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Planetary Nebula Library: Hydro Runs

Reason for Library

Here we explore a variety possible parameters and environments that can shape planetary nebulae, presented in various forms. This library will record a number of combinations of different density backgrounds and types of flows and also any parameter changes within those different combinations. The environments and flow structures are listed below. Environments:

• Constant Ambient: The surrounding density is initially constant.
• Stratified Ambient: The surrounding density falls off as 1/r².
• Toroidal Ambient: The surrounding density decays from the equator to the pole as defined in ​Frank & Mellema, 1994 Apj

Flow Structures:

• Clump: A spherical cloud of gas.
• Jet: A constant stream of gas.
• Diverging Wind: A constant stream of gas that sweeps an arc in the surrounding medium.

The tables below will be updated periodically with movies of new runs and their parameters with the newest runs appearing first.

Please see ​Ruka's PN Page for more movies and additional information.

Update 9/02: A velocity vector plot has been made for the run with a jet with a velocity of 100 km/s. The vectors do not appear symmetric about the x=0 axis. An image can be found ​here. I am currently trying to find a reason for this lack of symmetry.

A list of all changes made to this page can be found ​here.

Toroidal + Stratified Ambient

Jet

Date	Ambient Density [particles/cm3]	Jet Velocity [km/s]	Jet Density [particles/cm3]	Jet Radius [AU]	Jet Temperature [K]	Density	Thermal Pressure	Ram Pressure
8.27.2013	400	100	40,000	500	10	​movie	8/28: A correction has been to this model. The original movie can still be seen following the "old movie" link. The image corresponds to the new movie.​movie ​old movie	This doesn't tell us anything new. ​movie
8.30.2013	400	200	40,000	500	10	This one has a shorter time period due to the run reaching it's time limit. ​movie