ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] A prodigious reservoir of dense molecular gas ( 5 x 107 M0) is concentrated in a flattened layer occupying the central few hundred parsecs of our Galaxy12"14 (Fig. 1). This central molecular zone (CMZ) is an active region of star formation4, with massive star-forming molecular clouds, copious ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/382602a0
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