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

  • Authors: Shmuel Bialy, Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, Michael M. Foley, João Alves, Vadim A. Semenov, Robert Benjamin, Reimar Leike, and Torsten Enßlin

2021 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 919 L5.

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Caption: Figure 4.

The Per-Tau region in different tracers: (a): Planck’s E(BV) dust (Abergel et al. 2014) and Dame et al. (2001)'s 12CO. 2D projections of the Per-Tau Shell and the Tau Ring models are shown. (b): HI4PI’s H I map (Bekhti et al. 2016). (c): Finkbeiner (2003)'s Hα map. (d): COMPTEL’s 26Al map (1.8 MeV γ-ray; Diehl et al. 1995). (e)–(f): ROSAT’s X-ray 1/4. and 3/4 keV (Snowden et al. 1997; see also Figure 7 for eROSITA’s observations). The H I void and the X-ray emission blob (see also Appendix D) are indicated. The H I void, 26Al, Hα, and X-ray observations suggest recent SN activity in the region (see Section 3.4.2).

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