Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2011
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 734, Issue 1, article id. 57 (2011).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Ism: Jets And Outflows, Methods: Numerical, Planetary Nebulae: General, Stars: Individual: Afgl 915 Hd 44179
Scientific paper
We carried out three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations (employing the YGUAZÚ-A code) of a precessing jet launched by a star in a binary system. Synthetic scattered light intensity maps were generated in order to compare them with images of the Red Rectangle proto-planetary nebula (PPN), which contains the binary system HD 44179. Our results show that the angular size, the global biconical or hourglass morphology, and the existence of its "ladder rungs" features can be explained in terms of a jet precessing with a period 20 times the orbital period of the HD 44179 system, a semi-angle of 30° (of the precession cone), and a velocity of 300 km s-1. In addition, we calculated the flux predicted from the models, which is of the same order of magnitude as the observed flux in the outer regions of the nebula. Finally, the orbital motion was found to have a negligible influence on the large-scale morphology of the PPN.
Cantó Jorge
Esquivel Alejandro
Haro-Corzo Sinhue
Raga Alejandro C.
Riera Angels
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