An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Blowing out of → ionized gas from a → molecular cloud when the → ionization front of an → H II region created by an → embedded  → massive star arrives at the molecular cloud edge. The large → pressure gradient set up between the H II region and the → interstellar medium ejects the ionized material with velocities larger than 30 km/s, in a way comparable to champagne flowing out of a bottle.

Etymology (EN): From a hydrodynamical model first proposed by Guillermo Tenorio-Tagle (1979). Champagne, Fr., short for vin de Champagne “wine from Champagne,” a historical region at northeast France,
from L.L. campania “flat open country,” from L. campus “field;” → effect.