The interstellar N2 abundance towards HD 124314 from far-ultraviolet observations

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6992, 2004, Pages 636-638

  Knauth, David C ^a   Andersson, B G ^a   McCandliss, Stephan R ^a   Moos, H Warren ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; INFRARED RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MOLECULAR CLOUDS; NITROGEN CHEMISTRY;

NITROGEN;

DIAZENYLIUM; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COSMOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CLOUD; DENSITY; FAR ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS PHASE INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY; HD 124314; INTERSTELLAR NITROGEN ABUNDANCE; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLOUD; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 3042676119     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02614     Document Type: Article

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