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Jan 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...349..120s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 349, Jan. 20, 1990, p. 120-125.
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Astronomical Spectroscopy, H Ii Regions, Ionized Gases, Orion Nebula, Emission Spectra, Interstellar Extinction, Spatial Distribution, Ultraviolet Radiation
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The results of spectroscopy of the 3.3 micron feature, H2 emission, P-alpha, and Br-alpha, obtained along a line perpendicular to the Orion ionization front, are presented. The intensity of the 3.3 micron feature reaches a maximum between the ionization front and the H2 peak. The 3.33 micron spatial distribution appears to be due to destruction of the emitting material within the H II region and extinction of the exciting radiation between the edge of the H II region and the H2 peak, resulting in a maximum between the ionization front and the H2 peak. The H2 peak is consistent with either being due to a shock front or being due to UV-pumped fluorescence from dense clumps of H2. The width of the 3.3 micron feature observed at high spectral resolution is constant in regions of varying UV flux. It is suggested that the strength of the UV field is not the cause of the variations in the 3.3 micron feature width observed in other sources, but rather that these variations are caused by a compositional change related to the age of the emitting material.
Nakada Yoshikazu
Sellgren Kris
Tokunaga Alan T.
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