Hydrogen recombination lines near 327 MHZ. III. Physical properties and origin of the low-density ionized gas in the inner galaxy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 557, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 226-239

  Roshi, D Anish ^a,b   Anantharamaiah, K R ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: general; H II regions; ISM: clouds; ISM: general; ISM: Structure; Radio lines: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035839376     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321586     Document Type: Article

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