The scale height of giant molecular clouds IS less than that of smaller clouds

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 619, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Stark, Antony A ^a   Lee, Youngung ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; ISM: clouds; ISM: molecules

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044431519     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427936     Document Type: Article

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