| Issue |
A&A
Volume 503, Number 2, August IV 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 477 - 482 | |
| Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912238 | |
| Published online | 23 June 2009 | |
The angular momentum of condensations within elephant trunks
1
Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. 70-468, 04510, D.F México
2
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. 70-543, 04510, D.F México e-mail: raga@nucleares.unam.mx
Received:
31
March
2009
Accepted:
22
May
2009
Aims. The radiation from newly born stars photoevaporates their parental neutral cloud, leading to the formation of dense clumps that will eventually form stars.
Methods. We present 3D simulations of the interaction of a neutral cloud with an external ionising radiation field, and compute the angular momenta of these collapsing clumps.
Results. The angular momenta of these collapsing clumps show that they have preferential orientations mostly perpendicular to the direction of the incident ionising photon field. Therefore, the axes of the jet systems that will be eventually ejected (from the star + accretion disk systems that will form) will be oriented approximately perpendicular to the direction to the photoionising source.
Key words: ISM: kinematics and dynamics / ISM: clouds / ISM: HII regions / stars: formation
© ESO, 2009
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