Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-02-06
Astrophys.J. 634 (2005) 407-418
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 9 figures. Accepted to ApJ; Expanded discussion of boundary conditions
Scientific paper
10.1086/496871
We present a new method for analyzing the global stability of the Sedov-von Neumann-Taylor self-similar solutions, describing the asymptotic behavior of spherical decelerating shock waves, expanding into ideal gas with density \propto r^{-\omega}. Our method allows to overcome the difficulties associated with the non-physical divergences of the solutions at the origin. We show that while the growth rates of global modes derived by previous analyses are accurate in the large wave number (small wavelength) limit, they do not correctly describe the small wave number behavior for small values of the adiabatic index \gamma. Our method furthermore allows to analyze the stability properties of the flow at early times, when the flow deviates significantly from the asymptotic self-similar behavior. We find that at this stage the perturbation growth rates are larger than those obtained for unstable asymptotic solutions at similar [\gamma,\omega]. Our results reduce the discrepancy that exists between theoretical predictions and experimental results.
Kushnir Doron
Shvarts Dov
Waxman Eli
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