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Magnetic Field Effects on the Head Structure of Protostellar Jets
We present the results of 3-D SPMHD numerical simulations of
supermagnetosonic, overdense, radiatively cooling jets. Two initial magnetic
configurations are considered: (i) a helical and (ii) a longitudinal field. We
find that magnetic fields have important effects on the dynamics and structure
of radiative cooling jets, especially at the head. The presence of a helical
field suppresses the formation of the clumpy structure which is found to
develop at the head of purely hydrodynamical jets. On the other hand, a cooling
jet embedded in a longitudinal magnetic field retains clumpy morphology at its
head. This fragmented structure resembles the knotty pattern commonly observed
in HH objects behind the bow shocks of HH jets. This suggests that a strong
(equipartition) helical magnetic field configuration is ruled out at the jet
head. Therefore, if strong magnetic fields are present, they are probably
predominantly longitudinal in those regions. In both magnetic configurations,
we find that the confining pressure of the cocoon is able to excite
short-wavelength MHD K-H pinch modes that drive low-amplitude internal shocks
along the beam. These shocks are not strong however, and it likely that they
could only play a secondary role in the formation of the bright knots observed
in HH jets.Comment: 14 pages, 2 Gif figures, uses aasms4.sty. Also available on the web
page http://www.iagusp.usp.br/preprints/preprint.html. To appear in The
Astrophysical Journal Letter
Noether's Symmetry Theorem for Variational and Optimal Control Problems with Time Delay
We extend the DuBois-Reymond necessary optimality condition and Noether's
symmetry theorem to the time delay variational setting. Both Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian versions of Noether's theorem are proved, covering problems of the
calculus of variations and optimal control with delays.Comment: This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form will
appear in the international journal Numerical Algebra, Control and
Optimization (NACO). Paper accepted for publication 15-March-201
Complicated Kingella kingaeosteoarthritis
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Features of collisionless turbulence in the intracluster medium from simulated Faraday Rotation maps
Observations of the intracluster medium (ICM) in galaxy clusters suggest for
the presence of turbulence and the magnetic fields existence has been proved
through observations of Faraday Rotation and synchrotron emission. The ICM is
also known to be filled by a rarefied weakly collisional plasma. In this work
we study the possible signatures left on Faraday Rotation maps by collisionless
instabilities. For this purpose we use a numerical approach to investigate the
dynamics of the turbulence in collisionless plasmas based on an
magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) formalism taking into account different levels of
pressure anisotropy. We consider models covering the sub/super-Alfv\'enic and
trans/supersonic regimes, one of them representing the fiducial conditions
corresponding to the ICM. From the simulated models we compute Faraday Rotation
maps and analyze several statistical indicators in order to characterize the
magnetic field structure and compare the results obtained with the
collisionless model to those obtained using standard collisional MHD framework.
We find that important imprints of the pressure anisotropy prevails in the
magnetic field and also manifest in the associated Faraday Rotation maps which
evidence smaller correlation lengths in the collisionless MHD case. These
points are remarkably noticeable for the case mimicking the conditions
prevailing in ICM. Nevertheless, in this study we have neglected the decrease
of pressure anisotropy due to the feedback of the instabilities that naturally
arise in collisionless plasmas at small scales. This decrease may not affect
the statistical imprint differences described above, but should be examined
elsewhere.Comment: 24 pages, 15 figures, MNRAS accepte
Uncommon Kingella Kingae Lytic Bone Lesions in Children
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Mathematical retroreflectors
Retroreflectors are optical devices that reverse the direction of incident
beams of light. Here we present a collection of billiard type retroreflectors
consisting of four objects; three of them are asymptotically perfect
retroreflectors, and the fourth one is a retroreflector which is very close to
perfect. Three objects of the collection have recently been discovered and
published or submitted for publication. The fourth object - notched angle - is
a new one; a proof of its retroreflectivity is given.Comment: 32 pages, 19 figure
Turbulence and the formation of filaments, loops and shock fronts in NGC 1275 in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
NGC1275, the central galaxy in the Perseus cluster, is the host of gigantic
hot bipolar bubbles inflated by AGN jets observed in the radio as Perseus A. It
presents a spectacular -emitting nebulosity surrounding NGC1275,
with loops and filaments of gas extending to over 50 kpc. The origin of the
filaments is still unknown, but probably correlates with the mechanism
responsible for the giant buoyant bubbles. We present 2.5 and 3-dimensional MHD
simulations of the central region of the cluster in which turbulent energy,
possibly triggered by star formation and supernovae (SNe) explosions is
introduced. The simulations reveal that the turbulence injected by massive
stars could be responsible for the nearly isotropic distribution of filaments
and loops that drag magnetic fields upward as indicated by recent observations.
Weak shell-like shock fronts propagating into the ICM with velocities of
100-500 km/s are found, also resembling the observations. The isotropic outflow
momentum of the turbulence slows the infall of the intracluster medium, thus
limiting further starburst activity in NGC1275. As the turbulence is subsonic
over most of the simulated volume, the turbulent kinetic energy is not
efficiently converted into heat and additional heating is required to suppress
the cooling flow at the core of the cluster. Simulations combining the MHD
turbulence with the AGN outflow can reproduce the temperature radial profile
observed around NGC1275. While the AGN mechanism is the main heating source,
the supernovae are crucial to isotropize the energy distribution.Comment: accepted by ApJ Letter
Magnetic Field Effects on the Structure and Evolution of Overdense Radiatively Cooling Jets
We investigate the effect of magnetic fields on the propagation dynamics and
morphology of overdense, radiatively cooling, supermagnetosonic jets, with the
help of fully three-dimensional SPMHD simulations. Evaluated for a set of
parameters which are mainly suitable for protostellar jets (with density ratios
between the jet and the ambient medium 3-10, and ambient Mach number ~ 24),
these simulations are also compared with baseline non-magnetic and adiabatic
calculations. We find that, after amplification by compression and
re-orientation in nonparallel shocks at the working surface, the magnetic field
that is carried backward with the shocked gas into the cocoon improves the jet
collimation relative to the purely hydrodynamic (HD) systems. Low-amplitude,
approximately equally spaced internal shocks (which are absent in the HD
systems) are produced by MHD K-H reflection pinch modes. The longitudinal field
geometry also excites non-axisymmetric helical modes which cause some beam
wiggling. The strength and amount of these modes are, however, reduced (by ~
twice) in the presence of radiative cooling relative to the adiabatic cases.
Besides, a large density ratio between the jet and the ambient medium also
reduces, in general, the number of the internal shocks. As a consequence, the
weakness of the induced internal shocks makes it doubtful that the magnetic
pinches could produce by themselves the bright knots observed in the overdense,
radiatively cooling protostellar jets.Comment: To appear in ApJ; 36 pages + 16 (gif) figures. PostScript files of
figures are available at http://www.iagusp.usp.br/preprints/preprint.htm
An Eleven-Year-Old Boy With Arthritis of the Hip Joint, and an 8-Year-Old Boy With Sacroiliitis
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