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Asymmetric Modes of the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Protostellar Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

James M. Stone
James M. Stone*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421 USA

Abstract

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The results of a detailed analysis of the linear properties, nonlinear growth, and saturation of asymmetric modes of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in cooling protostellar jet beams are summarized. In the linear regime, cooling can significantly alter the growth rate and wavelength of the most unstable mode in comparison to an adiabatic jet. In the nonlinear regime, sinusoidal oscillations at the maximum growth rate lead to distortions that will be observed as ‘wiggles’ or ‘kinks’ in the jet. Strong cooling behind shocks formed in the nonlinear regime can produce emission knots and filaments. In some cases, the modes grow until the jet is disrupted. Distortions in the surface of the jet drive shock spurs into the ambient gas, resulting in longitudinal acceleration. Rapid acceleration and entrainment of ambient gas is also observed if the jet is disrupted.

Type
III. Theoretical Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 182: Herbig-Haro Flows and the Birth of Low Mass Stars , 1997 , pp. 323 - 333
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

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