Keywords
accretion
accretion discs
hydrodynamics
ISM: jets and outflows
ISM: kinematics and dynamics
stars: winds
outflows
accretion discs
hydrodynamics
ISM: jets and outflows
ISM: kinematics and dynamics
stars: winds
outflows
How to Cite
The Bondi-Hoyle Accretion Tail of Point Sources Travelling Hypersonically Through a Dense Environment. (2022). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 58(2), 215-222. https://doi.org/10.22201/ia.01851101p.2022.58.02.04
Abstract
We present a model for the "Bondi-Hoyle tail" left behind by the hypersonic passage of a compact, massive object through a dense, radiative environment. We derive simple equations for the flow velocity and the mass along the tail, and obtain numerical and approximate analytical solutions for the steady state problem. We then study a time-dependent problem in which the source first travels within a dense cloud, and then emerges into a low density environment. This flow results in the production of a trail of dense gas joining the source at the point in which it emerged from the dense cloud. This trail has a linear velocity vs. position profile.Similar Articles
- A. C. Raga, Z. Meliani, A. Rodríguez-González, S. Cabrit, G. Pineau des Forêts, J. I. Castorena, A. Esquivel, Collisions in a System of Conical Jet/Counterjet Outflows , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 61 No. 03 (2025): Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (RMxAA), Volume 61, No. 3
- Raga A. C., Cantó J., Castellanos-Ramírez A., Asymptotic Internal Working Surfaces of Periodically Variable Jets , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 57 No. 1 (2021)
- Raga A. C., Castellanos-Ramírez A., Cantó J., Refraction of a Herbig-Haro Jet Travelling Through a Shear Layer , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 59 No. 1 (2023)
- Raga A. C., Reipurth B., Noriega-Crespo A., The HH34 Jet/Counterjet System at 1.5 and 4.5μm , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 55 No. 1 (2019)
- Raga A. C., Reipurth B., Esquivel A., González-Gómez D., Riera A., The Time-Dependent Wavelet Spectrum of HH 1 and 2 , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 54 No. 1 (2018)
- Rodríguez L. F., Raga A. C., Rodríguez-Kamenetzky A., Carrasco-González C., A Comparison of the Radio and Optical Time-Evolution of HH 1 and 2 , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 54 No. 1 (2018)
- López-Cámara D., Esquivel A., Cantó J., Raga A. C., Velázquez P. F., Rodríguez-González A., The cometary cavity created by an aligned streaming environment/collimated outflow interaction , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 47 No. 2 (2011)
- Raga A. C., Lora V., Smith N., HH jets aligned perpendicular to elephant trunks , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 46 No. 1 (2010)
- Cruz-González I., Salas L., Hiriart D., H_2 Velocity Structure in the Molecular Outflow DR 21 , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 43 No. 2 (2007)
- Salas L., Cruz-González I., Rosado M., H2 Velocity Structure in HH 211 , Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica: Vol. 39 No. 2 (2003)