A 100pc elliptical and twisted ring of cold and dense molecular clouds revealed by herschel around the galactic center

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 735, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Molinari, S ^a   Bally, J ^b   Noriega Crespo, A ^c   Compiegne M ^c   Bernard, J P ^d   Paradis, D ^d   Martin, P ^e   Testi, L ^f,g   Barlow, M ^h   Moore, T ⁱ   Plume, R ^j   Swinyard, B ^h,k   Zavagno, A ^l   Calzoletti, L ^m   Di Giorgio, A M ^a   Elia, D ^a   Faustini, F ^m   Natoli, P ^m,n   Pestalozzi, M ^a   Pezzuto, S ^a   Piacentini, F ^o   Polenta, G ^m   Polychroni, D ^a   Schisano, E ^a   Traficante, A ^p   Veneziani, M ^o   Battersby, C ^b   Burton, M ^q   Carey, S ^c   Fukui, Y ^r   Li, J Z ^s   Lord, S D ^t   Morgan, L ⁱ   Motte, F ^u   Schuller, F ^v   Stringfellow, G S ^b   Tan, J C ^w   Thompson, M A ^x   Ward Thompson, D ^y   White, G ^k,z   Umana, G ^aa   more..

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^l AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^m ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^o SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^r NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^t CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^u STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^v MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^y CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^z OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^aa INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Galaxy: center; ISM: clouds; stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960906257     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/735/2/L33     Document Type: Article

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