Detection of H3+ in the diffuse interstellar medium toward Cygnus OB2 No. 12

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5358, 1998, Pages 1910-1913

  McCall, B J ^a   Geballe, T R ^b   Hinkle, K H ^c   Oka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; PROTON; MONOVALENT CATION; TRITIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; MATHEMATICS; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

ASTRONOMY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; COSMIC DUST; COSMIC RADIATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; TEMPERATURE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032549180     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5358.1910     Document Type: Article

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