19-cm VLA observations of OH towards the galactic centre absorption and emission in the four ground-state OH lines

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 403, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1011-1021

  Karlsson, R ^a   Sjouwerman, L O ^b,c   Sandqvist, Aa ^a   Whiteoak, J B ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM OBSERVATORY   (Sweden)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; ISM: clouds; ISM: individual objects; Masers; Sgr A ISM: molecules; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; INTERFEROMETERS; MASERS; VELOCITY;

GALACTIC CENTRE; HIGH NEGATIVE VELOCITY GAS; VERY LARGE ARRAY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0038131752     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030309     Document Type: Article

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