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

By Steven N Shore, Loris Magnani, Steven N. Shore

Book Overview

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.-

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662571943
• ISBN13: 9783662571941
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"