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Hypersonic swizzle sticks: jets, fossil cavities and turbulence in molecular clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Andrew J Cunningham ,
Adam Frank ,
Eric G Blackman  and
Alice Quillen
Andrew J Cunningham
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA email: ajc4@pas.rochester.edu
Adam Frank
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA email: ajc4@pas.rochester.edu
Eric G Blackman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA email: ajc4@pas.rochester.edu
Alice Quillen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA email: ajc4@pas.rochester.edu
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Abstract

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The ubiquity and high density of outflows from young stars in clusters make them an intriguing candidate for the source of turbulence energy in molecular clouds. In this contribution we discuss new studies, both observational and theoretical, which address the issue of jet/outflow interactions and their ability to drive turbulent flows in molecular clouds. Our results are surprising in that they show that fossil cavities, rather than bow shocks from active outflows, constitute the mechanism of re-energizing turbulence. We first present simulations which show that collisions between active jets are ineffective at converting directed momentum and energy in outflows into turbulence. This effect comes from the ability of radiative cooling to constrain the surface area through which colliding outflows entrain ambient gas. We next discuss observational results which demonstrate that fossil cavities from “extinct” outflows are abundant in molecular material surrounding clusters such as NGC 1333. These structures, rather than the bow shocks of active outflows, comprise the missing link between outflow energy input and re-energizing turbulence. In a separate theoretical/simulation study we confirm that the evolution of cavities from decaying outflow sources leads to structures which match the observations of fossil cavities. Finally we present new results of outflow propagation in a fully turbulent medium exploring the explicit mechanisms for the transfer of energy and momentum between the driving wind and the turbulent environment.

Keywords

ISM: cloudsISM: jets and outflows
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 172 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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