Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997mnras.290..431s&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 290, Issue 3, pp. 431-438.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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H Ii Regions, Ism: Individual: Ngc 2024, Ism: Jets And Outflows, Radio Continuum: Ism, Radio Lines: Ism
Scientific paper
We present 1-arcmin resolution radio images of the Galactic H ii region NGC 2024 made at 0.33 and 10.55 GHz. These are the highest dynamic range images of the nebula to date. The peak brightness in the 0.33-GHz radio continuum image indicates that the electron temperature is 6800-7600 K. The images clarify the structure of a thermal plume that is directed north from the H ii region and opposite to a unipolar molecular outflow found in the molecular cloud near the H ii region. We report the detection of H91alpha recombination lines from the plume: these data confirm that the plume is blueshifted relative to the molecular cloud. Finally, we discuss the relative merits of three possible explanations for the plume: that the plume results from the blueshifted counterjet to the CO outflow; that the plume is the continuation of the champagne flow observed in the denser parts of the H ii region; and that the plume is produced by the photoevaporation of molecular clumps apparent in a ^13CO map of the region.
Barnes Peter J.
Goss William Miller
Megeath Thomas S.
Subrahmanyan Ravi
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