Protostellar Jets in Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: I. Implementation and Initial Results
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| author | Appel, Sabrina M. Burkhart, Blakesley Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark Andersson, Eric P. Cournoyer-Cloutier, Claude Lewis, Sean McMillan, Stephen L. W. Polak, Brooke Zwart, Simon Portegies Tran, Aaron Wilhelm, Maite J. C. |
| author_facet | Appel, Sabrina M. Burkhart, Blakesley Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark Andersson, Eric P. Cournoyer-Cloutier, Claude Lewis, Sean McMillan, Stephen L. W. Polak, Brooke Zwart, Simon Portegies Tran, Aaron Wilhelm, Maite J. C. |
| contents | Stars form in clusters from the gravitational collapse of giant molecular clouds, which is opposed by a variety of physical processes, including stellar feedback. The interplay between these processes determines the star formation rate of the clouds. To study how feedback controls star formation, we use a numerical framework that is optimized to simulate star cluster formation and evolution. This framework, called Torch, combines the magnetohydrodynamical code FLASH with N-body and stellar evolution codes in the Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment (AMUSE). Torch includes stellar feedback from ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, stellar winds, and supernovae, but, until now, did not include protostellar jets. We present our implementation of protostellar jet feedback within the Torch framework and describe its free parameters. We then demonstrate our new module by comparing cluster formation simulations with and without jets. We find that the inclusion of protostellar jets slows star formation, even in clouds of up to M $= 2 \times 10^4$ M$_{\odot}$. We also find that the star formation rate of our lower mass clouds (M $= 5 \times 10^3$ M$_{\odot}$) is strongly affected by both the inclusion of protostellar jets and the chosen jet parameters, including the jet lifetime and injection velocity. We follow the energy budget for each simulation and find that the inclusion of jets systematically increases the kinetic energy of the gas at early times. The implementation of protostellar jet feedback in Torch opens new areas of investigation regarding the role of feedback in star cluster formation and evolution. |
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| spellingShingle | Protostellar Jets in Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: I. Implementation and Initial Results Appel, Sabrina M. Burkhart, Blakesley Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark Andersson, Eric P. Cournoyer-Cloutier, Claude Lewis, Sean McMillan, Stephen L. W. Polak, Brooke Zwart, Simon Portegies Tran, Aaron Wilhelm, Maite J. C. Astrophysics of Galaxies Stars form in clusters from the gravitational collapse of giant molecular clouds, which is opposed by a variety of physical processes, including stellar feedback. The interplay between these processes determines the star formation rate of the clouds. To study how feedback controls star formation, we use a numerical framework that is optimized to simulate star cluster formation and evolution. This framework, called Torch, combines the magnetohydrodynamical code FLASH with N-body and stellar evolution codes in the Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment (AMUSE). Torch includes stellar feedback from ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, stellar winds, and supernovae, but, until now, did not include protostellar jets. We present our implementation of protostellar jet feedback within the Torch framework and describe its free parameters. We then demonstrate our new module by comparing cluster formation simulations with and without jets. We find that the inclusion of protostellar jets slows star formation, even in clouds of up to M $= 2 \times 10^4$ M$_{\odot}$. We also find that the star formation rate of our lower mass clouds (M $= 5 \times 10^3$ M$_{\odot}$) is strongly affected by both the inclusion of protostellar jets and the chosen jet parameters, including the jet lifetime and injection velocity. We follow the energy budget for each simulation and find that the inclusion of jets systematically increases the kinetic energy of the gas at early times. The implementation of protostellar jet feedback in Torch opens new areas of investigation regarding the role of feedback in star cluster formation and evolution. |
| title | Protostellar Jets in Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: I. Implementation and Initial Results |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15311 |