Molecular Hydrogen Emission from the Inner 400 Parsecs of the Galaxy II. The UV-Excited H_2

Soojong Pak, D. T. Jaffe, L. D. Keller

We have observed near-IR H${}_2$ line emission on large scales in the Galactic center. Paper I discussed our 400 pc long strip map and 50 pc map of the H_2 v=1-0 S(1) line. In this p…