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The Gas-to-Dust Ratio in the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

F. J. Kerr  and
G. R. Knapp
F. J. Kerr
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, Md., U.S.A.
G. R. Knapp
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, Md., U.S.A.

Abstract

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We have investigated the gas-to-dust ratio in the Galaxy by comparing 21-cm Hicolumn densities with the color excesses of globular clusters. We find a constant gas-to-reddening ratio in interstellar clouds and the intercloud medium. This ratio is also independent of galactic latitude.

Type
Part 1: The Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 60: Galactic Radio Astronomy , 1974 , pp. 179 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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