A Dirty Window

Steven N. Shore

ISBN 10: 3662543486 / ISBN 13: 9783662543481

Edité par Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 2017, 2017

A propos de cet article

Neuware -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 component. After an initial exposition of the phases of the interstellar medium and the role of gas in a spiral galaxy, the authors discuss the transition from atomic to molecular gas. They then consider basic radiative transfer and molecular spectroscopy with particular emphasis on the molecules useful for studying low-density molecular gas. Observational techniques for investigating the gas and the dust component of the diffuse interstellar medium throughout the electromagnetic spectrum are explored emphasizing results from the recent Herschel and Planck missions. A brief exposition on dust in the diffuse interstellar medium is followed by a discussion of molecular clouds in general and high-latitude molecular clouds in particular. Ways of calibrating CO observations with the molecular hydrogen content of a cloud are examined along with the dark molecular gas controversy. High-latitude molecular clouds are considered in detail as vehicles for applying the techniques developed in the book. Given the transient nature of diffuse and translucent molecular clouds, the role of turbulence in the origin and dynamics of these objects is examined in some detail.The book is targeted at graduate students or postdocs who are entering the field of interstellar medium studies.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 328 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A Dirty Window
• Éditeur: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Apr 2017
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3662543486
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783662543481
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 24 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 24 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 658 grammes

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Synopsis

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.-

À propos de l?auteur

Loris Magnani is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Georgia, USA.

Steve Shore is Professore Ordinario, Astrofisica, Dipartimento di Fisica Enrico Fermi, Universita di Pisa, Italy. He serves as associate editor of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.