Detection of shocked atomic gas in the Kleinmann-Low nebula

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Emission Spectra, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Spectra, Line Spectra, Orion Nebula, Signature Analysis, Aerial Photography, Airborne Equipment, Gas Flow, H Ii Regions, Mass Transfer, Spatial Distribution, Stellar Luminosity

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The 63 micrometer (3)p(1)-(3)P(2) fine structure line emission of neutral atomic oxygen at the center of the Orion nebula with a resolution of 30" is presented. There are three main emission peaks. One is associated with the region of strongest thermal radio continuum radiation close to the Trapezium cluster, and probably arises at the interface between the HII region and the dense Orion molecular cloud. The other two line emission peaks, associated with the Kleinmann Low nebula, are similar in both distribution and velocity to those of the 2 micrometer S(1) line of molecular hydrogen and of the high velocity wings of rotational CO emission. The OI emission from the KL nebula can be produced in the shocked gas associated with the mass outflows in this region and is an important coolant of the shocked gas.

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