Physics
Scientific paper
May 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sciam.240...54g&link_type=abstract
Scientific American, vol. 240, May 1979, p. 54-67.
Physics
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Carbon Monoxide, Galactic Structure, Interstellar Gas, Milky Way Galaxy, Cloud Physics, Interstellar Chemistry, Spiral Galaxies, Stellar Motions
Scientific paper
The exploration of the invisible structural features of the Milky Way is examined using studies of radio waves emitted by interstellar molecules of carbon monoxide. The emission process of the carbon monoxide molecule is considered, as is its principal energy storing activity in dark clouds. Carbon monoxide diagrams are compared with hydrogen diagrams, indicating that in the interstellar gas molecular hydrogen is about 10,000 times more abundant than carbon monoxide, the next most abundant molecule. Various models are taken into account, including one containing some hundreds of thousands clouds, each having a diameter of 50 light years. It is concluded that the studies have established important constraints for star formation in the optically inaccessible inner regions of the galaxy.
Burton William Butler
Gordon Mark A.
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