Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2004.

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Main Author: Vigil, Miquela, 1981-
Other Authors: Scott Wolk and Tyler Bourke.
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Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28615
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spelling mit-1721.1/286152019-04-10T11:29:03Z Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108 Vigil, Miquela, 1981- Scott Wolk and Tyler Bourke. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2004. "June 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-42). I present 1.2 mm observations of the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108 which reveal the distributions of dust associated with the three regions. The dust emission in RCW 38 exhibits a ring like structure centered around an O-star. A bright knot in the ring was determined to contain 15% of the total dust by mass in the region and roughly coincided with regions of high emission at various infrared wavelengths as well as 6 cm continuum emission. The dust emission in RCW 36 extended along a ridge with a bright clump in the north of the ridge containing 70% of the mass of the entire cluster. The dust emission in RCW 108 is concentrated in a single tight knot with a faint extension to the south. The dust emission is compared to the infrared and radio emissions to attempt to describe the characteristics of possible areas of active star formation. Miquela Vigil. S.M. 2005-09-27T17:19:52Z 2005-09-27T17:19:52Z 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28615 57560440 en_US M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 42 leaves 2137660 bytes 2140295 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Vigil, Miquela, 1981-
Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108
title Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108
title_full Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108
title_fullStr Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108
title_full_unstemmed Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108
title_short Star formation in the HII regions RCW 38, RCW 36, and RCW 108
title_sort star formation in the hii regions rcw 38 rcw 36 and rcw 108
topic Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28615
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