The kinetic temperature of a molecular cloud at redshift 0.9: Ammonia in the gravitational lens PKS 1830-211

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 451-456

  Henkel, C ^a   Braatz, J A ^b   Menten, K M ^a   Ott, J ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: individual: PKS 1830 211; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: spiral; Radio lines: galaxies

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ASTRONOMY; CLOUDS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DENSITY OF GASES; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; LENSES; MOLECULES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIO TELESCOPES;

(PL) PROPERTIES; AMMONIA ABSORPTION; ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; COLUMN DENSITIES; CONTINUUM FLUX; CONTINUUM SOURCES; FLUX DENSITIES; GALACTIC CENTER (GC); GREEN BANK TELESCOPE (GBT); HIGH SENSITIVITY (HS); INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INTERSTELLAR GASES; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM (ISM); KINETIC TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; PKS 1830-211; RADIO CONTINUUM; RED SHIFTING; RED-SHIFTS;

AMMONIA;

EID: 46649101121     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079140     Document Type: Article

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