Three-Dimensional Simulations of Jet/Cloud Interactions: Structure and Kinematics of the Deflected Jets

Abstract

We report the results of three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of interactions of overdense, radiatively cooling and adiabatic jets with dense, compact clouds in frontal and off-axis collisions. Calculated for a set of parameters which are particularly appropriate to protostellar jets, our results indicate that the interaction produces important transient and permanent effects in the jet morphology. During the interaction, a weak chain of internal knots develops along the deflected beam and the velocity field initially has a complex structure that later evolves to a more uniform distribution. The impact also decreases the beam collimation. This morphology and kinematics is very similar to that observed in systems like the HH110 jet which has been previously proposed to be the deflected part of the HH270 jet. Our simulations also reveal the formation of a head-neck structure at the region of impact which resembles the HH 110 knot A located where the deflectio n is believed to occur. Although very transient, the interactions examined here leave important signatures. The left-overs of the cloud and the knots that are produced in the deflected beam are deposited into the working surface and contribute to enrich the knotty pattern commonly observed in HH objects. Also, the collision may partially destroy the shell at the head producing remarkable asymmetries. A jet undergoing many transient interactions with compact clumps along its propagation and life- time may inject a considerable amount of shocked jet material sideways into the surrounding ambient medium and this may provide a powerful process for momentum transfer and turbulent mixing with the ambient medium (short abs.).

ApJ, accepted; 29 pages, 10 figures. Minor revisions in the text to match accepted version. Higher resolutions figures available at http://www.iagusp.usp.br/~dalpino/jet-cloud/

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