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Interstellar Heating

Interstellar Heating is a physical process whereby energy from the interstellar radiation field is absorbed by interstellar gas and dust, leading to an increase in their thermal energy and thereby regulating the thermal state of the interstellar medium.

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Photoelectric heating of interstellar gas

B. T. Draine · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1978 · 1.3K citations

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The photoelectric heating mechanism for very small graphitic grains and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

E. L. O. Bakes, A. G. G. M. Tielens · The Astrophysical Journal · 1994 · 767 citations

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Photoelectric Emission from Interstellar Dust: Grain Charging and Gas Heating

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2001 · 519 citations · Full text

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Heating of H i Regions by Energetic Particles

Jr. Spitzer Lyman, M. G. Tomasko · The Astrophysical Journal · 1968 · 299 citations

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Galactic Shocks in an Interstellar Medium with Two Stable Phases

Frank H. Shu, Vincenzo Milione, William L. Gebel et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1972 · 180 citations

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  1. DG
    Donald Goldsmith

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 282 citations

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  2. JM
    J. Michael Shull

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  3. DP
    D. P. Cox

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 114 citations

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  4. JB
    Jean‐Loup Bertaux

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  5. SM
    S. Madzunkov

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  1. National Radio Astronomy Observatory

    Charlottesville, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    303 citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    246 citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    169 citations

  5. Universities Space Research Association

    Columbia, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    120 citations

  6. University of New Hampshire

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    285 citations

  7. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    334 citations

  8. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

    Victoria, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    168 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 29 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    3 publications · 57 citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    3 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. New Astronomy

    1 publications · 30 citations

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