Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982nyasa.395...32s&link_type=abstract
(NASA, National Science Foundation, New York Academy of Sciences, et al., Symposium on the Orion Nebula to Honor Henry Draper, N
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
22
Carbon Monoxide, Molecular Clouds, Orion Nebula, Shock Waves, Stellar Evolution, Astronomical Maps, H Ii Regions, Interstellar Gas, Line Spectra, Neutral Gases
Scientific paper
The effects of the expansion of an H II region on a molecular cloud are both discussed and sought in the molecular cloud surrounding the Orion Nebula, where two regions exhibiting evidence for shocks associated with this expansion are noted. The present appearance of the molecular gas supports the traditional concept of the evolution of the Orion Nebula, although this evolution has been more complex than that supposed by the classical view of the expansion of a uniform H II region into a uniform, neutral cloud. Inhomogeneities observable elsewhere in the cloud have allowed the H II region to break through the edge of the neutral cloud and expand freely, in directions which possess little molecular material. Speculations are also presented concerning the relationship between the shocks and star formation.
Loren Robert B.
Schloerb Peter F.
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