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4.1. Radio continuum and molecular gas in the Galactic center: large-scale structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Yoshiaki Sofue*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan (sofue@mtk.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

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The radio emission from the Galactic Center is a mixture of thermal (free-free) and non-thermal (synchrotron) emissions (Fig. 1a). However, the spectral index in the central 3° region is flat almost everywhere (Sofue 1985), even in regions where strong linear polarization is detected. Therefore, a flat spectrum observed near the galactic center can no longer be taken as an indicator of thermal emission.

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Part II. Nuclear Interstellar Medium
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Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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