On the structure of giant HII regions and HII galaxies

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2006-10-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610533v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, to be published in Proceedings IAU Symposium 237 "Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM", eds. B.G. Elmegreen &

Scientific paper

10.1017/S1743921307001536

We review the structural properties of giant extragalactic HII regions and HII galaxies based on two dimensional hydrodynamic calculations, and propose an evolutionary sequence that accounts for their observed detailed structure. The model assumes a massive and young stellar cluster surrounded by a large collection of clouds. These are thus exposed to the most important star-formation feedback mechanisms: photoionization and the cluster wind. The models show how the two feedback mechanisms compete with each other in the disruption of clouds and lead to two different hydrodynamic solutions: The storage of clouds into a long lasting ragged shell that inhibits the expansion of the thermalized wind, and the steady filtering of the shocked wind gas through channels carved within the cloud stratum that results into the creation of large-scale superbubbles. Both solutions are here claimed to be concurrently at work in giant HII regions and HII galaxies, causing their detailed inner structure. A full description of the calculations can be found in The Astrophysical Journal 643, 186. Animated version of the models presented can be found at http://www.iaa.csic.es/\~{}eperez/ssc/ssc.html.

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