Identifying cold clumps in star forming regions with deuterated molecules

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 12-13, 2002, Pages 1155-1159

  Shah, Ronak Y ^a   Wootten, Alwyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterated molecules; Deuterium; Interstellar medium; Star formation

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; IONS; MOLECULES;

INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036817944     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00076-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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