Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987apj...314...76s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 314, March 1, 1987, p. 76-87.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
5
Cosmic Dust, Far Infrared Radiation, Interstellar Matter, Energy Distribution, H Ii Regions, Infrared Astronomy, Interstellar Gas
Scientific paper
Far-IR and molecular observations of M43 and its neutral environment are presented. Dust particles mixed with plasma, atoms, and molecules of the observed region are found to produce the measured far-IR emissions. M43 and its neutral environment have a simple morphology, consisting primarily of a relatively dust-free H II region and its centrally located exciting star lying next to the dense concentration of neutral material known as the Orion Ridge. The exciting star, NU Ori, is an important source of excitation of the dust associated with M43. Dust mixed with gas lying along or outside the near circular boundary of M43 is important for the energy balance of the M43 region. The amount of far-IR reradiation observed from the central 1 arcmin of M43 is equivalent to only about one percent of the NU Ori luminosity. a fraction implying a small value for the normalized absorption optical depth. This may partly explain why extinction by dust appears to have little effect on the excitation of the M43 plasma.
Harper Doyal A.
Loewenstein Robert F.
Smith Jeffrey J.
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