Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-03-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
31 pages, 10 figures (see higher resolution figures in: http://www.iagusp.usp.br/~dalpino/mhd-jets/apj0301.tar.gz), ApJ in pre
Scientific paper
10.1086/322245
(Abridged) We here investigate, by means of fully 3-D Smoothed Particle Magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulations, the effects of magnetic fields on overdense, radiatively cooling, pulsed jets, using different initial magnetic field topologies and strengths ($B \simeq 260 \mu$G-0). The relative differences that have been previously detected in 2-D simulations involving distinct magnetic field configurations are diminished in the 3-D flows. While the presence of toroidal magnetic components can modify the morphology close to the jet head inhibiting its fragmentation in the early jet evolution, as previously reported in the literature, the impact of the pulsed-induced internal knots causes the appearance of a complex morphology at the jet head (as required by the observations of H-H jets) even in the MHD jet models with toroidal components. The detailed structure and emission properties of the internal working surfaces can be also significantly altered by the presence of magnetic fields. The increase of the magnetic field strength improves the jet collimation, and amplifies the density (by factors up to 1.4, and 4) and the H\alpha$ intensity (by factors up to 4, and 5) behind the knots of jets with helical field and $\beta \simeq 1-0.1$ (respectively), relative to a non magnetic jet. As a consequence, the corresponding $I_{[SII]}}/I_{H}\alpha}$ ratio (which is frequently used to determine the excitation level of HH objects) can be decreased in the MHD models with toroidal components relative to non-magnetic calculations. We also find that the helical mode of the K-H instability can be triggered in MHD models with helical magnetic fields, causing some jet wiggling. No evidence for the formation of the nose cones is found in the 3-D flows, nor even in the $\beta \simeq 0.1$ case.
Cerqueira Adriano H.
Dal Pino Elisabete M. de Gouveia
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