NASA NTRS · 19840053530
The Kleinmann-Low nebula - An infrared cavity
Abstract
High resolution 20-30 micron IR continuum emission observations of the Orion-KL region, combined with the recent 3.8-micron polarization results of Werner et al. (1983), yield a self-consistent model of the central 30 arcsec of the nebula. In this model, the geometry of the KL nebula is that of a clumpy cavity rather than that of a number of isolated objects. The cavity is centered on IRc2, which is confirmed to be the source of nearly all the region's luminosity. The model which best fits all the IR and radio data implies that the other peaks in th KL nebula are irregularities in the material at the edge and surrounding the cavity, rather than individual self-luminous sources.
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Becklin, E. E., Wynn-Williams, C. G., Genzel, R., Downes, D.. 1984-06-01. The Kleinmann-Low nebula - An infrared cavity. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840053530
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