NH3 in the central 10 pc of the galaxy. I. General morphology and kinematic connections between the circumnuclear disk and giant molecular clouds

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 559, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 326-341

  McGary, Robeson S ^a   Coil, Alison L ^b   Ho, Paul T P ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; ISM: clouds; ISM: molecules; Radio lines: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035922270     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322390     Document Type: Article

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