AST201H1 Lecture Notes - Protostar, Hydrostatic Equilibrium, Orion Nebula
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13 Oct 2012
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In infrared we can see past the dust and see that behind dark regions there are lots of stars seeing what lies behind it: any longer wavelength will go over that dust. Short wavelength ligh will not pass but longer will. Star nurseries: orion constellation, orion nebula in visible light, colours added later and correspond to emission of different spectral lines. In infrared light we see that a very young cluster is embedded in the gas. If you have dust clouds that block light, then inside thick dust clouds there should be no light at all. Pressure decreases because of slow movement: gravity wins! Fragmentation of a cloud: this simulation begins with a turbulent cloud containing 50 solar masses of gas, initial cloud not uniform (greater densities in some area) If it got a little cooler, the pressure inside would fall and gravity would win ten new star.
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