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Title: FLUID DYNAMICS OF STELLAR JETS IN REAL TIME: THIRD EPOCH HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGES OF HH 1, HH 34, AND HH 47

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 S. Main, Houston, TX 77521-1892 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0171 (United States)
  3. AWE, Aldermaston, Reading Berkshire, RG7 4PR (United Kingdom)
  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
  5. General Atomics, 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego, CA 92121-1122 (United States)
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We present new, third-epoch Hubble Space Telescope H{alpha} and [S II] images of three Herbig-Haro (HH) jets (HH 1 and 2, HH 34, and HH 47) and compare the new images with those from previous epochs. The high spatial resolution, coupled with a time series whose cadence is of order both the hydrodynamic and radiative cooling timescales of the flow, allows us to follow the hydrodynamic/magnetohydrodynamic evolution of an astrophysical plasma system in which ionization and radiative cooling play significant roles. Cooling zones behind the shocks are resolved, so it is possible to identify which way material flows through a given shock wave. The images show that heterogeneity is paramount in these jets, with clumps dominating the morphologies of both bow shocks and their Mach disks. This clumpiness exists on scales smaller than the jet widths and determines the behavior of many of the features in the jets. Evidence also exists for considerable shear as jets interact with their surrounding molecular clouds, and in several cases we observe shock waves as they form and fade where material emerges from the source and as it proceeds along the beam of the jet. Fine structure within two extended bow shocks may result from Mach stems that form at the intersection points of oblique shocks within these clumpy objects. Taken together, these observations represent the most significant foray thus far into the time domain for stellar jets, and comprise one of the richest data sets in existence for comparing the behavior of a complex astrophysical plasma flow with numerical simulations and laboratory experiments.

OSTI ID:
21578329
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 736, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/736/1/29; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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