The Structure and Content of Molecular Clouds 25 Years of Molecular Radioastronomy: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Schloss Ringberg, Tegernsee, Germany 14–16 April 1993

Introduction: Radio and IR studies of molecular clouds....Pages 1-12
The evolution of molecular clouds....Pages 13-28
Interstellar chemistry in the last two decades....Pages 29-54
Hunting oxygen in the interstellar medium....Pages 55-71
Interstellar CNO isotope Ratios....Pages 72-88
Angular structure and motions of interstellar masers....Pages 89-108
Interpretations for observations of astronomical masers....Pages 109-122
Molecular excitation and galactic interstellar clouds....Pages 123-137
High resolution studies of molecular clouds....Pages 138-149
Dense molecular gas in star-forming regions — The importance of submillimeter observations....Pages 150-163
Conditions in regions of high mass star formation....Pages 164-174
H 2 O masers and star formation....Pages 175-186
Where is the heavy molecule heimat in Sgr B2?....Pages 187-198
The relation between OB stars, H II regions & molecular clouds....Pages 199-206
From cores to stars....Pages 207-214
Surveying giant molecular clouds for low mass stars: NIR imaging of the DR22 and S184 regions....Pages 215-231
The search for protostars — with dust emission as a tracer....Pages 232-242
Molecular emission from disks around young stars....Pages 243-255
Late type stars associated with maser emission....Pages 256-259
Mapping the molecular emission of circumstellar envelopes with the Plateau de Bure interferometer....Pages 260-270
High resolution studies of SiO masers....Pages 271-282
Intergalactic cloud and protogalaxy? An unusual molecular complex....Pages 283-292
Dense gas in galactic nuclei....Pages 293-303
CO at high redshifts....Pages 304-308