Globules and pillars in Cygnus X

We performed a PDR analysis using the KOSMA-{tau}PDR code for one position in the head and one in the tail. The observed FIR lines in the head can be reproduced with a two-component model: an extended, non-clumpy outer PDR shell and a clumpy, dense, and thin inner PDR layer, representing the interface between the HII region cavity and the external PDR. The modelled internal UV field of ~2500Go is similar to what we obtained from the Herschel FIR fluxes, but lower than what we estimated from the census of the embedded stars.

External illumination from the ~30pc distant Cyg OB2 cluster, producing an UV field of ~150-600Go as an upper limit, is responsible for most of the [CII] emission. For the tail, we modelled the emission with a non-clumpy component, exposed to a UV-field of around 140Go.