galactic Center Molecular Clouds....Pages 253-263
The Line-of-Sight Distribution of Water in SgrB2....Pages 265-268
Results from the AST/RO Survey of the Galactic Center Region....Pages 269-272
SPIFI Imaging of the Galactic Center....Pages 273-276
350 μm Galactic Center Dust Observations with SHARC II....Pages 277-280
The Hot Interstellar Medium of the Galactic Center: Observations with Chandra....Pages 281-285
Non-Keplerian Orbits for the Star S2 Around the Black Hole at the Galactic Center....Pages 287-290
The Galactic Center Interstellar Medium as Seen by ISO....Pages 291-294
Dust Embedded Sources at the Galactic Center — 2 to 4 Micron Spectroscopy in the Central Parsec....Pages 295-298
[CI] 492 GHz Study of the Galactic Center....Pages 299-302
The Galactic Center in the IR — VLT Infrared Observations of the Galactic Center....Pages 303-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Imaging and Spectroscopy with the Next Generation of Optical/Near-IR Telescopes....Pages 309-316
LINC-NIRVANA — The Interferometric Near-Infrared Imaging Camera for the Large Binocular Telescope....Pages 317-321
The Future of Far-IR/Submillimeter Astrophysics with Single Dish Telescopes....Pages 323-330
New Astronomy Results from the Odin Satellite....Pages 331-338
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
From Molecular Cores to Planet-Forming Disks with SIRTF....Pages 339-344
Observation Programs of the ASTRO-F Survey....Pages 345-348
Exploration of Southern Sky with Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)....Pages 349-352
Dome C, Antarctica: The Best Accessible Sub-millimetre Site on the Planet?....Pages 353-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
What Drives Star Formation?....Pages 359-364
Tracing the Magnetic Field in Molecular Clouds....Pages 365-368
Grain Alignment in Molecular Clouds....Pages 369-376
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Turbulent Structure of the Interstellar Medium....Pages 379-386
Comparing Models and Observations of Turbulent Clouds....Pages 387-394
Phases of the Interstellar Medium in the Milky Way....Pages 395-403
Star Formation in Southern Bok Globules....Pages 405-408
Condensed Phases of H 2 in the ISM....Pages 409-412
Collisional Excitation Processes Relevant to ISM Studies....Pages 413-418
New Insights on the Thermal Dust from the Far-Infrared to the Centimeter....Pages 419-422
Photodissociation Regions....Pages 423-430
Molecular Clouds in Weak FUV Fields: Observations and PDR Model....Pages 431-434
The Influence of Grains on the Propagation and Structure of C-Type Shock Waves in Interstellar Molecular Clouds....Pages 435-438
L183 (134N) Dust, Gas and Depletion....Pages 439-442
Density Structure of the Horsehead Nebula Photo-Dissociation Region....Pages 443-446
Methanol: A Diagnostic Tool for High-Mass Star-Forming Regions....Pages 447-450
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Astrochemistry and Observations....Pages 453-460
Molecular Evolution in Prestellar Cores....Pages 461-466
Deuterium Fractionation in Totally Depleted Cores....Pages 467-472
Multiply Deuterated Molecules in Star Forming Regions....Pages 473-478
Grain Surface Chemistry....Pages 479-486
Deuterated Species in Star-Forming Regions....Pages 487-490
Gas-Grain Interactions and Chemical Influences on Star Forming Regions....Pages 491-496
Spectroscopy of Interstellar PAHs....Pages 497-506
Growth of Large Molecules and Small Grains....Pages 507-515
PAHs in the Interstellar Carbon Cycle: The Experimental View of PIRENEA....Pages 517-520
Small Carbon Chains and Rings in Photo-Dominated Regions....Pages 521-524
Dust Chemistry in the Laboratory....Pages 525-532
Far-IR Spectroscopy Towards Sagittarius B2....Pages 533-536
A Far UV Spectroscopic Study of the HD 34078 Sightline....Pages 537-540
Infrared Spectroscopy of Ionic PAHs and Related Compounds....Pages 541-544
Chemistry and Kinematics of the Pre-Stellar Core L1544: Constraints from H 2 D + ....Pages 545-548
Front Matter....Pages 549-552
The Ionization State of Protoplanetary Disks: The Chemical View....Pages 553-553
Modeling Molecular-Line Emission from Circumstellar Disks....Pages 555-560
NGC 7538 S — A High-Mass Protostar with a Rotating Disk....Pages 561-566
Front Matter....Pages 567-570
The Circumstellar Environments of High Mass Protostellar Objects....Pages 553-553
Star Formation: Theory and Modelling....Pages 571-574
Shock-Excited Rotational H 2 Lines in Class 0 Sources as Probes of Magnetic Field and Chemistry in the Dense Interstellar Medium....Pages 575-585
The Role of Pre-planetary Nebulae in the Shaping Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae....Pages 587-592
The Mass Function of Newly Formed Stars....Pages 593-600
A Square Degree Survey for Molecular Flows in TMC1....Pages 601-609
Submillimetre Continuum Mapping: Finding Clues to the Physics of Star Formation....Pages 611-614
Survey for High-Mass Protostars in Cygnus X....Pages 615-622
Induced Massive Star Formation in Dense Molecular Clouds Cometary Globules in HII Regions....Pages 623-626
Disappearance of N2H+ from the Gas Phase in the Class 0 Protostar IRAM 04191....Pages 627-632
The Massive Star Forming Region RCW 38 — from X-Rays to Molecular Gas....Pages 633-636
Observation of Multiply-Deuterated Methanol in the Low-Mass Protostar IRAS16293-2422....Pages 637-640
UYSO 1 — An Extremely Young Massive Stellar Object....Pages 641-644
Millimeter Properties of the Protoplanetary Disk Surrounding HH 30....Pages 645-648
Back Matter....Pages 649-652
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