Modeling interstellar bubbles: near and far

Verdolini, S. (2014)

Doctoral Thesis

In this work, I study the twofold investigation of the interaction of massive stars with their surroundings: I have analyzed observations of emission lines in H II regions to determine the physical conditions surrounding the formation of massive stars both in the near and far Universe; and I have studied the hydrodynamical evolution of these regions numerically. I developed and tested a radiative transfer code as implemented in the hydrodynamic code FLASH. I used the code to study the hydrodynamical evolution and resulting X-ray emission of a prototypical UltraCompact H II region.

• Analytical and numerical methods
• Hydrodynamics
• High-mass stars
• Interstellar bubbles
• Interstellar medium
• High-redshift galaxies
• emission lines
• H II regions

• All authors: Verdolini, S.
• Supervisor: Tielens, A.G.G.M.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Faculty of Science, Leiden University
• Date: 2014-02-20
• ISBN (print): 9789462590656