Physical properties and galactic distribution of molecular clouds identified in the galactic ring survey

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 723, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 492-507

  Roman Duval, Julia ^a,b   Jackson, James M ^a   Heyer, Mark ^c   Rathborne, Jill ^d,e   Simon, Robert ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; ISM: clouds; Molecular data

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249258363     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/723/1/492     Document Type: Article

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