Major structures of the inner galaxy delineated by 6.7 GHz methanol masers

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 733, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Green, J A ^a   Caswell, J L ^a   McClure Griffiths, N M ^a   Avison, A ^b   Breen, S L ^a   Burton, M G ^c   Ellingsen, S P ^d   Fuller, G A ^b   Gray, M D ^b   Pestalozzi, M ^e   Thompson, M A ^f   Voronkov, M A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e INAF   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; masers; stars: massive

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956307894     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/733/1/27     Document Type: Article

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