NASA NTRS · 19910064355
Periodically spaced fragmentation in Orion A
Abstract
Evidence is found for periodic density structure in the highly fragmented interior of the Orion A molecular cloud from analysis of a large scale map of C(O-18) J = 1 - 0 emission. The spatial wavelength is about 1 parsec, and extends at least over 2 degrees along the main filament of Orion A and is also observed in other filamentary structures in Orion. This periodicity in the clumps is a result of externally triggered and magnetically mediated cloud collapse and fragmentation.
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Dutrey, A., Duvert, G., Castets, A., Langer, W. D., Bally, J., Wilson, R. W.. 1991-07-01. Periodically spaced fragmentation in Orion A. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910064355
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