Hydrodynamical Formation Of Twin-Exhaust Jets

Ap. J., 247, 52-58, 1981, with M. L. Norman, M. D. Smith, and J. R. Wilson.

Abstract

We perform a numerical study of the formation and stability of a Blandford-Rees (BR) twin exhaust jet. A de Laval nozzle is indeed created and stably maintained over a central luminosity range of ~40. However, the cavity-nozzle structure is compact and dominated by a central spherical shock unlike BR’s original models. We find a new global Rayleigh-Taylor instability which limits the formation of high-luminosity jets. A useful formula is discovered for relating the jet luminosity to the internal energy of the confining cloud.

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