Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001pasp..113...29o&link_type=abstract
The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 113, Issue 779, pp. 29-40.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
31
Ism: Individual: Name: Orion
Scientific paper
The nature of the structure of the Orion Nebula has become clearer but more complex. Quantitative application of simple photoionization theory has allowed construction of a three-dimensional model of the main ionization front, while high-resolution study of the flow of [O I], [O II], [O III], and [S III] has allowed determination of how this material moves. Material in a ``foreground lid'' of H I is seen in absorption lines in the 21 cm continuum and in optical spectra of Na I and Ca II. There remain many unsolved and possibly basic questions, among them the source of nonthermal broadening of all lines, which carries as much energy as the thermal content of the gas. We have also found that varying amounts of emission-line light scattered by the dust particles immediately behind the main ionization front introduces a nonphotometric scatter of up to 25% in spectral intensities.
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