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Sep 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...415..204w&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 415, no. 1, p. 204-217.
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Emission Spectra, Gas Jets, Herbig-Haro Objects, Interstellar Chemistry, Interstellar Gas, Molecular Spectra, Astronomical Models, Hydrogen, Line Spectra
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We present time-dependent models of the chemistry and temperature of interstellar molecular gas clumps that are exposed to the radiation from propagating stellar-jet shocks. The X-ray, EUV, and FUV radiation from the shock initiates ion chemistry and also heats the gas in the clumps. Using representative parameters, we show that, on the shock transit time between the clumps, the abundances of the ionized molecular species that are produced in the clumps can exceed the values determined from steady state models by several orders of magnitude. Collisional excitation by the heated gas can lead to measurable line emission from several ionized species; as in previous investigations of X-ray-irradiated molecular gas, we find that electron impacts contribute significantly to this process. We apply these results to the interpretation of the HCO(+) line emission that has already been detected in several Herbig-Haro objects. We demonstrate that this picture provides a natural explanation of the fact that the line intensity typically peaks ahead of the associated shock, as well as of the reported low line-center velocities and narrow line widths. We tabulate several diagnostic line intensities of HCO(+) and other molecular species that may be used to infer the physical conditions in the emitting gas.
Koenigl Arieh
Wolfire Mark G.
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