A new estimate of the mass of molecular gas in the Galaxy and its implications

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Aug 1986

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Royal Society (London), Philosophical Transactions, Series A (ISSN 0080-4614), vol. 319, no. 1547, Aug. 28, 1986, p. 249-289. SE

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Abundance, Chemical Composition, Hydrogen, Interstellar Gas, Line Spectra, Molecular Clouds, Calibrating, Carbon Monoxide, Metallicity, Spatial Distribution, Virial Coefficients

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The amount of gas in the Galaxy and its distribution, both in space and between its various components, are among the 'constants' of the Galaxy. The 21 cm hydrogen-line observations have led to a rather precise derivation of the distribution of atomic hydrogen (H I), but the way in which the important, clumpy, molecular hydrogen (H2) is distributed has been the subject of much discussion; it is this component that is the principal concern of the present work. The authors have examined a variety of data, including that from cosmic γ-rays, X-rays, infrared and millimetre-wave astronomy to compute the manner in which the surface density of H2 varies with Galactocentric distance. The conclusion is that, in the inner Galaxy, the surface density is much less than previously thought. The total mass of H2 in the inner Galaxy is estimated to be ca. 6.1×108M_sun;, a value only some 60% of that in atomic hydrogen.

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