3D RMHD simulations of jet-wind interactions in High Mass X-ray Binaries
arXiv:2202.11119 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142968
Abstract
The interaction of jets in High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs) with the strong winds driven by the hot companion star in the vicinity of the compact object is fundamental to understand the jet dynamics, non-thermal emission and long-term stability. However, the role of the jet magnetic field in this process is unclear. We study the dynamical role of weak and moderate-to-strong toroidal magnetic fields during the first hundreds of seconds of jet propagation, focusing on the magnetized flow dynamics and the mechanisms of energy conversion. We have developed the code Lóstrego v1.0, a new 3D RMHD code to simulate astrophysical plasmas in Cartesian coordinates. Using this tool, we performed the first 3D RMHD numerical simulations of relativistic magnetized jets propagating through the clumpy stellar wind in a HMXB. The overall morphology and dynamics of weakly magnetized jet models is similar to previous hydrodynamical simulations, where the jet head generates a strong shock in the ambient medium and the initial over-pressure with respect to the stellar wind drives one or more recollimation shocks. In the time scales of our simulations, these jets are ballistic and seem to be more stable against internal instabilities than jets with the same power in the absence of fields. However, moderate-to-strong toroidal magnetic fields favour the development of current-driven instabilities and the disruption of the jet within the binary. A detailed analysis of the energy distribution in the relativistic outflow and the ambient medium reveals that both magnetic and internal energies can contribute to the effective acceleration of the jet. We certify that the jet feedback into the ambient medium is highly dependent on the jet energy distribution at injection, where hotter, more dilute and/or more magnetized jets are more efficient, as anticipated by feedback studies in the case of jets in active galaxies.
28 pages, 23 figures. Abstract shortened for arXiv. Accepted for publication in A&A
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