“…Theoretically, triggered star formation caused by the compression of the gas due to shock is expected to take place in such a pre-existing dense clump in an H II region. This phenomenon is called radiation-driven implosion (RDI) and detailed model calculations were carried out by several authors (e.g., Bertoldi 1989, Lefloch, Lazareff 1994, Miao et al 2006). Many molecular line and radio continuum observations of BRCs (Lefloch, Lazareff 1995, Lefloch, Lazareff, Castets 1997, De Vries, Narayanan, Snell 2002, Thompson et al 2004a, Thompson et al 2004b, Thompson, White 2004c, Urquhart et al 2006 show that the overall morphology and some physical properties of them are consistent with those of the RDI models.…”