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158μm [CII] Images of Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

A. Poglitsch
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik 8046 Garching, West Germany
N. Geis
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik 8046 Garching, West Germany
G. Stacey
Affiliation:
University of California, Dept. of Physics Berkeley, CA, 94720, U.S.A.
J. Jackson
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik 8046 Garching, West Germany
R. Genzel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik 8046 Garching, West Germany
C.H. Townes
Affiliation:
University of California, Dept. of Physics Berkeley, CA, 94720, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We report 55″ resolution images of the 15μm [CII] fine structure line from the spiral galaxies M83, M51, and NGC6946. We drive variations in the global star formation activity within and between these galaxies.

Type
VI- Other Gaseous Components
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991