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Hot Gas and Physical Structure of 30 Dor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Q. Daniel Wang
Q. Daniel Wang*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3112, USA

Abstract

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Recent ROSAT and ASCA X-ray observations as well as HST images have provided new insights into the structure and evolution of the 30 Dor nebula. I review hot gas properties of the nebula and discuss related physical processes. The structure of the nebula can be understood as outflows of hot and HII gases from the parent giant molecular cloud of R136. The dynamic mixing between the two gas phases is likely a key mass loading process of the hot gas, providing a natural explanation of both temperature and density structure of the nebula.

Type
Part 3. Massive Stars and 30 Doradus
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 227 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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