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We investigate the Hierarchical Gravitational Fragmentation scenario through numerical simulations of the prestellar stages of the collapse of a marginally gravitationally unstable isothermal sphere immersed in a strongly gravitationally…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-26 Raúl Naranjo-Romero , Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni , Robert M. Loughnane

We compare the properties of shocked gas in Sgr B2 with maps obtained from 3D simulations of a collision between two fractal clouds. In agreement with $^{13}$CO(1-0) observations, our simulations show that a cloud-cloud collision produces a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-25 Wladimir Banda-Barragán , Jairo Armijos-Abendaño , Helga Dénes

To understand the formation of a magnetically dominated molecular cloud out of an atomic cloud, we follow the dynamical evolution of the cloud with a time-dependent axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic code. A thermally stable warm atomic cloud…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Van Loo , S. A. E. G. Falle , T. W. Hartquist , T. J. T. Moore

We construct spherical, hydrostatic models of dense molecular cores and Bok globules consisting of two distinct, spatially separate gas components: a central, isothermal region surrounded by a negative-index, polytropic envelope. The clouds…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Charles L. Curry , Christopher F. McKee

Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and subsequent jet cocoons and outflow bubbles can have a significant impact on star formation in the host galaxy. To investigate feedback physics on small scales, we perform hydrodynamic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-03 Zachary Dugan , Volker Gaibler , Rebekka Bieri , Joseph Silk , Mubdi Rahman

We investigate the hydrodynamics of the interaction of two supersonic winds in binary systems. The collision of the winds creates two shocks separated by a contact discontinuity. The overall structure depends on the momentum flux ratio eta…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Astrid Lamberts , Sebastien Fromang , Guillaume Dubus

The dynamics of the wind-wind collision in massive stellar binaries is investigated using three-dimensional hydrodynamical models which incorporate gravity, the driving of the winds, the orbital motion of the stars, and radiative cooling of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. M. Pittard

A roughly constant temperature over a wide range of densities is maintained in molecular clouds through radiative heating and cooling. An isothermal equation of state is therefore frequently employed in molecular cloud simulations. However,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Pavlovski , M. D. Smith , M. -M. Mac Low

The unique confinement of shock waves inside isolated liquid volumes amplifies the density of shock-liquid interactions. We investigate this universal principle through an interdisciplinary study of shock-induced cavitation inside liquid…

We describe a new numerical 3D relativistic hydrodynamical code, the results of validation tests, and a comparison with earlier, 2D studies. The 3D code has been used to study the deflection and precession of relativistic flows. We find…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Philip A. Hughes , Mark A. Miller , G. Comer Duncan

We present hydrodynamical simulations, using a 2-D two component model (ambient medium and pul sar wind have different specific heat ratios), of bow shocks in a representative regime for pu lsar wind driven bow-shock nebulae. We also…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Bucciantini

The interstellar medium (ISM) is a key ingredient of galaxies and their evolution, consisting of multiphase, turbulent dust and gas. Some of the star-forming regions in our Galaxy originate from cloud-cloud and wind-cloud collisions, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-17 Sebastián Navarrete , Bryan J. Pinargote , Wladimir E. Banda-Barragán

The hydrodynamics for a gas of hard-spheres which sometimes experience inelastic collisions resulting in the loss of a fixed, velocity-independent, amount of energy $\Delta $ is investigated with the goal of understanding the coupling…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 James F. Lutsko

Accumulating observational evidence for a number of radio galaxies suggests an association between their jets and regions of active star formation. The standard picture is that shocks generated by the jet propagate through an inhomogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Chris Fragile , Stephen D. Murray , Peter Anninos , Wil van Breugel

Given the importance of simulating hydromagnetic processes that impact star formation, we have earlier developed a 3D adaptive mesh approach that allows us to include hydromagnetic processes during the formation and evolution of cores,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. F. Duffin , R. E. Pudritz

We present new results characterizing cosmological shocks within adaptive mesh refinement N-Body/hydrodynamic simulations that are used to predict non-thermal components of large-scale structure. This represents the first study of shocks…

Cold clouds in hot media are quickly crushed, shredded, and then accelerated as a result of their interaction with the background gas. The persistence of cold clouds moving at substantial velocities in harsh environments is a common yet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-04 John C. Forbes , Douglas N. C. Lin

Using the adaptive mesh refinement code MG, we perform 3D hydrodynamic simulations of a supernova-cloud interaction in the "large cloud regime". The cloud is initially atomic and evolving due to the thermal instability (TI) and gravity. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-16 M. M. Kupilas , J. M. Pittard , C. J. Wareing , S. A. E. G. Falle

We simulate the collapse of a turbulent gas cloud with the particle-based code Gadget2. We choose two sub-clouds, formed by those particles located around the centers $\vec{r}_L$ and $\vec{r}_R$ and within the radii $r_L$ and $r_R$,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Guillermo Arreaga-Garcia

The similarities, or otherwise, of a shock or wind interacting with a cloud of density contras t$ \chi = 10$ were explored in a previous paper. Here, we investigate such interactions with clouds of higher density contrast. We compare the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-16 K. J. A. Goldsmith , J. M. Pittard