Autonomous Gaussian decomposition of the galactic ring survey: I. Global statistics and properties of the 13CO [CO] emission data

The analysis of large molecular line surveys of the Galactic plane is essential for our understanding of the gas kinematics on Galactic scales and, in particular, its link with the formation and evolution of dense structures in the interstellar medium. An approximation of the emission peaks with Gau...

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Main Authors: Riener, Manuel (Author) , Kainulainen, Jouni (Author) , Beuther, Henrik (Author) , Henshaw, Jonathan D. (Author) , Orkisz, Jan H. (Author) , Wang, Yifei (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Astronomy and astrophysics
Year: 2020, Volume: 633, Pages: 1-25
ISSN:1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201936814
Online Access:Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936814
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Author Notes:M. Riener, J. Kainulainen, H. Beuther, J.D. Henshaw, J.H. Orkisz and Y. Wang

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