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| Paper: |
Physical Properties of Molecular Clouds as Revealed by NANTEN CO Survey: From the Galactic Center to the Galactic Warp |
| Volume: |
317, Milky Way Surveys: The Structure and Evolution of Our Galaxy |
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59 |
| Authors: |
Mizuno, A.; Fukui, Y. |
| Abstract: |
We have been carrying out a CO J = 1 → 0 large-scale survey of molecular gas along the galactic plane with NANTEN radio telescope at Las Campanas observatory, Chile since 1996. More than 1,100,000 spectra have been obtained at a 4′ grid spacing for |b| ≤ 5° and at a 8′ grid spacing for 10° > |b| > 5°, respectively. In addition to having obtained a considerably improved dataset for the CO clouds in the galactic disk, we have revealed new features outside the disk including molecular supershells, some peculiar off-plane structures in the galactic center region, and distant molecular clouds located in the galactic warp. I will briefly review some of the notable topics of the NANTEN CO galactic plane survey. |
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