Collision of two identical hypersonic stellar winds in binary systems

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2006-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610396v1

Astrophys.J.655:1002-1009,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/510116

We investigate the hydrodynamics of two identical hypersonic stellar winds in a binary system. The interaction of these winds manifests itself in the form of two shocks and a contact surface between them. We neglect the binary rotation and assume that the gas flow ahead of the shocks is spherically symmetrical. In this case the contact surface that separates the gas emanated from the different stars coincides with the midplane of the binary components. In the shock the gas is heated and flows away nearly along the contact surface. We find the shock shape and the hot gas parameters in the shock layer between the shock and the contact surface.

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