{"paper":{"title":"ALMA observations of molecular absorption in four directions toward the Galactic bulge","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.GA","authors_text":"H. Liszt, M. Gerin","submitted_at":"2017-12-11T17:51:45Z","abstract_excerpt":"Alma Cycle 3 observations showed strong absorption from diffuse molecular gas in the bulge at -200 \\kms\\ $< {\\rm v} < -140$ \\kms\\ toward J1744-3116 (l,b)= (-2.13d,-1d) We aimed to test if bulge molecular gas could also be seen toward the three other sufficiently strong mm-wave sources seen toward the bulgeat $|b| < 3$\\deg We took absorption profiles of \\hcop (1-0) and other species in ALMA Cy 4 toward J1713-3418, J1717-3341, J1733-3722 and J1744-3116. Strong molecular absorption from disk gas at $|\\rmv| \\la 30$ \\kms\\ was detected in all directions, and absorption from the 3 kpc arm was newly d"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1712.03916","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}