Millimeter-wave line ratios and sub-beam volume density distributions

We explore the use of mm-wave emission line ratios to trace molecular gas density when observations integrate over a wide range of volume densities within a single telescope beam. For observations targeting external galaxies, this case is unavoidable. Using a framework similar to that of Krumholz &a...

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Hauptverfasser: Leroy, Adam K. (VerfasserIn) , Bigiel, Frank (VerfasserIn) , Kruijssen, Diederik (VerfasserIn) , Cormier, Diane (VerfasserIn) , Jiménez-Donaire, Maria Jesús (VerfasserIn) , Schinnerer, Eva (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017 January 31
In: The astrophysical journal. Part 2, Letters
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 835, Heft: 2
ISSN:2041-8213
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/217
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/217
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Verfasserangaben:Adam K. Leroy, Antonio Usero, Andreas Schruba, Frank Bigiel, J.M. Diederik Kruijssen, Amanda Kepley, Guillermo A. Blanc, Alberto D. Bolatto, Diane Cormier, Molly Gallagher, Annie Hughes, Maria J. Jiménez-Donaire, Erik Rosolowsky, and Eva Schinnerer

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