Springer From Observations to Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM in Galaxies: A JENAM 2002 Workshop, Porto, Portugal, 3-5 September 2002 (NATO Science Series II)

Preface. 0. Opening Talk. The Need for a Self-Consistent Picture of the ISM; J.N. Bregman. 1. Interstellar Matter in Galaxies. An Observer's Overview of the Galactic Interstellar Medium; D.G. York. Probing the IRC + 10° 216 Circumstellar Envelope Using Spectroscopic Observations of Background Stars; T. Kendall. Volume Filling Factors of the DIG in M31; E.M. Berkhuijsen. Comparing the CO and HI Distributions in Nearby Spiral Galaxies at High Resolution; T. Wong. Evidence and Implications of Pressure Fluctuations in the ISM; E. Jenkins. D/O and D/H Ratios in the Local Interstellar Medium from FUSE Observations; G. Hébrard. X-rays from the Local Bubble; M.J. Freyberg. Gas as a Tracer of the Galactic Potential; P.M.W. Kalberla. Molecular Clouds, Formation and Disruption; J. Ballesteros-Paredes. The KOSMA Large-scale CO Survey of Clouds in the Galactic Molecular Ring; M. Brüll. The Structure of Molecular Clouds from PC to AU Scale; J. Alves. Molecular Cloud Formation in Disk Galaxies: The Case of M33; E. Roslowsky, L. Blitz. Superbubble Activity in Star-Forming Galaxies; M.S. Oey. HI Shells in the Leiden-Dwingeloo HI Survey; S. Ehlerová, et al. SNR Surface Density Distribution in Nearby Galaxies; M. Sasaki, et al. Kinematics of Giant H II Regions in Nearby Galaxies; H. Plana, et al. 2. Turbulence, Magnetic Fields and CRs. The Role of Magnetic Fields in Spiral Galaxies; R. Beck. Building the Fast Galactic Dynamo; M. Hanasz, et al. Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulent Mixing: From ISM to Clusters of Galaxies; A. Lazarian, et al. The Effects of Spiral Arms on the Multi-Phase ISM; A. Shukurov, et al. Turbulence in theInterstellar Medium - Energetics and Driving Mechanisms; M.-M. Mac Low. Molecule Destruction and Formation in Molecular Clouds; M.D. Smith, et al. Cosmic Rays and Galactic Winds; E.A. Dorfi. 3. Extraplanar ISM and IGM. Diffuse Ionized Gas in Halos of Spiral Galaxies; R.-J. Dettmar. Magnetic Reconnection and Extraplanar Diffuse Ionized Gas; G. Birk, et al. The Thin Layer of Warm Ionized Gas: Towards a 3-D Reconstruction of the Spatial Distribution of HII Regions; R. Paladini, et al. X-ray Halos in Galaxies; G. Trinchieri. The HI Halo of Spiral Galaxies; F. Fraternali, et al. Recent Developments Concerning High-Velocity Clouds; B.P. Wakker. Dynamical Evolution of High-Velocity Clouds; C. Konz, et al. Infall of Gas in Galaxies and Triggered Star Formation; F. Comerón. Starburst galaxies - An Observer's View; M. Dahlem. Mid-Infrared Properties of Early-Type Galaxies; E.M. Xilouris, et al. Gas in Groups and Clusters of Galaxies; S. Schindler. 4. Self-Consistent Modelling of the ISM. Chemo-dynamical Evolution of the ISM in Galaxies; S. Harfst. Non-Instantaneous Gas Recycling and Chemical Evolution in N-body Disk Galaxies; B. Jungwiert, et al. The Interplay between ISM, Star Formation and Galaxy Evolution; M. Samland. Modelling the Turbulent Magnetized ISM; M.J. Korpi. Thermal Instability in Turbulent Models of the Interstellar Medium; Gazol, et al. On the Thermal Instability in Numerical Models of the Interstellar Medium; S. Dib, et al. In ISM Modeling, The Devil is in the Details: You Show Me Your OVI and I'll Show You Mine; D.P. Cox. Large to Small Scales: Global Models of the ISM; M.A.de Avillez. Self-Consistent Modelling of the Interstellar Medium; D. Breitschwerdt.