Numerical Simulations of Radiative Shocked Clumps: Application to the Young Stellar Outflow HH 29

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dc.contributor.advisorHartigan, Patrick M.en_US
dc.creatorPalmer, Jacob Nordinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-08T00:37:24Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-03-08T00:37:24Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractHerbig-Haro objects are the nebulous emission regions arising from shocks associated with the bipolar outflows of young stellar objects. Observations of the emission lines of HH objects can reveal properties of these stellar jets, which are associated with star formation, and one tool to study stellar jets and HH objects is computer modeling. AstroBEAR is a 3D magnetohydrodynamic code with adaptive mesh refinement and parallelization capabilities. The goals of this research were (1) to improve the cooling in AstroBEAR and add the ability to create valid emission-line maps for HH objects, and (2) to model a jet overrunning and shocking clumps, and to explore a parameter space that may lead to morphologies like those of HH 29. The results generate emission-line maps with the correct spatial morphology in Hα and [SII], and begin to map out the regimes (shock velocities, resolution, physical scales) in which the code remains valid.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PHYS. 2012 PALMERen_US
dc.identifier.citationPalmer, Jacob Nordin. "Numerical Simulations of Radiative Shocked Clumps: Application to the Young Stellar Outflow HH 29." (2012) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70380">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70380</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalPalmerJen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/70380en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectPure sciencesen_US
dc.subjectAstrophysicsen_US
dc.subjectAstronomyen_US
dc.subjectPlasma physicsen_US
dc.titleNumerical Simulations of Radiative Shocked Clumps: Application to the Young Stellar Outflow HH 29en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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