Discrete clouds of neutral gas between the galaxies M31 and M33

Nature

Volumn 497, Issue 7448, 2013, Pages 224-226

  Wolfe, Spencer A ^a   Pisano, D J ^a   Lockman, Felix J ^b   McGaugh, Stacy S ^c   Shaya, Edward J ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ASTROPHYSICS; CLOUD; CONDENSATION; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; GAS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84877769821     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12082     Document Type: Article

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