The Orion Nebula - Large-scale distribution of far-infrared and submillimeter line emission

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Emission Spectra, Far Infrared Radiation, Interstellar Matter, Orion Nebula, Submillimeter Waves, Carbon, Electron States, Gas Ionization, Molecular Clouds, Radiative Heat Transfer

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Attention is given to the results of a study of radiative cooling in the interstellar clouds of the Orion Nebula through the emission of far-IR and submillimeter radiation. That the gas is 'clumpy' in the ionized region of the nebula is indicated by the far-IR observations of doubly ionized oxygen. With respect to the edges of the ionized region, the excitation temperature for the 3P1 state is 228 K and the observed emission can be plausibly associated with either ionization or shock fronts at the interface between the ionized and neutral region. Consideration is also given to the possibility of an ionized carbon halo, the turbulent state of the molecular cloud, and the need for further laboratory and theoretical analyses.

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