The mid-infrared colors of the interstellar medium and extended sources at the galactic center

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 682, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 384-399

  Arendt, R G ^a,b   Stolovy, S R ^c   Ramirez S V ^d   Sellgren, K ^e   Cotera, A S ^f   Law, C J ^g,h   Yusef Zadeh, F ^g   Smith, H A ⁱ   Gezari, D Y ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Galaxy: center; Infrared: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749089851     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589635     Document Type: Article

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