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Cloud-cloud collision and cluster formation in the W5-NW complex
Namitha Issac, Anindya Saha, Saanika Choudhary, Aakash Chaudhary, Anandmayee Tej, Hong-Li Liu, Tie Liu, Maheswar Gopinathan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07394

Cloud-cloud collision and cluster formation in the W5-NW complex
We present a detailed structural and gas kinematic study of the star-forming complex W5-NW. A cloud-cloud collision scenario unravels with evidences of collision induced star and cluster formation. Various signatures of cloud-cloud collision such as "complementary distribution" and "bridging-features" are explored. At the colliding region, the two clouds have complementary morphologies, where W5-NWb has a filamentary key-like shape which fits into the U-shaped cavity in W5-NWa that behaves like…