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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
Subjects:
Astrophysics.
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Astrobiology.
Space sciences.
Cosmology.
Astrophysics and Astroparticles.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54350-4
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.-.

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