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The Interstellar Medium in Galaxies

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. J. M. Hulst

    1. Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 219)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Dust in the Disks of Galaxies

    • M. Sauvage
    Pages 1-31

  3. Molecular Gas in Galaxy Disks

    • Jeffrey Kenney
    Pages 33-74

  4. Cool HI Disks in Galaxies

    • M. P. Haynes, A. H. Broeils
    Pages 75-103

  5. The Warm Ionized Medium and the Disk-Halo Connectic in Galaxies

    • Richard J. Rand
    Pages 105-128

  6. Hot Gas and X-Rays

    • G. Trinchieri
    Pages 129-151

  7. Abundance Gradients in Spiral Galaxies

    • M. B. Vila-Costas
    Pages 153-170

  8. From Gas to Stars: Regulation of Star Formation

    • R. C. Kennicutt
    Pages 171-195

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 197-212
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About this book

It has been more than five decades ago that Henk van de Hulst predicted the observability of the 21-cm line of neutral hydrogen (HI ). Since then use of the 21-cm line has greatly improved our knowledge in many fields and has been used for galactic structure studies, studies of the interstellar medium (ISM) in the Milky Way and other galaxies, studies of the mass distribution of the Milky Way and other galaxies, studies of spiral struc­ ture, studies of high velocity gas in the Milky Way and other galaxies, for measuring distances using the Tully-Fisher relation etc. Regarding studies of the ISM, there have been a number of instrumen­ tal developments over the past decade: large CCD's became available on optical telescopes, radio synthesis offered sensitive imaging capabilities, not only in the classical 21-cm HI line but also in the mm-transitions of CO and other molecules, and X-ray imaging capabilities became available to measure the hot component of the ISM. These developments meant that Milky Way was no longer the exclusive playground for ISM studies and that by reaching out to other galaxies astronomy had gained the advantage of having an "outside" view, though at the expense of giving up some linear resolution. Studies of the ISM in other galaxies are intimately connected to studies of the ISM in the Milky Way.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

    J. M. Hulst

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Interstellar Medium in Galaxies

  • Editors: J. M. Hulst

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5620-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4676-0Published: 31 October 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0379-0Published: 30 November 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5620-2Published: 01 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 212

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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