Asymptotic Self-Similarity in Magnetized Winds from Stars and Disks

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Session 81 -- Stellar Winds and Outflows
Display presentation, Friday, January 14, 9:30-6:45, Salons I/II Room (Crystal Gateway)

[81.02] Asymptotic Self-Similarity in Magnetized Winds from Stars and Disks

Paul Sigismondi (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Magnetized winds emerging from rapidly rotating stars and disks may self-collimate at large distances from their sources. Self-similar models of magnetized winds (Blandford and Payne 1982) reflect this property. However, the solutions to general problem of magnetized wind flow do not in general exhibit global self-similarity. However, we discuss the aymptotic approach to self-similarity of magnetized winds.

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