Gas Density, Stability, and Starbursts Near the Inner Lindblad Resonance of the Milky Way

• Main Authors: Stark, A A, Martin, C L, Walsh, W M, Xiao, K, Lane, A P, Walker, C K
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Astrophysics and Astronomy; Antarctic; Milky Way; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://cds.cern.ch/record/735486

A key project of the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO) reported by Martin et al. (2004) is the mapping of CO J=4-3 and J=7-6 emission from the inner Milky Way, allowing determination of gas density and temperature. Galactic center gas that Binney et al. (1991) identif...