TY - BOOK AU - Evans,Aneurin TI - The dusty universe T2 - Ellis Horwood library of space science and space technology SN - 0132216493 AV - QB791.2 .E8 1993 U1 - 523.1/125 20 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Ellis Horwood KW - Cosmic dust KW - Universe N1 - 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 ER -