Molecular gas kinematics within the central 250 pc of the Milky Way

Using spectral line observations of HNCO, N2H+, and HNC, we investigate the kinematics of dense gas in the central ∼250 pc of the Galaxy. We present scouse (Semi-automated multi-COmponent Universal Spectral-line fitting Engine), a line-fitting algorithm designed to analyse large volumes of spectral...

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Hauptverfasser: Henshaw, Jonathan D. (VerfasserIn) , Kruijssen, Diederik (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 12 February 2016
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 457, Heft: 3, Pages: 2675-2702
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stw121
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw121
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Verfasserangaben:J.D. Henshaw, S.N. Longmore, J.M.D. Kruijssen, B. Davies, J. Bally, A. Barnes, C. Battersby, M. Burton, M.R. Cunningham, J.E. Dale, A. Ginsburg, K. Immer, P.A. Jones, S. Kendrew, E.A.C. Mills, S. Molinari, T.J.T. Moore, J. Ott, T. Pillai, J. Rathborne, P. Schilke, A. Schmiedeke, L. Testi, D. Walker, A. Walsh and Q. Zhang

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