Giant molecular clouds in the Galaxy. I - The axisymmetric distribution of H2

• 1 January 1984
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 276, 182-203
• https://doi.org/10.1086/161602

Abstract

Keywords

• CARBON MONOXIDE
• HYDROGEN
• INTERSTELLAR GAS
• MASS DISTRIBUTION
• MILKY WAY GALAXY
• MOLECULAR CLOUDS
• DISK GALAXIES
• EARLY STARS
• GALACTIC ROTATION
• GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE
• SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
• STELLAR EVOLUTION