Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1991. 29: 59-88 Copyright © 1991 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved

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KEY WORDS: interstellar dust, interstellar gas

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FAR ULTRAVIOLET BACKGROUND AND GALACTIC PARAMETERS
• DUST SCATTERED GALACTIC RADIATION AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF THE FAR ULTRAVIOLET BACKGROUND
• THE SPECTRUM OF THE FAR ULTRAVIOLET BACKGROUND
• Theoretical Suggestions
• Observational Results
• THE COSMIC BACKGROUND FROM 912 TO 1200 Å
• THE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND AND RELATED EXOTICA
• The Radiative Decay of Massive Neutrinos and Other Particles
• The Far Ultraviolet Background from Galaxies
• Active Galactic Nuclei
• Emission from an Intergalactic Medium
• CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES