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A Dirty Window : Diffuse and Translucent Molecular Gas in the Interstellar Medium / / by Loris Magnani, Steven N. Shore



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Autore: Magnani Loris Visualizza persona
Titolo: A Dirty Window : Diffuse and Translucent Molecular Gas in the Interstellar Medium / / by Loris Magnani, Steven N. Shore Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIX, 306 p. 76 illus., 28 illus. in color.)
Disciplina: 523.0196
Soggetto topico: 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)
Persona (resp. second.): ShoreSteven N
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.-.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: A Dirty Window  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-662-54350-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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Serie: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, . 0067-0057 ; ; 442