Nonlinear Dynamics of Ionization Fronts in HII Regions

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Jan 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ap%26ss.307..183m&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 307, Issue 1-3, pp. 183-186

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Hii Regions, Ism: Molecules, Ism: Kinematics And Dynamics, Hydrodynamics, Instabilities, Methods: Numerical, Ism Individual Object: M16

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Hydrodynamic instability of an accelerating ionization front (IF) is investigated with 2D hydrodynamic simulations, including absorption of incident photoionizing photons, recombination in the HII region, and radiative molecular cooling. When the amplitude of the perturbation is large enough, nonlinear dynamics of the IF triggered by the separation of the IF from the cloud surface is observed. This causes the second harmonic of the imposed perturbation to appear on the cloud surfaces, whereas the perturbation in density of ablated gas in the HII region remains largely single mode. This mismatch of modes between the IF and the density perturbation in the HII region prevents the strong stabilization effect seen in the linear regime. Large growth of the perturbation caused by Rayleigh-Taylor-like instability is observed late in time.

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