Relaxation of protostellar accretion shocks using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics

DOI10.1002/ASNA.201011547MaRDI QIDQ4915067zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mohsen Nejad-Asghar

Publication date 16 April 2013

Published in Astronomische Nachrichten: A Journal on all Fields of Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2505

zbMATH Keywords

accretion, accretion disksISM evolutionnumerical methodsshock wavesstars formation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Computational methods for problems pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-08) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Abstract: It is believed that protostellar accretion disks to be formed from nearly ballistic infall of the molecular matters in rotating core collapse. Collisions of these infalling matters lead to formation of strong supersonic shocks, which if they cool rapidly, result in accumulation of that material in a thin structure in the equatorial plane. Here, we investigate the relaxation time of the protostellar accretion post-shock gas using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). For this purpose, a one-dimensional head-on collision of two molecular sheets is considered, and the time evolution of the temperature and density of the post-shock region simulated. The results show that in strong supersonic shocks, the temperature of the post-shock gas quickly increases proportional to square of the Mach number, and then gradually decreases according to the cooling processes. Using a suitable cooling function shows that in appropriate time-scale, the center of the collision, which is at the equatorial plane of the core, is converted to a thin dense molecular disk, together with atomic and ionized gases around it. This structure for accretion disks may justify the suitable conditions for grain growth and formation of proto-planetary entities.

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