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Interstellar Medium Heating

Interstellar Medium Heating is a theoretical construct that identifies the process by which far-infrared radiation and other stellar emissions transfer energy to interstellar gas and dust, thereby increasing their thermal energy within the broader framework of interstellar medium physics.

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A theory of the interstellar medium - Three components regulated by supernova explosions in an inhomogeneous substrate

Christopher F. McKee, Jeremiah P. Ostriker · The Astrophysical Journal · 1977 · 2.1K citations

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Cosmic-Ray Heating of the Interstellar Gas

G. B. Field, Donald Goldsmith, H. J. Habing · The Astrophysical Journal · 1969 · 829 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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KINGFISH—Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with<i>Herschel</i>: Survey Description and Image Atlas1

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 2011 · 451 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DP
    D. P. Cox

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    4 publications · 188 citations

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  2. DG
    Donald Goldsmith

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 963 citations

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  3. CF
    Christopher F. McKee

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. AG
    A. G. G. M. Tielens

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 865 citations

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  5. HJ
    H. J. Habing

    Leiden Observatory

    2 publications · 855 citations

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  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    509 citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    490 citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    215 citations

  8. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    72 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 62 publications · 8K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    11 publications · 303 citations

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  4. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 5 publications · 323 citations

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  5. New Astronomy

    2 publications · 112 citations

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