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The Per-Tau Shell: A Giant Star-forming Spherical Shell Revealed by 3D Dust Observations

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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 919, 期 1, 页码 -

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IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac1f95

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  1. Institute for Theory and Computations (ITC) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  2. NSF grant [OAC-1739657, CDSE:AAG-1908419]

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Recent advances in 3D dust mapping are changing our understanding of the structure of the interstellar medium, revealing the structure of a nearby star-forming region and well-known molecular clouds. The study found the Per-Tau Shell and Tau Ring, proposing a formation scenario and supporting it with various observations.
A major question in the field of star formation is how molecular clouds form out of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). Recent advances in 3D dust mapping are revolutionizing our view of the structure of the ISM. Using the highest-resolution 3D dust map to date, we explore the structure of a nearby star-forming region, which includes the well-known Perseus and Taurus molecular clouds. We reveal an extended near-spherical shell, 156 pc in diameter (hereafter called the Per-Tau Shell), in which the Perseus and Taurus clouds are embedded. We also find a large ring structure at the location of Taurus (hereafter called the Tau Ring). We discuss a formation scenario for the Per-Tau Shell, in which previous stellar and supernova feedback events formed a large expanding shell, where the swept-up ISM has condensed to form both the shell and the Perseus and Taurus molecular clouds within it. We present auxiliary observations of H i, H alpha, Al-26, and X-rays that further support this scenario, and estimate the Per-Tau Shell's age to be approximate to 6-22 Myrs. The Per-Tau shell offers the first 3D observational view of a phenomenon long-hypothesized theoretically, molecular cloud formation and star formation triggered by previous stellar and supernova feedback.

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