Contents
Contents

Contents
  Abstract
  1 Introduction
  1.1 The Microphysics of Dust
  1.2 Dust Temperatures
 
  2 Formation and Composition of Refractory Grains
  2.1 Condesation
  2.2 Homogeneous Nucleation
  2.3 Composition
  2.4 Propagation Processes
  2.5 The Destruction of Grains by Protostellar Nebulae and Star Formation
 
  3 Discovery and Detection
  3.1 Extinction Curves
  3.2 Dark Clouds
  3.3 Reflection Nebula
 
  4 Circumstellar Discs and Stellar Jets
  4.1 Discs
  4.2 Jets
 
  5 The Model
 
  6 Random Number Generation
  6.1 The lifetime of a photon: birth to circumstellar disc escape
  6.2 Diagnostics
  6.3 Virgin Radiation
 
  7 Results and Discussion
  7.1 Atlas 1: The Reference maps
  7.2 Atlas 2 & 3
  7.3 Atlas 4
  7.4 Atlas 5
  7.5 Atlas 6 & 7
  7.6 Atlas 8 & 9
  7.7 Atlas 10
  7.8 Atlas 11: HST Simulation
  7.9 Conclusion
 
  8 Bibliography and References
 
  Appendix I The Derivations
  Appendix II Atlas 1: The Reference maps
  II.i Atlas 2
  II.ii Atlas 3
  II.iii Atlas 4
  II.iv Atlas 5
  II.v Atlas 6
  II.vi Atlas 7
  II.vii Atlas 8
  II.viii Atlas 9
  II.ix Atlas 10
  II.x Atlas 11: HST Simulation