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The evolution of protostellar outflows is investigated under different mass accretion rates in the range $\sim10^{-5}-10^{-2} {\rm M}_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$ with three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. A powerful outflow always appears…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-21 Masahiro N. Machida , Takashi Hosokawa

We study the evolution of the interstellar and circumstellar media around massive stars (M > 40M_{\odot}) from the main sequence through to the Wolf-Rayet stage by means of radiationhydrodynamic simulations. We use publicly available…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. A. Toalá , S. J. Arthur

We propose a model of hard X-ray flares in protostars observed by ASCA satellite. Assuming that the dipole magnetic field of the protostar threads the protostellar disk, we carried out 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. R. Hayashi , K. Shibata , R. Matsumoto

Using a code that employs a self-consistent method for computing the effects of photo-ionization on circumstellar gas dynamics, we model the formation of wind-driven nebulae around massive stars. We take into account changes in stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-22 Vikram V. Dwarkadas

Galaxy-scale outflows of gas, or galactic winds (GWs), driven by energy from star formation are a pivotal mechanism for regulation of star formation in the current model of galaxy evolution. Observations of this phenomenon have proliferated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-14 David S. N. Rupke

The high luminosity of massive, early-type stars drives strong stellar winds through line scattering of the stars continuum radiation. Their momenta contribute substantially to the dynamics and energetics of the ambient interstellar medium…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 Bharti Arora , Michael De Becker , Jeewan C. Pandey

The origin of outflows and their exact impact on disk evolution and planet formation remain crucial open questions. DG Tau B is a Class I protostar associated with a rotating conical CO outflow and a structured disk. Hence it is an ideal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 A. de Valon , C. Dougados , S. Cabrit , F. Louvet , L. A. Zapata , D. Mardones

Young stars are associated with prominent outflows of molecular gas. The ejection of gas via these outflows is believed to remove angular momentum from the protostellar system, thus permitting young stars to grow by accretion of material…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-16 Per Bjerkeli , Matthijs H. D. van der Wiel , Daniel Harsono , Jon P. Ramsey , Jes K. Jørgensen

To test theoretical models of massive star formation it is important to compare their predictions with observed systems. To this end, we conduct CO molecular line radiative transfer post-processing of 3D magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-11 Duo Xu , Jonathan C. Tan , Jan E. Staff , Jon P. Ramsey , Yichen Zhang , Kei E. Tanaka

Wide-angle outflows, or winds, are associated with a broad range of astrophysical systems, including protostars, massive stars, X-ray binaries, tidal disruption events (TDEs), luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs), and starburst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Benjamin Amend , Christopher Lagomarsino , Eric R. Coughlin , Jonathan Zrake

We investigate the morphology of the collision front between the stellar winds of binary components in two long-period binary systems, one consisting of a hydrogen rich Wolf-Rayet star (WNL) and an O-star and the other of a Luminous Blue…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-05-13 Allard Jan van Marle , Rony Keppens , Zakaria Meliani

We continue our numerical analysis of the morphological and energetic influence of massive stars on their ambient interstellar medium for a 35 solar mass star that evolves from the main sequence through red supergiant and Wolf-Rayet phases,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Tim Freyer , Gerhard Hensler , Harold W. Yorke

This brief review describes radio observations of colliding winds in massive stars starting with the first direct observational support for the colliding-wind model advanced in the early 1990's to explain non-thermal radio and thermal X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-20 Sean M. Dougherty

In this paper we analyze multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) water maser observations carried out with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) toward the high-mass star-forming region AFGL 2591. We detected maser emission…

The powerful wind-wind collision in massive star binaries creates a region of high temperature plasma and accelerates particles to relativistic energies. I briefly summarize the hydrodynamics of the wind-wind interaction and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-05-21 J. M. Pittard

Several gamma-ray binaries show extended X-ray emission that may be associated to interactions of an outflow with the medium. Some of these systems are, or may be, high-mass binaries harboring young nonaccreting pulsars, in which the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 V. Bosch-Ramon , M. V. Barkov

We present three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the interaction of a slow wind from an asymptotic giant branch(AGB) star and a jet blown by an orbiting companion. The jet or "Collimated Fast Wind" is assumed to originate from an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Garcia-Arredondo , Adam Frank

The kinematic and radiative power of molecular jets is expected to change as a protostar undergoes permanent or episodal changes in the rate at which it accretes. We study here the consequences of evolving jet power on the spatial and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alexander Rosen , Michael D. Smith

The BN/KL region in the Orion molecular cloud is an archetype in the study of the formation of stars much more massive than the Sun. This region contains luminous young stars and protostars, but it is difficult to study because of overlying…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. J. Greenhill , C. R. Gwinn , C. Schwartz , J. M. Moran , P. J. Diamond

The inner parsec of our Galaxy contains tens of Wolf-Rayet stars whose powerful outflows are constantly interacting while filling the region with hot, diffuse plasma. Theoretical models have shown that, in some cases, the collision of…