Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-06-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
33 pages, 18 figures, accepted by ApJ, version with high resolution figures at: http://www.ita.uni-heidelberg.de/~banerjee/p
Scientific paper
10.1086/521097
Jets and outflows from young stellar objects are proposed candidates to drive supersonic turbulence in molecular clouds. Here, we present the results from multi-dimensional jet simulations where we investigate in detail the energy and momentum deposition from jets into their surrounding environment and quantify the character of the excited turbulence with velocity probability density functions. Our study include jet--clump interaction, transient jets, and magnetised jets. We find that collimated supersonic jets do not excite supersonic motions far from the vicinity of the jet. Supersonic fluctuations are damped quickly and do not spread into the parent cloud. Instead subsonic, non-compressional modes occupy most of the excited volume. This is a generic feature which can not be fully circumvented by overdense jets or magnetic fields. Nevertheless, jets are able to leave strong imprints in their cloud structure and can disrupt dense clumps. Our results question the ability of collimated jets to sustain supersonic turbulence in molecular clouds.
Banerjee Robi
Fendt Christian
Klessen Ralf S.
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