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How strain and spin may make a star bi-polar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2014

Lawrence K. Forbes
Lawrence K. Forbes*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 37, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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†Email address for correspondence: larry.forbes@utas.edu.au
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Abstract

A previous study by Forbes (ANZIAM J., vol. 53, 2011, pp. 87–121) has argued that, when a light fluid is injected from a point source into a heavier ambient fluid, the interface between them is most unstable to perturbations at the lowest spherical mode. This means that, regardless of initial conditions, the outflow from a point source eventually becomes a one-sided jet. However, two-sided (bi-polar) outflows are nevertheless often observed in astrophysics, in apparent contradiction to this prediction. While there are many possible explanations for this fact, the present paper considers the effect of a straining flow in the ambient fluid. In addition, solid-body rotation in the inner fluid is also accounted for, in a Boussinesq viscous model. It is shown analytically that there are circumstances under which straining flow alone is sufficient to convert the one-sided jet into a genuine bi-polar outflow, in linearized theory. This is confirmed in a numerical solution of a viscous model of the flow, based on a spectral solution technique that accounts for nonlinear effects. Rotation can also generate flows that are two-sided, and this is likewise revealed through an asymptotic analysis and numerical solutions of the nonlinear equations.

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Interfacial Flows (free surface): Fingering instability Mathematical Foundations: General fluid mechanics Mathematical Foundations: Mathematical Foundations
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 746 , 10 May 2014 , pp. 332 - 367
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