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Panel Discussion: The Statistical Accuracy of Global Molecular Gas Mass Determinations for Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

N.A. Devereux  and
J.S. Young
N.A. Devereux
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
J.S. Young
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

Abstract

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Empirical evidence is presented supporting the use of a constant Galactic CO-H2 conversion factor to derive global H2 masses for luminous spirals which are accurate to +/−30%.

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Panel Discussion
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 146: Dynamics of Galaxies and their Molecular Cloud Distributions , 1991 , pp. 232 - 234
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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