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Protostellar Jet and Outflow in the Collapsing Cloud Core
We investigate the driving mechanism of outflows and jets in star formation
process using resistive MHD nested grid simulations. We found two distinct
flows in the collapsing cloud core: Low-velocity outflows (sim 5 km/s) with a
wide opening angle, driven from the first adiabatic core, and high-velocity
jets (sim 50 km/s) with good collimation, driven from the protostar.
High-velocity jets are enclosed by low-velocity outflow. The difference in the
degree of collimation between the two flows is caused by the strength of the
magnetic field and configuration of the magnetic field lines. The magnetic
field around an adiabatic core is strong and has an hourglass configuration.
Therefore, the low-velocity outflow from the adiabatic core are driven mainly
by the magnetocentrifugal mechanism and guided by the hourglass-like field
lines. In contrast, the magnetic field around the protostar is weak and has a
straight configuration owing to Ohmic dissipation in the high-density gas
region. Therefore, high-velocity jet from the protostar are driven mainly by
the magnetic pressure gradient force and guided by straight field lines.
Differing depth of the gravitational potential between the adiabatic core and
the protostar cause the difference of the flow speed. Low-velocity outflows
correspond to the observed molecular outflows, while high-velocity jets
correspond to the observed optical jets. We suggest that the protostellar
outflow and the jet are driven by different cores (the first adiabatic core and
protostar), rather than that the outflow being entrained by the jet.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the "Protostellar Jets in Context"
conference held on the island of Rhodes, Greece (7-12 July 2008
Thermal Equilibria of Optically Thin, Magnetically Supported, Two-Temperature, Black Hole Accretion Disks
We obtained thermal equilibrium solutions for optically thin, two-temperature
black hole accretion disks incorporating magnetic fields. The main objective of
this study is to explain the bright/hard state observed during the bright/slow
transition of galactic black hole candidates. We assume that the energy
transfer from ions to electrons occurs via Coulomb collisions. Bremsstrahlung,
synchrotron, and inverse Compton scattering are considered as the radiative
cooling processes. In order to complete the set of basic equations, we specify
the magnetic flux advection rate. We find magnetically supported (low-beta),
thermally stable solutions. In these solutions, the total amount of the heating
via the dissipation of turbulent magnetic fields goes into electrons and
balances the radiative cooling. The low- solutions extend to high mass
accretion rates and the electron temperature is moderately cool. High
luminosities and moderately high energy cutoffs in the X-ray spectrum observed
in the bright/hard state can be explained by the low-beta solutions.Comment: 24 pages, 10 figures,accepted for publication in Astrophysical
Journa
Voltage-biased I-V characteristics in the multi-Josephson junction model of high T superconductor
By use of the multi-Josephson junction model, we investigate voltage-biased
I-V characteristics. Differently from the case of the single junction, I-V
characteristics show a complicated behavior due to inter-layer couplings among
superconducting phase differences mediated by the charging effect. We show that
there exist three characteristic regions, which are identified by jumps and
cusps in the I-V curve. In the low voltage region, the total current is
periodic with trigonometric functional increases and rapid drops. Then a kind
of chaotic region is followed. Above certain voltage, the total current behaves
with a simple harmonic oscillation and the I-V characteristics form a
multi-branch structure as in the current-biased case. The above behavior is the
result of the inter-layer coupling, and may be used to confirm the inter-layer
coupling mechanism of the formation of hysteresis branches.Comment: 12 pages, Latex, 4 figure
Anisotropic Diamagnetic Response in Type-II Superconductors with Gap and Fermi-Surface Anisotropies
Effects of anisotropic gap structures on a diamagnetic response are
investigated in order to demonstrate that the field-angle-resolved
magnetization () measurement can be used as a spectroscopic method
to detect gap structures. Our microscopic calculation based on the
quasiclassical Eilenberger formalism reveals that in a
superconductor with four-fold gap displays a four-fold oscillation reflecting
the gap and Fermi surface anisotropies, and the sign of this oscillation
changes at a field between and . As a prototype of
unconventional superconductors, magnetization data for borocarbides are also
discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
A follow-up study of attitudes of mothers toward the child.
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit
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