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Title:
Interstellar shock waves
Authors:
McKee, C. F.; Hollenbach, D. J.
Affiliation:
AA(California, University, Berkeley, Calif.), AB(NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.)
Publication:
In: Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics. Volume 18. (A81-20334 07-90) Palo Alto, Calif., Annual Reviews, Inc., 1980, p. 219-262. (Annual Reviews Homepage)
Publication Date:
00/1980
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
GAS EXPANSION, INTERSTELLAR GAS, SHOCK WAVE PROPAGATION, H II REGIONS, INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY, NEBULAE, RADIATIVE TRANSFER, SHOCK FRONTS, SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
Comment:
A&AA ID. AAA028.131.128
DOI:
10.1146/annurev.aa.18.090180.001251
Bibliographic Code:
1980ARA&A..18..219M

Abstract

The structure of interstellar shocks driven by supernova remnants and by expanding H II regions around early-type stars is discussed. Jump conditions are examined, along with shock fronts, post-shock relaxation layers, collisional shocks, collisionless shocks, nonradiative shocks, radiative atomic shocks, and shock models of observed nebulae. Effects of shock waves on interstellar molecules are examined, with reference to the chemistry behind shock fronts, infrared and vibrational-rotational cooling by molecules, and observations of shocked molecules. Some current problems and applications of the study of interstellar shocks are summarized, including the initiation of star formation by radiative shock waves, interstellar masers, the stability of shocks, particle acceleration in shocks, and shocks in galactic nuclei.

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