Dynamics of wind bubbles and superbubbles. I - Slow winds and fast winds. II - Analytic theory

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Mar 1992

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 388, March 20, 1992, p. 93-126. Research supported by NASA and Harvard-Smit

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Herbig-Haro Objects, Plasma Bubbles, Starburst Galaxies, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Radiation, Stellar Winds, B Stars, Galactic Structure, O Stars, Stellar Evolution

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The paper describes the overall evolution of wind-blown bubbles in a uniform medium from the initial, free-expansion stage to the final stage in which the pressure of the ambient medium is significant. The concepts of slow and fast winds, which naturally arise from consideration of radiative losses at the free-expansion stage, are introduced. The evolution of bubbles in a plane-parallel disk, where the density decreases steeply along a vertical direction, is considered. The questions of when a bubble can break out of a thin galactic disk and how they evolve after the breakout are discussed. After breakout, bubbles can evolve into jets. Steady, collimated jets can form only over a limited range of wind luminosity and Mach number; astronomical jets are likely to be unsteady and/or hydromagnetic. The results are applied to the neutral stellar wind in the HH 7-11 region, to the north polar spur, and to the galactic winds in starburst galaxies. The evolution of wind-blown bubbles in a power-law density distribution is investigated. Characteristic evolutionary time scales, as well as the equation of motion for both the swept-up gas and the wind shock in each evolutionary stage are obtained.

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