Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...405..216m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 405, no. 1, p. 216-228.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
78
Astronomical Models, H Ii Regions, Interstellar Matter, Line Spectra, Photodissociation, Far Infrared Radiation, Radiative Transfer, Submillimeter Waves
Scientific paper
FIR fine structure line and submillimeter line emissions important in the cooling of photodissociation regions (PDRs) as they would arise in clumpy regions are investigated with a simple two-component model for clumpy PDRs consisting of high-density clumps embedded in a lower density interclump medium. The effects of varying the densities of the clump and interclump material in a self-consistent manner are studied. It is found that, while the clump filling factor moderately affects the penetration of the UV field, the density of the interclump material is the most important factor in determining the penetration of the UV field. Observational evidence for the effects of clumpiness in PDRs is found in the spatially extended C II and C I forbidden line emissions which reveal the extent of the UV penetration, and in the observed high intensities of the high CO transitions which indicate the presence of high-density clumps.
Meixner Matthew
Tielens Alexander G. G. M.
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