Molecular Clouds

The study of molecular clouds has received increasing interest over recent years with the advent of powerful new instruments such as MERLIN and the Maxwell millimeter wave telescope. This book is based on the proceedings of the Seventh Manchester International Astronomy Conference, which brought together an international list of speakers to discuss important new developments in this field. The book covers a wide range of topics relevant to the general subject of molecular clouds, including an abundance of observational data on the physics and chemistry of various clouds, as well as some theoretical modeling of cloud dynamics. This book covers much new work in this area, and consequently it should become an important reference source for workers in astronomy and astrophysics.