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dc.contributor.author | Dwarakanath, K.S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Goss, W.M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhao, J.H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lang, Cornelia C. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2005-12-26T08:35:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2005-12-26T08:35:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 2004, Vol. 25, p129-141. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0250-6335 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/851 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We have imaged a region of ~5 extent surrounding Sgr A* in the HI 21 cm-line absorption using the Very Large Array. A Gaussian decomposition of the optical depth spectra at positions within ~2(~5 pcat 8.5 kpc) of Sgr A* detects a wide linw underlying the many narrow absorption lines. The wide line has a mean peak optical depth of 0.32 ± 0.12 centered at a mean velocity of Vlsr = -4 ± 15 km s-1. The mean full width half maximum is 119 ± 42 km s-1. Such a wide line is absent in the spectra at positions beyond ~2 from Sgr A*. The position-velocity diagrams do not reveal any diffuse feature which could be attributed to a large number of HI clouds along the line of sight to Sgr A*. Consequently, the wide line has no implications either to a global population of shocked HI clouds in the Galaxy or to the energetics of the interstellar medium as was earlier thought. | en |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
dc.rights | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
dc.subject | Galaxy | en |
dc.subject | Nucleus—radiolines | en |
dc.subject | ISM | en |
dc.title | On the origin of the wide HI absorption line towards Sgr A* | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (A&A) |
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