Observation of OH Absorption Lines in the Radio Spectrum of the Galactic Centre

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Jan 1964

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Nature, Volume 201, Issue 4916, pp. 279 (1964).

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THE first detection of the 18-cm lines of the OH radical was recently reported by Weinreb, Barrett, Meeks and Henry1. The lines were observed in absorption in the spectrum of Cassiopeia A at frequencies agreeing closely with laboratory values. Optical depths of 0.016 and 0.010 were measured corresponding to values of ~ 3 for hydrogen lines with the same radial velocities. As the optical depth of the zero-velocity hydrogen line in the galactic centre source (Sagittarius A) is also of the order of 3 and its line width is greater than those in Cassiopeia A, it appeared that we might be able to confirm the results given in ref. 1 with easily improvised equipment.

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