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Magnetism and Activity of the Sun and Stars
J. Arnaud and N. Meunier (eds)
EAS Publications Series, Vol. 9, 2003
DOI: 10.1051/eas:2003114
Magnetic Winds/Jets in young low mass stars
C. DougadosLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, France Catherine.Dougados@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Abstract
I discuss in this contribution constraints on the origin of mass-loss
from young stars brought by recent observations at high angular
resolution (
AU) of the inner regions of
winds from T Tauri stars. Jet widths and collimation scales, the large
extent of the velocity profile as well as the detection of rotation
signatures agree with predictions from magneto-centrifugal disk wind
ejection models. However dynamically cold disk wind solutions predict
too large terminal velocities and too low jet densities and ionisation
fractions, suggesting that thermal gradients (originating in an
accretion heated disk corona for example) may play an important
role in accelerating the flow.
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