Radio recombination lines from inner galaxy diffuse gas. II. The extended low-density warm ionized medium and the "worm-ionized medium"

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 466, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 191-223

  Heiles, Carl ^a   Reach, William T ^b   Koo, Bon Chul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; H II regions; ISM: bubbles; ISM: structure; Radiative transfer; Radio continuum: ISM; Radio lines: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344453943     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177503     Document Type: Article

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