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The X-ray emission mechanism in the protostellar jet HH 154
Rosaria BonitoSalvatore OrlandoRobert RosnerFabio FavataGiovanni Peressubject
PhysicsJet (fluid)Proper motionAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaYoung stellar objectAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysicsThermal conductionISM: Herbig-Haro objects ISM: individual objects: HH 154 ISM: jets and outflows X-rays: ISMSpace and Planetary ScienceRadiative transferSupersonic speedHerbig–Haro objectDensity contrastAstrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysicsdescription
We study the mechanism causing the X-ray emission recently detected in protostellar jets, by performing a detailed modeling of the interaction between a supersonic jet originating from a young stellar object and the ambient medium, for various values of density contrast, ν, between the ambient density and the jet, and of Mach number, M; radiative losses and thermal conduction have been taken into account. Here we report a representative case which reproduces, without any ad hoc assumption, the characteristics of the X-ray emission recently observed in the protostellar jet HH 154. We find that the X-ray emission originates from a localized blob, consistent with observations, which moves with velocity v ∼ 500 km s −1 ; we therefore predict the X-ray source to have a detectable proper motion.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-08-23 |