Odin observations of the Galactic centre in the 118-GHz band: Upper limit to the O2 abundance

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 482, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 849-853

  Sandqvist, Aa ^a   Larsson, B ^a   Hjalmarson, A ^b   Bergman, P ^b   Bernath, P ^c   Frisk, U ^d   Olberg, M ^b   Pagani, L ^e   Ziurys, L M ^f  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; ISM: abundances; ISM: clouds; ISM: individual objects: Sgr A; ISM: molecules

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FREQUENCY BANDS; GALAXIES; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; TELESCOPES;

CIRCUMNUCLEAR DISK; GALACTIC CENTRE; ODIN SATELLITE;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 42449151821     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809436     Document Type: Article

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