Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-04-28
Astrophys.J. 611 (2004) 1021-1032
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
29 pages, 16 figures, accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/422305
We study both analytically and numerically hydrodynamical effects of two colliding shells, the simplified models of the internal shock in various relativistic outflows such as gamma-ray bursts and blazars. We pay particular attention to three interesting cases: a pair of shells with the same rest mass density (``{\it equal rest mass density}''), a pair of shells with the same rest mass (``{\it equal mass}''), and a pair of shells with the same bulk kinetic energy (``{\it equal energy}'') measured in the intersteller medium (ISM) frame. We find that the density profiles are significantly affected by the propagation of rarefaction waves. A split-feature appears at the contact discontinuity of two shells for the ``equal mass'' case, while no significant split appears for the ``equal energy'' and ``equal rest mass density'' cases. The shell spreading with a few ten percent of the speed of light is also shown as a notable aspect caused by rarefaction waves. The conversion efficiency of the bulk kinetic energy to internal one is numerically evaluated. The time evolutions of the efficiency show deviations from the widely-used inellastic two-point-mass-collision model.
Kino Motoki
Mizuta Akira
Yamada Shoichi
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