Magnetic Collimation in PNe

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2001-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103096v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Recent studies have focused on the the role of initially weak toroidal magnetic fields embedded in a stellar wind as the agent for collimation in planetary nebulae. In these models the wind is assumed to be permeated by a helical magnetic field in which the poloidal component falls off faster than the toroidal component. The collimation only occurs after the wind is shocked at large distances from the stellar source. In this paper we re-examine assumptions built into this ``Magnetized Wind Blown Bubble'' (MWBB) model. We show that a self-consistent study of the model leads to a large parameter regime where the wind is self-collimated before the shock wave is encountered. We also explore the relation between winds in the MWBB model and those which are produced via magneto-centrifugal processes. We conclude that a more detailed examination of the role of self-collimation is needed in the context of PNe studies.

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