We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) sub-kiloparsec- to kiloparsec-scale resolution observations of the [C
- Award ID(s):
- 1909554
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10289981
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Volume:
- 644
- ISSN:
- 0004-6361
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- A72
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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