Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-08-02
Astrophys.J.653:437-446,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 10 figures, accepted to ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/508145
The dense, clustered environment in which massive stars form can lead to interactions with neighboring stars. It has been hypothesized that collisions and mergers may contribute to the growth of the most massive stars. In this paper we extend the study of star-disk interactions to explore encounters between a massive protostar and a less massive cluster sibling using the publicly available SPH code GADGET-2. Collisions do not occur in the parameter space studied, but the end state of many encounters is an eccentric binary with a semi-major axis ~ 100 AU. Disk material is sometimes captured by the impactor. Most encounters result in disruption and destruction of the initial disk, and periodic torquing of the remnant disk. We consider the effect of the changing orientation of the disk on an accretion driven jet, and the evolution of the systems in the presence of on-going accretion from the parent core.
Bally John
Moeckel Nickolas
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