Clump formation through colliding stellar winds in the Galactic Centre
Abstract
We study the process of clump formation from hydrodynamic instabilities in stellar wind collisions, using analytical and numerical techniques. We show that the cloud G2 in the Galactic Centre could have been formed in this way, with the most promising sources being compact massive binaries, such as IRS 16SW.
- Publication:
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The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre
- Pub Date:
- January 2017
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2017IAUS..322..204C
- Keywords:
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- hydrodynamics;
- instabilities;
- stars: winds;
- outflows;
- Galaxy: centre