Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...219..372d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 219, Jan. 15, 1978, p. 372-380. Research supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tec
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Astrophysics, Nebulae, Quasars, Shock Waves, Continuous Radiation, Galactic Evolution, Ionizing Radiation, Magnetic Effects, Photoionization, Synchrotron Radiation, Thermal Radiation, X Ray Spectra
Scientific paper
A collision between two gas clouds with initial densities of approximately 10 million per cu cm, velocities of about 1000 km/s, and radii of approximately 1 pc is investigated quantitatively by coupling a calculation of the radiation spectrum resulting from the anticipated shock fronts with a computation for the conversion of this high-energy radiation into optical emission in adjacent photoionized regions. The detailed structure of the colliding clouds is discussed, and the effects of an ambient magnetic field are considered. The combined emission-line spectrum is presented along with continuum emission estimates for thermal, synchrotron, and very-high-energy bremsstrahlung mechanisms. It is shown that significant continua can be produced over the range from 300 microns to 3 keV, including a blackbody contribution from a high-density neutral region between the shock fronts, free-free and free-bound radiation from the cooling zones directly behind the shocks, and free-free, free-bound, and two-photon radiation from the photoionized regions immediately ahead of and behind the cooling zones. The theoretical spectrum of the structure resulting from the collision is found to be similar in general and in some details to those observed for typical quasars.
Cox Donald P.
Daltabuit Enrique
MacAlpine Gordon M.
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