Yue, Zhenyi https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3431-1150
Ao, Yiping https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3139-2724
Tang, Xindi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-4309
Lu, Xing https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-9305
Gong, Yan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3866-414X
Henkel, Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7495-4005
Funding for this research was provided by:
MOST ∣ National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.12173089)
MOST ∣ National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2022YFA1603101)
STCSM ∣ Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality (No.23ZR1482100)
China Manned Space Program (CMS-CSST-2025-A10)
Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB0800300)
Chinese Academy of Sciences "Light of West China" Program (xbzg-zdsys-202212)
Article Title: What Heats the Dense Gas in the Galactic Center?
Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Publication dates
Date Received: 2026-01-21
Date Accepted: 2026-04-03
Online publication date: 2026-04-27