SOFIA FEEDBACK Survey: The Eagle Nebula in [C II] and Molecular Lines

Ramsey L. Karim, Marc W. Pound, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens +15

We characterize the physical conditions and energy budget of the M16 H II region using SOFIA FEEDBACK observations of the [C II] 158 $\hat{I}¼$m line. The O stars in the $\sim 10^{4}~{\r…