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Molecules as probes of star‐forming regions (Review)
Author(s) -
Khersonskii V.K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113100502
Subject(s) - star (game theory) , physics , astronomy , astrophysics , astrobiology
This paper is a brief review of molecular spectroscopy methods for the diagnostics of star‐forming regions. Principal attention is paid to the determination of the kinetic temperature and gas density in dense clouds, the radiation field temperature, the magnetic field, and the spatial and velocity structure of regions of star formation.