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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2017
An analysis of fluctuations in the brightness of the Milky Way using the concept that interstellar matter occurs in the form of discrete clouds was first applied by Ambarzumian (1940, 1944). This theory was formulated in a general way and discussed in great detail in a series of papers by Chandrasekhar and Münch (1950a, 1950b, 1951, 1952), by Münch and Chandrasekhar (1952), and by Limber (1953). More recently Peters (1970) presented an analysis of this kind based on extensive photographic observational material. Although the influence of clumpiness of the dust distribution on the mean integrated starlight was thoroughly discussed in these papers, it has not been properly included in most of the photometric models of the Galaxy. Only the models of Caplan and Grec (1979) and Mattila (1980a, 1980b) incorporate these effects.