Abstract
Models are calculated for the structure and infrared line emission from a dense interstellar gas cloud containing a compact X-ray source. For constant gas pressure models, the resulting structure consists of nested spherical shells containing, respectively, coronal gas at T>10/sup 6/ K, an H II region with Tapprox.10/sup 4/ K, and H I region with Tapprox.8000 K, and finally an H/sub 2/ region with T<5000 K. Scaling laws are given for the locations of the transitions. Approximately 10% of the X-ray luminosity absorbed in the H/sub 2/ region is converted into infrared emission lines that may be observable. Line ratios are predicted.
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