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      Numerical simulations of the fragmentation of photoevaporating nonuniform clumps

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          In this paper, we present 3D gasdynamical simulations of the interaction of nonuniform clumps with an external (plane-parallel) ionizing photon flux. We show that, as a consequence of the initial density stratification that we assumed for the clump, multiple condensations are produced as the clump is photoevaporated. We also show that, in models where the peaks and valleys of the density variability are aligned with the photon flux, this fragmentation is more important and, with an adequate amplitude and wavelength of the density variability, the ionizing photons can produce hollows in the clump before it is completely photoevaporated. However, we do not obtain a division of the original clump into smaller clumps.

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          En este trabajo, presentamos simulaciones hidrodinámicas en tres dimensiones de la interacción de núcleos neutros inhomogéneos con un flujo externo de fotones ionizantes (plano-paralelo). Mostramos que, como una consecuencia de la estratificación inicial de densidad que supusimos para el núcleo neutro, se producen múltiples condensaciones conforme el núcleo es fotoevaporado. Mostramos también que, en los modelos donde los picos y valles de la variación en densidad están alineados con el flujo de fotones, la fragmentación es más importante y, con una longitud de onda y amplitud de la variación en densidad adecuadas, los fotones ionizantes pueden producir huecos en el núcleo neutro antes de que sea completamente fotoevaporado. Sin embargo, no obtenemos una división del núcleo neutro original en núcleos más pequeños.

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                Journal
                rmaa
                Revista mexicana de astronomía y astrofísica
                Rev. mex. astron. astrofis
                Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM
                0185-1101
                2005
                : 41
                : 2
                : 443-451
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México
                [2 ] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México
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                S0185-11012005000200009
                1ab658e2-744b-485d-9d06-ee06d3b6815d

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

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