Velocity split along the Rho Ophiuchi streamer (north) - Spinning streamer as 'angular momentum drain' from massive cloud of active star-formation

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Angular Momentum, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Ophiuchi Clouds, Star Formation, Carbon Monoxide, Infrared Sources (Astronomy), Red Shift, Spatial Distribution, Star Formation Rate

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It has been found from C-130 observations using the Nagoya 4-m telescope that the blue- and redshifted contours (e.g., VLSR + or - 0.5 km/s) in the p Oph streamer (north) are systematically separated from each other, with blue on the north-west side and red on the south-east side of the curved axis of the streamer, respectively. The interpretation presented here is that the streamer is spinning around its axis. A picture is proposed in which the streamer is a drain through which the angular momentum is carried away from a massive cloud of active star formation by the magnetic twist. This draining allows the star-formation process in the massive cloud to occur with an enhanced rate.

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