Stability Analysis of Bow Shocks

Buren, David Van

dc.contributor.author	Buren, David Van	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2004-10-03T03:44:27Z
dc.date.available	2004-10-03T03:44:27Z
dc.date.issued	1995-06	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Astrophysical Journal	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	95-0787	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/30918
dc.description.abstract	We present a linear stability analysis of bow shocks created by the interaction of a spherical wind moving with respect to its surrounding medium. The bounding shocks are assumed isothermal and with Mach number M = 쮠 Following Soker (1990) we study the evolution of short wavelength perturbations. We find that the motion is unstable in this limit. Moreover, the ratio of the wind velocity to the star velocity * characterizes the stability properties. Bow shocks with fast winds for which / <<1 are more stable than bow shocks with slow winds i.e. / >>1.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.subject.other	Bow Shocks	en_US
dc.title	Stability Analysis of Bow Shocks	en_US