Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991a%26a...248l..27g&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 248, no. 2, Aug. 1991, p. L27-L30.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Massive Stars, Molecular Clouds, Shock Wave Propagation, Star Formation, Astronomical Models, Gravitational Collapse, Molecular Gases, Spectral Line Width
Scientific paper
Observations are presented of the OMC1 Ridge (a narrow band of molecular gas containing high-mass embedded sources), in the transitions CN N = 2 - 1, (C-13)O J = 2 - 1 and (C-13)S J = 5 - 4. Variations in velocities and line widths indicate that three distinct regions are present in the area mapped, and that at least one of these is rotating. The resulting shocks when these fragments collided will have compressed the gas to a density of about 10 exp 7-8/cu cm, sufficient to trigger collapse and to explain the presence of high-mass stars at the edges of the cloud fragments, rather than in their cores. These observational results support theoretical predictions of the importance of collisions in star formation.
Greaves Jane S.
White Glenn J.
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