How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2

This illustration shows dense gas (green arrows) moving along filaments into a star forming hub. It also shows less dense (blue arrows) gas flowing through the interfilament regions. Observations show that the dense gas moves more quickly than the gas in the interfilament regions. But the less dense gas also plays an important role. It moves more slowly and sideways into the filaments, replenishing their supply. Image Credit: Jihye Hwang/Kyushu University.

Researchers studied gas flows in the Monoceros R2 star forming region to understand how gas is channeled into star forming hubs. By tracing the flow of carbon monoxide, they found that a system of hub-filaments and interfilaments are responsible for feeding gas into star-forming locations. The filaments move most of the gas, but the interfilaments play a role too, especially by feeding more gas into the main filaments.

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