Contraction of the Orion Nebula cluster-molecular cloud A complex

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Nov 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977apj...217..719f&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 217, Nov. 1, 1977, p. 719-723.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Interstellar Gas, Molecular Gases, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Motions, Angular Momentum, Astronomical Maps, Carbon Monoxide, Line Spectra, Orion Constellation, Turbulence

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Observational evidence is presented in support of the view that the width of the molecular lines in Orion is produced by a contraction of the cloud with a velocity directly proportional to the distance from the cloud center. The main support is provided by close agreement between the motions of the cloud and that of the stars embedded in it. A further implication of this agreement is that star formation occurred throughout the Orion cloud, rather than only in the dense center as predicted by the conventional picture of star formation.

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