Evidence for an X-ray-emitting galactic bulge: Shadows cast by distant molecular gas

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 476, Issue 2 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Park, Sangwook ^a   Finley, John P ^a   Snowden, S L ^b   Dame, T M ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; ISM: structure; X rays: galaxies; X rays: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744435231     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310501     Document Type: Article

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