The dynamics of molecular cloud envelopes in a varying ultraviolet radiation field

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Hydrodynamics, Interstellar Gas, Molecular Clouds, Ultraviolet Radiation, Computerized Simulation, Gravitational Effects, Interstellar Extinction, Radiation Distribution, Stellar Envelopes

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Aspects of the dynamics of intermediate-density atomic and molecular gas illuminated by a nonuniform UV radio field are examined. The formation of gas condensation and the development of a large-scale velocity field in shielded regions are studied in a 2D hydrodynamical calculation. Considering the UV intensity map as a parameter and performing the calculations with a Gaussian profile of the UV attenuation and an attenuation factor of 20 at maximum relative to the standard UV intensity leads to a one order of magnitude condensation achieved through a density wave comoving with the UV perturbation. The gas flows through the wave with rest-frame velocities of 0.3-0.8 km/s. Complementary solutions are performed which show the velocity field generated by successive passages of random UV perturbations.

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