Self-Consistent Dynamic Models of Steady Ionization Fronts I. Weak-D and Weak-R Fronts

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2005-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0501034v1

Astrophys.J. 621 (2005) 328-347

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

ApJ, main journal, in press 1 March 2005, v621 (22 pages, 3 appendices, 21 figures) PDF version with high-res figures availabl

Scientific paper

10.1086/427491

We present a method for including steady-state gas flows in the plasma physics code Cloudy, which was previously restricted to modeling static configurations. The numerical algorithms are described in detail, together with an example application to plane-parallel ionization-bounded HII regions. As well as providing the foundation for future applications to more complex flows, we find the following specific results regarding the effect of advection upon ionization fronts in HII regions: 1. Significant direct effects of advection on the global emission properties occur only when the ionization parameter is lower than is typical for HII regions. 2. The overheating of partially ionized gas in the front is not large, even for supersonic (R-type) fronts. 3. The most significant morphological signature of advective fronts is an electron density spike that occurs at the ionization front. Observational evidence for such a spike is found in images of the Orion bar. 4. Plane-parallel, weak-D fronts are found to show at best a shallow correlation between mean velocity and ionization potential for optical emission lines even when the flow velocity closely approaches the ionized sound speed.

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