On the manifestation of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in an inhomogeneous interstellar medium with radiative cooling |
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Authors: | K. V. Krasnobaev R. R. Tagirova |
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Affiliation: | (1) Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia;(2) Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia |
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Abstract: | We numerically simulate the evolution of the plane two-dimensional deformations of a contact discontinuity that is impulsively accelerated by a shock wave. We take into account the effects of radiative cooling and perturbation scale lengths on the dynamics and shape of the forming density inhomogeneities. For moderately intense shocks in a stellar wind and for strong shocks from a supernova, we show that the radiative cooling processes do not affect significantly the growth rate of the initial perturbations and the total mass of the forming condensations. However, the density of the matter compressed by the transmitted shock wave increases dramatically. At the same time, the contribution from long-wavelength perturbations to the deformation of the contact surface decreases significantly. In the case of shock propagation from a supernova, the initial conditions have been found to be a factor that can affect the morphology of the shocked interstellar medium. |
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Keywords: | interstellar medium shock waves instabilities stellar wind supernova remnants |
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