Astromineralogy / Thomas Henning (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henning, Thomas.

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 815.

Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 815

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astromineralogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 329 p. 111 illus.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spectroscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellar environments in general. This field has received a tremendous boost with the reliable identification of minerals by the Infrared Space Observatory. The first edition of this book, published in 2003, was the first comprehensive and coherent account of this exciting field. Data obtained in the meantime with the Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope, the stardust mission to the comet 81P / Wild 2, and with the Cassini mission, together with progress in ground-based observations and laboratory astrophysics form the basis for this updated and widely extended second edition.Beyond addressing the specialist in the field, the book is intended as a high-level but readable introduction to astromineralogy for both the nonspecialist researcher and the advanced student.

Contents:

From Dust Astrophysics Towards Dust Mineralogy – A Historical Review

Formation and Evolution of Minerals in Accretion Disks and Stellar Outflows

The Mineralogy of Interstellar and Circumstellar Dust in Galaxies

The Mineralogy of Cometary Dust

The In-Situ Study of Solid Particles in the Solar System

The Astromineralogy of Interplanetary Dust Particles

The Most Primitive Material in Meteorites

Laboratory Astrophysics of Cosmic Dust Analogues.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783642132599

3642132596