Slide 1 The Galactic center region Concentrated stars and interstellar matter High energy density (gravity, MHD, kinetic) Strong magnetic field :B ~ mG High external pressure:P/k…

Baryonic Content in the Warm-Hot IGM at Low Redshift George Sonneborn FUSE Project Scientist , NASA/GSFC Mike Shull & Charles Danforth (Univ. Colorado), Warren Moos (Johns…

The Non-Thermal Rotational Distribution of Interstellar H3+ (ApJ, in press ) Takeshi Oka and Erik Epp, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Department of Chemistry,…

Galactic Center Region Concentrated stars and interstellar matter High Energy Density (gravity, MHD, kinetic) Strong magnetic field : B ~ mG High external pressure: P/k @…

Baryonic Content in the Warm-Hot IGM at Low Redshift George Sonneborn FUSE Project Scientist , NASA/GSFC Mike Shull & Charles Danforth (Univ. Colorado), Warren Moos (Johns…

Central Molecular Zone (CMZ): the Treasure House of H3+ Takeshi Oka Thomas R. Geballe Gemini Observatory Miwa Goto Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Tomonori Usuda Subaru…

Hot and Diffuse Gas near the Galactic Center Probed by Metastable H3+ Thomas R. Geballe Gemini Observatory Miwa Goto Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Tomonori Usuda Subaru…