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Evans, Aneurin.

The dusty universe / Aneurin Evans. - New York : Ellis Horwood, 1993. - xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Series in astronomy ; . - Ellis Horwood library of space science and space technology. . - Ellis Horwood library of space science and space technology. Series in astronomy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. From astronomy to physics -- 3. The interaction of a grain with radiation -- 4. Properties of dust particles -- 5. Grain formation and destruction -- 6. Interstellar dust -- 7. Circumstellar dust -- 8. The PAH hypothesis -- 9. Extragalactic dust -- A. Equilibrium charge on a spherical grain -- B. Grain size distribution from grain-grain shattering -- C. Partition function for a PAH molecule -- D. Astronomical co-ordinate systems -- E. Useful data.

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Cosmic dust.
Universe.

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