19th of June 2015 |
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First Detection of HCO+ Absorption in the Magellanic System |
by James Allison (CASS) |
Murray et al. (2015) present the
first detection of HCO+ absorption in the Magellanic System from
observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). While the
origin and survival of molecules in such a diffuse environment remains unclear,
dynamical events such as HI flows and cloud collisions in this interacting
system likely play an important role. Reference: Murray, Stanimirovic, McClure-Griffiths, Putman, Liszt, Wong, Richter, Dawson, Dickey, Lindner, Babler, and Allison 2015, ApJ, in press |