NH3 in the central 10 parsecs of the Galaxy. II. Determination of opacity for gas with large line widths

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 577, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 757-767

  McGary, Robeson S ^a   Ho, Paul T P ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; ISM: molecules

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042231288     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342233     Document Type: Article

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