Recent HST observations suggest that the NLR in Seyfert Galaxies can be the result of interaction between jet and external inhomogeneous medium; following this suggestion we perform numerical simulations considering the impact of a radiative jet on a dense cloud. We approach the problem by adopting a hydrodynamical code, that consents us to study in detail the jet hydrodynamics, while we choose a more simplified treatment of radiative processes, in order to give a qualitatively good interpretation of the emission processes. Our three main purposes are: (i) to reproduce in our simulations the observed physical conditions, (ii) to obtain physical constraints of the jet parameters and (iii) to study the jet capability to photoionize the surrounding medium.
Understanding NLR in Seyfert Galaxies: Numerical Simulation of Jet-Cloud Interaction
FERRARI, Attilio;MASSAGLIA, Silvano;
2000-01-01
Abstract
Recent HST observations suggest that the NLR in Seyfert Galaxies can be the result of interaction between jet and external inhomogeneous medium; following this suggestion we perform numerical simulations considering the impact of a radiative jet on a dense cloud. We approach the problem by adopting a hydrodynamical code, that consents us to study in detail the jet hydrodynamics, while we choose a more simplified treatment of radiative processes, in order to give a qualitatively good interpretation of the emission processes. Our three main purposes are: (i) to reproduce in our simulations the observed physical conditions, (ii) to obtain physical constraints of the jet parameters and (iii) to study the jet capability to photoionize the surrounding medium.
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