The Local Bubble and Beyond Lyman-Spitzer-Colloquium /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Breitschwerdt, Dieter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Freyberg, Michael J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Trümper, Joachim (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1998.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 506
• Subjects: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrophysics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the current observational and theoretical status in the field of the local and general interstellar medium. It contains contributions presented at the IAU Colloquium No. 166. Review articles and highlight talks will serve both as an introduction to the fie...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• UV and Soft X-Ray Observations of the LISM
• Observations and Modeling of the Local Bubble and the SXRB
• Clouds and Particles in the Local ISM Radio Observations
• Magnetic Fields, Molecular Clouds, Bubbles
• Hot Gas, SXRB Fluctuations, Dust, Gammarays
• Superbubbles, Galactic Halo
• High-Velocity Clouds, Galactic Fountains, LMC
• External Galaxies
• Conference Summary
• Workshop
• Appendix.