The nature of the molecular environment within 5 parsecs of the Galactic center

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 620, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 287-307

  Herrnstein, Robeson M ^a   Ho, Paul T P ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944372656     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426047     Document Type: Article

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