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Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 81 No. 4 (1989) pp. 810-822

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Numerical Simulations of Interaction between Stellar Wind and Interstellar Medium

Takuya Matsuda, Yuzo Fujimoto, Eiji Shima,* Keisuke Sawada* and Takashi Inaguchi**

Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606
*Aircraft Engineering Division, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Kakamigahara 504
**Central Research Lab., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Amagasaki 661

(Received January 17, 1989)

Abstract:

Hydrodynamic interaction between supersonic spherical wind emitted from an astronomical object and a uniform streaming flow is simulated numerically assuming the flow to be axisymmetric, adiabatic and inviscid. Examples of such a phenomenon are a comet in the solar wind, and the solar wind or a stellar wind in an interstellar medium. Three cases of the incident flow, i.e., subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic flow, are considered. Discontinuities in the flow, i.e., a bow shock, a contact surface, an inner shock, a Mach disc and a slip surface are identified. The contact surface and the slip surface are found to be Kelvin-Helmoholtz unstable. Other instabilities occurring near the stagnation region and the inner shock are also found.


URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/81/810/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.81.810

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Citing Article(s) :

  1. Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 84 No. 5 (1990) pp. 837-855 :
    Instability of Astrophysical Jets. I
    Takuya Matsuda, Ryuji Ishii, Yoshikuni Umeda, Atsuhiko Yasuda, Keisuke Sawada and Eiji Shima

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