The Physics of the Interstellar Medium and Intergalactic Medium: A Meeting in Honor of Professor George B. Field, EIPC, Marciana Marina, Isola D'Elba, Italy, 20-24 June 1994 Book

	Table of Contents
	Introduction
	Scientific Genealogy of George B. Field
	Music and Words to "When George Was a Lad"
	Is the Dynamo Theory of the Galactic Magnetic Field Wrong?	1
	Molecular Gas at High z in the Milky Way	15
	Hot Ammonia Towards SGR B2: A Shocking Interpretation	29
	Infrared Emission from Molecular Hydrogen	37
	Loop I - An Active Superbubble	45
	The Reionization of the Intergalactic Medium	55
	The Gunn-Peterson Effect at High Redshift	98
	IGM Constraints and the Intracluster Medium at z = 3 from X-Ray Spectra of High Redshift Quasars	105
	The Present Status of the Decaying Neutrino Theory	114
	Gravitational Constraints on Intergalactic Matter	122
	Properties of Dust in Diffuse Clouds	133
	Theoretical Studies of Dust in the Galactic Environment: Some Recent Advances	148
	Small-Scale Structure of Interstellar Clouds: The Impact of Turbulence	158
	Ambipolar Diffusion, Interstellar Dust, and the Formation of Protostellar Cores	174
	Role of Magnetic Fields in the Early Stages of Star Formation	184
	Spiral Arms and Star Formation	218
	The Gaseous Galactic Corona	233
	Ly[alpha] clouds at High and Low Redshift	251
	Outer Galaxy Disks	264
	Dust Scattered Quasars in Distant Radio Galaxies: Clues on the ISM and a Test of the EEP	276
	HST Observations of Stars in the Galactic Halo: Results on Interstellar Dust	283
	The Multiphase Interstellar Medium	292
	Problems with the Diffuse Interstellar Medium	317
	Thermal Instability	328
	Acoustic and Thermoreactive Instabilities in a Photoionized Multiphase Medium	346
	Measuring Spin Temperatures in Other Galaxies: The Mixture of Interstellar Phases	357
	The Hydrodynamics of Shock-Cloud Interactions in the Interstellar Medium	366
	Diffuse Optical Emission Lines as Probes of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Ionizing Radiation	388
	Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Disk-Halo Interface of Spiral Galaxies	398
	Hot ISM in Early Type Galaxies	409
	The Hot ISM of Galaxies	419
	ROSAT Results on Supernova Remnants	432
	New Insights on the Interstellar Medium from the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer	444
	Compact Supernova Remnants and Active Galactic Nuclei	452
	Quasar Absorption Line Studies at High Redshift: Measurements of the Microwave Background and Molecular Hydrogen	463
	Multiphase Gas in Quasar Absorption Systems	468
	Evolution of the Gas and Metal Content of the Universe from z [actual symbol not reproducible] 5 to the Present	478
	Gas at Large Distances from Galaxies and QSO Absorption Lines	488
	Where is the Soft X-Ray Background Coming From?	498
	The Galactic B-Field (GBF)	507
	The Theory of the Galactic Magnetic Field	524
	Cosmic Ray Heating of the Interstellar Gas	545
	The Interaction of Gamma Ray Burster Relativistic Wind with the Interstellar Medium	553
	Search for the Intergalactic Medium	561
	Light Elements and Molecular Evolution in the Post-Recombination Universe	571
	The Physics of the Interstellar Medium and Intergalactic Medium: Conference Summary	582