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VLBA Studies of Molecular Gas toward Centaurus A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Huib Jan van Langevelde
Affiliation:
Joint Inst. for VLBI Europe, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
Anthony Beasley
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM 87801, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We observed the four OH 18 cm transitions against the Cen A VLBI source. With high spatial resolution we detect the same molecular absorption as previously seen with ATCA. Both the excitation and VLBI absorption suggest a cloud size of ≲ 1 pc.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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