Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-11-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 4 figures, ApJL accepted
Scientific paper
10.1086/312537
Using a collapsar progenitor model of MacFadyen & Woosley we have simulated the propagation of an axisymmetric jet through a collapsing rotating massive star with the GENESIS multi-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamic code. The jet forms as a consequence of an assumed (constant or variable) energy deposition in the range $10^{50}$ erg s$^{-1}$ to $10^{51}$ erg s$^{-1}$ within a $30^{\circ}$ cone around the rotation axis. The jet flow is strongly beamed ($\la$ few degrees), spatially inhomogeneous, and time dependent. The jet reaches the surface of the stellar progenitor ($R_{\ast} = 2.98 \times 10^{10} $cm) intact. At breakout the maximum Lorentz factor of the jet flow is 33. After breakout the jet accelerates into the circumstellar medium, whose density is assumed to decrease exponentially and then being constant $\rho_{\rm ext} = 10^{-5}$ gcm$^{-3}$. Outside the star the flow begins to expand also laterally ($v \sim c$), but the beam remains very well collimated. At a distance of $2.54 R_{\ast}$, where the simulation ends, the Lorentz factor has increased to 44.
Aloy Miguel A.
Ibanez Miguel J.
MacFadyen Andrew
Marti Jose Ma.
Mueller Ewald
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