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| DOI | 10.1093/MNRAS/STAA090 | ||||
| Año | 2020 | ||||
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The inner parsec of our Galaxy contains tens of Wolf-Rayet stars whose powerful outflows are constantly interacting while filling the region with hot, diffuse plasma. Theoretical models have shown that, in some cases, the collision of stellar winds can generate cold, dense material in the form of clumps. However, their formation process and properties are not well understood yet. In this work, we present, for the first time, a statistical study of the clump formation process in unstable wind collisions. We study systems with dense outflows (similar to 10(-5) M-circle dot yr(-1)), wind speeds of 500-1500 km s(-1), and stellar separations of similar to 20-200 au. We develop three-dimensional high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations of stellar wind collisions with the adaptive-mesh refinement grid-based code RAMSES. We aim at characterizing the initial properties of clumps that form through hydrodynamic instabilities, mostly via the non-linear thin-shell instability (NTSI). Our results confirm that more massive clumps are formed in systems whose winds are close to the transition between the radiative and adiabatic regimes. Increasing either the wind speed or the degree of asymmetry increases the dispersion of the clump mass and ejection speed distributions. Nevertheless, the most massive clumps are very light (similar to 10(-3)-10(-2) M-circle plus), about three orders of magnitude less massive than theoretical upper limits. Applying these results to the Galactic Centre, we find that clumps formed through the NTSI should not be heavy enough either to affect the thermodynamic state of the region or to survive for long enough to fall on to the central supermassive black hole.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | CALDERON-ESPINOZA, DIEGO NICOLAS | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys - Alemania Charles Univ Prague - República Checa Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics - Alemania Charles University - República Checa Universidad de Chile - Chile |
| 2 | CUADRA-STIPETICH, JORGE RODRIGO | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Universidad de Chile - Chile |
| 3 | Schartmann, M. | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys - Alemania
Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen - Alemania Univ Sternwarte Ludwig Maximilians Univ - Alemania Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics - Alemania Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - Alemania |
| 4 | Burkert, A. | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys - Alemania
Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen - Alemania Univ Sternwarte Ludwig Maximilians Univ - Alemania Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics - Alemania Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - Alemania |
| 5 | PRIETO-KATUNARIC, JOSE LUIS | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 6 | Russell, C. M. P. | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Universidad de Chile - Chile |
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| FONDECYT |
| CONICYT-PCHA/Doctorado Nacional |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| CONICYT project Basal |
| Max Planck Society |
| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
| CONICYTPCHA/doctorado nacional |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy |
| Excellence Cluster ORIGINS |
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| We would like to thank Dr W. J. Henney for reviewing this article as his comments and suggestions helped to improve its quality. DC and JC acknowledge the kind hospitality of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics as well as funding from the Max Planck Society through a 'Partner Group' grant. The authors acknowledge support from CONICYT project Basal AFB-170002. This research was supported by the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS, which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy -EXC-2094-390783311. DC is supported by CONICYTPCHA/Doctorado Nacional (2015-21151574). CMPR is supported by FONDECYT grant 3170870. Numerical simulations were run on the HPC systems HYDRA and COBRA of the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility. Data analysis was carried out making use of the PYTHON package YT (Turk et al. 2011). |
| We would like to thank Dr W. J. Henney for reviewing this article as his comments and suggestions helped to improve its quality. DC and JC acknowledge the kind hospitality of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics as well as funding from the Max Planck Society through a ‘Partner Group’ grant. The authors acknowledge support from CONICYT project Basal AFB–170002. This research was supported by the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS, which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2094–390783311. DC is supported by CONICYT-PCHA/Doctorado Nacional (2015–21151574). CMPR is supported by FONDECYT grant 3170870. Numerical simulations were run on the HPC systems HYDRA and COBRA of the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility. Data analysis was carried out making use of the PYTHON package YT (Turk et al. 2011). |