A Dirty Window Diffuse and Translucent Molecular Gas in the Interstellar Medium /

• Main Authors: Magnani, Loris (Author), Shore, Steven N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 442
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astrobiology.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

This book provides an introduction to the physics of interstellar gas in the Galaxy. It deals with the diffuse interstellar medium which supplies a complex environment for exploring the neutral gas content of a galaxy like the Milky Way and the techniques necessary for studying this non-stellar comp...

Table of Contents:

• A quick look at the diffuse interstellar medium
• Radiative transfer considerations
• The diffuse ISM from the ground - chemistry and tracers
• Observing the diffuse ISM - making sense of the radio observations
• Observing the diffuse ISM - the space missions
• Observing in the Dark: The Dust-Gas Connection
• Surveying the molecular Milky Way
• The relationship between CO and H2
• Surveys for high-latitude molecular clouds
• Distances
• Dynamical Considerations: Instabilities and Turbulence
• Coda.-.