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Article Dans Une Revue Astrophysics and Space Science Année : 2007

Two-flow magnetohydrodynamical jets around young stellar objects

F. Casse
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Z. Meliani
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

We present the first-ever simulations of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) stellar winds coupled with disc-driven jets where the resistive and viscous accretion disc is self-consistently described. The transmagnetosonic, collimated MHD outflows are investigated numerically using the VAC code. Our simulations show that the inner outflow is accelerated from the central object hot corona thanks to both the thermal pressure and the Lorentz force. In our framework, the thermal acceleration is sustained by the heating produced by the dissipated magnetic energy due to the turbulence. Conversely, the outflow launched from the resistive accretion disc is mainly accelerated by the magneto-centrifugal force. We also show that when a dense inner stellar wind occurs, the resulting disc-driven jet have a different structure, namely a magnetic structure where poloidal magnetic field lines are more inclined because of the pressure caused by the stellar wind. This modification leads to both an enhanced mass ejection rate in the disc-driven jet and a larger radial extension which is in better agreement with the observations besides being more consistent.

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in2p3-00156992 , version 1 (25-06-2007)

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F. Casse, Z. Meliani, C. Sauty. Two-flow magnetohydrodynamical jets around young stellar objects. Astrophysics and Space Science, 2007, 311, pp.57-61. ⟨10.1007/s10509-007-9561-1⟩. ⟨in2p3-00156992⟩
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