Molecular loops in the galactic center: Evidence for magnetic flotation

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5796, 2006, Pages 106-109

  Fukui, Yasuo ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Fujishita, Motosuji ^a   Kudo, Natsuko ^a   Torii, Kazufumi ^a   Nozawa, Satoshi ^b   Takahashi, Kunio ^c,d   Matsumoto, Ryoji ^e   Machida, Mami ^c   Kawamura, Akiko ^a   Yonekura, Yoshinori ^f   Mizuno, Norikazu ^a   Onishi, Toshikazu ^a   Mizuno, Akira ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTIC CENTER; MAGNETIC FLOTATION; MOLECULAR GASES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC SPACE; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 33749633906     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130425     Document Type: Article

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27. We thank all of the members of the laboratory who contributed to these observations at Las Campanas Observatory (LCO). We appreciate the hospitality of all the staff members of LCO of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW). This project is based on a mutual agreement between Nagoya University and the CIW. We also acknowledge that the operation of NANTEN is made possible by contributions from many Japanese public donators and companies. This work was financially supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan and from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.