RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
PDF
PDF

Keywords

Herbig-Haro objects
ISM: individual objects: HH 1
ISM: jets and outflows
ISM: kinematics and dynamics
stars: formation
stars: winds
outflows

How to Cite

Asymptotic Internal Working Surfaces of Periodically Variable Jets. (2021). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 57(1), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.22201/ia.01851101p.2021.57.01.10

Abstract

We present a derivation based on the "center of mass formalism" of the asymptotic behaviour of internal working surfaces produced in a variable HerbigHaro (HH) jet. We obtain the general solution for an arbitrary periodic ejection time-variability, and then show examples for a limited set of functional forms for the velocity and density time-evolutions. Finally, we derive a prescription for obtaining the time-averaged mass loss rate from observations of knots along an HH jet (based on the asymptotic solution), and apply it to derive the mass loss rate of the HH 1 jet.
...