Astr 323 March 1, 2004: ISM  

Detecting ISM

Detecting the Stuff

Question: How do we know where gas is?

Question: What would be good and bad choices?

Interstellar Na absorbtion graphs

Growth curve and depletion factor graphs

Absorbtion by molecules

Absorbtion of UV photon

Energy levels and Molecular bands

H2 molecules

EUV and X-ray observations

Elliptical galaxy spectrum

X-rays in plasma

Question: Bremsstrahling emissivity

Optical emission lines

Radio-frequency observations

Rotational transitions of non-symmetric molecules