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Physical structure of the photodissociation regions in NGC 7023. Observations of gas and dust emission with Herschel

A. Zavagno

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Context. The determination of the physical conditions in molecular clouds is a key step towards our understanding of their formation and evolution of associated star formation. We investigate the density, temperature, and column density of both dust and gas in the photodissociation regions (PDRs) located at the interface between the atomic and cold molecular gas of the NGC 7023 reflection nebula. We study how young stars affect the gas and dust in their environment.
Aims: Several Herschel Space Telescope programs provide a wealth of spatial and spectral information of dust and gas in the heart of PDRs. We focus our study on Spectral and Photometric Image Receiver (SPIRE) Fourier-Transform Spectrometer (FTS) fully sampled maps that allow us for the first time to study the bulk of cool/warm dust and warm molecular gas (CO) together. In particular, we investigate if these populations spatially coincide, if and how the medium is structured, and if strong density and temperature gradients occur, within the limits of the spatial resolution obtained with Herschel.
Methods: The SPIRE FTS fully sampled maps at different wavelengths are analysed towards the northwest (NW) and the east (E) PDRs in NGC 7023. We study the spatial and spectral energy distribution of a wealth of intermediate rotational 12CO 4
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M. Köhler, E. Habart, H. Arab, J. Bernard-Salas, H. Ayasso, et al.. Physical structure of the photodissociation regions in NGC 7023. Observations of gas and dust emission with Herschel. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2014, 569, ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201322711⟩. ⟨hal-03733119⟩
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