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| Paper: |
Shocked H_2 in the Orion ``Bullets'' |
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132, Star Formation with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) |
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418 |
| Authors: |
Tedds, Jonathan A.; Brand, Peter W. J. L. |
| Abstract: |
This paper summarises the first results of a detailed observational study of the physics of shocked H_2 excitation and dynamics in the Orion ``bullets'' (Tedds 1996) using the recently upgraded CGS4 near-IR spectrometer at UKIRT. It is very difficult to reconcile any steady-state molecular bow shock model with these observations. We have identified an additional uniform but collisionally broadened background component pervading the region in both Fe^+ and H_2 which is inconsistent with a fluorescent component due to the ionizing radiation of the Trapezium stars alone. |
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