The Molecular Astrophysics of Stars and Galaxies

• Dedication ; Preface ; Some Relevant Quantum Mechanics ; 1. The basics of the structures and spectra of simple molecules ; 2. Molecular formation in dust-poor environments ; Chemistry at the Births of the Galaxies and Stars ; 3. Molecules in the early universe and primordial structure formation ; 4. The chemistry of diffuse and dark interstellar clouds ; 5. The chemistry of star forming regions ; Young Stellar Objects and Herbig-Haro Objects ; 6. The magnetohydrodynamics of outflows from low-mass young stellar objects ; 7. Chemistry in the winds of young stellar objects ; 8. Shock chemistry ; 9. Photon-dominated regions ; 10. Molecular hydrogen emission from Herbig-Haro objects ; Evolved Stars ; 11. Introduction to stellar evolution ; 12. Dust formation in carbon-rich AGB stars ; 13. Dust formation in M stars ; 14. Models of circumstellar masers ; 15. Molecular synthesis in the external envelopes of AGB stars ; 16. The chemistry of planetary nebula formation ; 17. Dust formation in the environment of hot stars ; Novae and Supernovae ; 18. Dust formation in novae ; 19. Supernovae chemistry ; Starburst Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei ; 20. Molecular gas, starbursts and active galactic nuclei ; 21. Excitation and detectability of molecules in active galactic nuclei ; 22. X-ray dominated regions ; 23. Water molecules in the circumnuclear regions of active galaxies ; 24. The suppression of dust formation in evolved stars near active galactic nuclei

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