Radiation Hydrodynamic Instability in Plane-Parallel, Super-Eddington Atmosphere: A Mechanism for Clump Formation
arXiv:1401.2629 · doi:10.1093/pasj/psu011
Abstract
In order to understand the physical processes underlying clump formation in outflow from supercritical accretion flow, we performed two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) simulations. We focus our discussion on the nature of RHD instability in marginally optically thick, plane-parallel, super-Eddington atmosphere. Initially we set two-layered atmosphere with a density contrast of 100 exposed to strong, upward continuum-radiation force; the lower layer is denser than the upper one, condition for an RHD instability. We assume non-zero but negligible gravitational force, compared with the radiation force. We find that short wavelength perturbations first grow, followed by growth of longer wavelength patterns, which lead to the formation of clumpy structure. The typical size of clumps (clouds) corresponds to about one optical depth. An anti-correlation between the radiation pressure and the gas pressure is confirmed: this anti-correlation provides a damping mechanism of longer wavelength perturbations than the typical clump size. Matter and radiation energy densities are correlated. These features are exactly what we found in the radiation-magnetohydrodynamic (radiation-MHD) simulations of supercritical outflow.
8 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ
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