Book Synopsis . An essential resource for graduate students and astrophysicists. This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium--the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in a galaxy and also between galaxies themselves. ISM = interstellar medium = whatever gas and dust exists in the space between a galaxy's stars. ICM = intracluster medium = hot gas filling the volume between galaxies in a group or cluster IGM = intergalactic medium = material that has been ejected from galaxies or never made it into a galaxy in the first place Why should we care about the ISM? ISM = interstellar medium = whatever gas and dust exists in the space between a galaxy's stars. ICM = intracluster medium = hot gas filling the volume between galaxies in a group or cluster IGM = intergalactic medium = material that has been ejected from galaxies or never made it into a galaxy in the first place Why should we care about the ISM? "The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium", A. G.G.M. Tielens, 2005, Cambridge University Press "Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium", B. T. Draine, 2010, Princeton University Press Review articles errata˙p1 2013.4.30.814 c 2012,2013 B.T.Draine Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium: Errata Updated 2013.04.30 Bruce T. Draine PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS AB STRACT: The recent Hollywood movie Interstellar (production cost $ 165 million) turned out to be a blockbuster in the. U.S. and Europe, and most likely will be so in Asia. The movie story is The interstellar medium and its variants ISM = interstellar medium = whatever gas and dust exists in the space between a galaxy's stars. ICM = intracluster medium = hot gas filling the volume between galaxies in a group or cluster IGM = intergalactic medium = material that has been ejected Milky Way and Interstellar Medium • Diffuse contents of the Milky Way • Absorption lines from neutral and ionized gas - Equivalent width • Ionized gas (plasma) • Stellar winds, infalling gas, intergalactic UV may also contribute to heating the ISM. Dynamics of ISM ISM is stable only if heating and cooling rates balance. ISM has Why Study the Interstellar Medium (ISM)?! • Stars and planets form from interstellar gas and dust.! • Stars are the dominant source of energy in galaxies, so the physics of the ISM determines the visible appearance of galaxies.! • Planets form from material in the proto-stellar disk which comes from the ISM.!! Winter 2016! Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium Errata in the second printing. Updated 2013.10.21 Bruce T. Draine PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD. errata˙p2 2013.10.21.1154 c 2012,2013 B.T.Draine 2 Which printing of the book you have can be determined from the last line on the This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium - the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in a galaxy and also between galaxies themselves. Textbook: A. G. G. M. Tielens, The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium (Cam-bridge: Cambridge University Pr