Dirty Window

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.

• 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.-

“The book adopts a largely historical approach, with comprehensive references. Each reader will find much of interest in the wide coverage of selected topics. … The book is recommended to anyone with an interest in the interstellar medium.” (David A. Williams, The Observatory, April, 2018)