The spiral structure of the outer milky way in hydrogen

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5781, 2006, Pages 1773-1777

  Levine, E S ^a   Blitz, Leo ^a   Heiles, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GASES; HYDROGEN; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES;

MILKY WAY; NEUTRAL HYDROGEN; PITCH ANGLES; SPIRAL STRUCTURES;

GALAXIES;

HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN; LOCATION DECISION; PERTURBATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 33745484288     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1128455     Document Type: Article

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