The anatomy of the Orion B giant molecular cloud: A local template for studies of nearby galaxies

2016/11/12 by Jérôme Pety, Viviana V. Guzmán, Jan H. Orkisz +12 · 1 citation
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Emission spectrum #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Hydrogen line #Line (geometry) #Millimeter #Molecular cloud #Radiation #Spectral line #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #Star formation #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629862

published as A&A 599, A98 (2017) · 32 pages, 29 PDF figures. Accepted for publication in A&A. Uses aa and natbib latex macros

arxiv created 2016/11/12 · openalex created_date 2016/11/30 · openalex publication_date 2017/01/18 · arxiv updated 2017/03/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Molecular lines and line ratios are commonly used to infer properties of extra-galactic star forming regions. The new generation of millimeter receivers almost turns every observation into a line survey. Full exploitation of this technical advancement in extra-galactic study requires detailed bench-marking of available line diagnostics.

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