Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-10-22
Astrophys.J.692:346-363,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
35 pages, 14 x 5 figures; accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/692/1/346
Axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations have been applied to investigate the interrelation of a central stellar magnetosphere and stellar wind with a surrounding magnetized disk outflow and how the overall formation of a large scale jet is affected. The initial magnetic field distribution applied is a superposition of two components - a stellar dipole and a surrounding disk magnetic field, in both either parallel or anti-parallel alignment. Correspondingly, the mass outflow is launched as stellar wind plus a disk wind. Our simulations evolve from an initial state in hydrostatic equilibrium and an initially force-free magnetic field configuration. Due to initial differential rotation and induction of a strong toroidal magnetic field the stellar dipolar field inflates and is disrupted on large scale. Stellar and disk wind may evolve in a pair of collimated outflows. The existence of a reasonably strong disk wind component is essential for collimation. A disk jet as known from previous numerical studies will become de-collimated by the stellar wind. In some simulations we observe the generation of strong flares triggering a sudden change in the outflow mass loss rate by a factor of two and also a re-distribution in the radial profile of momentum flux and jet velocity across the jet. We discuss the hypothesis that these flares may trigger internal shocks in the asymptotic jets which are observed as knots.
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