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

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...

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Main Authors: Magnani, Loris. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Shore, Steven N. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 442
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54350-4
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505 0 |a 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.-. 
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