Infrared diffuse interstellar bands in the Galactic Centre region

Nature

Volumn 479, Issue 7372, 2011, Pages 200-202

  Geballe, T R ^a   Najarro, F ^b   Figer, D F ^c   Schlegelmilch, B W ^d   De La Fuente, D ^b  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; INFRARED RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLOUD; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ASTRONOMY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; INFRARED RAYS;

CYGNUS;

EID: 80855143656     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10527     Document Type: Article

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