On the Relative Importance of Photoevaporative and Hydrodynamic Effects in the Ablation of Self-gravitating Globules in Compact H II Regions

Details On the Relative Importance of Photoevaporative and Hydrodynamic Effects in the Ablation of Self-gravitating Globules in Compact H II Regions On the Relative Importance of Photoevaporative and Hydrodynamic Effects in the Ablation of Self-gravitating Globules in Compact H II Regions

Jul 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apj...484..810a&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.484, p.810

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

14

Ism: H Ii Regions, Hydrodynamics, Ism: Globules, Stars: Mass Loss

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We investigate in detail the process of hydrodynamic ablation, both for the case of subsonic and for supersonic flows, of isothermal self-gravitating globules. The results are then compared with those for photoevaporative mass loss to estimate which of the two processes is the dominant mechanism for the mass loss of self-gravitating globules embedded in compact H II regions. This material then goes on to mass-load the stellar wind, thereby altering its dynamical properties. Using our results, we perform numerical simulations of the evolution of such H II regions, taking into account both possible mass-loading processes, together with the effect of the finite lifetime of the globules. We find that for compact H II regions with central stars possessing high ionizing photon rates the photoevaporation process dominates.

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