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Paper: Numerical Methods to Study Triggered Star Formation Around HII Regions
Volume: 444, 5th International Conference of Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM 2010)
Page: 87
Authors: Tremblin, P.; Audit, E.; Minier, V.; Schneider, N.
Abstract: We present an implementation of ionization in order to study triggered star formation at the edge of HII regions. Our module is coupled with the grid-based hydrodynamic code Heracles. The geometry can be either plan-parallel or spheric, in one two or three dimensions. Cooling and heating of the gas due to ionization and recombination is explicitly treated allowing detailed studies of the thermal evolutions of HII regions. We present first tests of our method and discuss the effects of heating and cooling on these simple situations.
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