Turbulent mixing in wind-blown HII regions: The effect of local heating and cooling in the bubble

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Jun 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994ap%26ss.216..297b&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 216, no. 1-2, p. 297-301

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astronomical Models, Gas Dynamics, Gas Expansion, H Ii Regions, Interstellar Gas, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Jets, Plasma Turbulence, Stellar Winds, Turbulent Mixing, Bipolarity, Bubbles, Hot Electrons, Mixing Layers (Fluids), Plasma Heating, Turbulent Boundary Layer

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We describe the process of turbulent mixing, occuring at the interface between the stellar wind bubble and the overlying, compressed HII layer. It is shown that hot electrons from the bubble can penetrate into the mixing region, where they deposit some fraction of their thermal energy. This first leads to an expansion of the gas at constant pressure, which soon becomes too inefficient to carry away the additional energy. Therefore pressure can build up in the mixing layer, forcing the gas to expand into the bubble. We also discuss the effect of the over-pressure on the HII shell and find that it is possible to punch a hole at the polar caps, where mixing is most efficient. This may lead to the formation of bipolar outflows. We apply our model to the wind-blown HII region NGC 6334(A), and show that it can explain the observed distortion of the bubble and the bipolar ionization cones.

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