\begin{table}%T2 \caption{\label{tab_mod}Summary of the initial physical parameters characterizing the simulations (see text for details).} \small%\centering \par \begin{tabular}{lccccccc} \hline \hline\noalign{\smallskip} Model & $\Delta t$ & $\nu$ & $M$ & $v_{\rm j}$ & $T_{\rm j}$ & $n_{\rm a}$ \\ & [yr] & & & [km s$^{-1}$] & [K] & [cm$^{-3}$] \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} LJ0.5-M1000 & $0.5$ & $10 $ & $1000$ & 10--4680 & $10^{4}$ & $5000$ \\ LJ2-M1000 & $2 $ & $10 $ & $1000$ & 10--4680 & $10^{4}$ & $5000$ \\ LJ8-M1000 & $8 $ & $10 $ & $1000$ & 10--4680 & $10^{4}$ & $5000$ \\ LJ2-M100 & $2 $ & $10 $ & $100 $ & 10--470 & $10^{4}$ & $5000$ \\ LJ2-M300 & $2 $ & $10 $ & $300 $ & 10--1400 & $10^{4}$ & $5000$ \\ LJ2-M500 & $2 $ & $10 $ & $500 $ & 10--2340 & $10^{4}$ & $5000$ \\ HJ2-M300 & $2 $ & $0.1$ & $300 $ & 10--1400 & $10^{2}$ & $50 $ \\ HJ2-M500 & $2 $ & $0.1$ & $500 $ & 10--2340 & $10^{2}$ & $50 $ \\ HJ2-M1000 & $2 $ & $0.1$ & $1000$ & 10--4680 & $10^{2}$ & $50 $ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{$\Delta t$ is the time interval between two consecutive blobs, $\nu$ is the ambient-to-jet density contrast, $M$ is the Mach number of the first blob, $v_{\rm j}$ is the velocity of each ejected blob (here we indicate the range of values randomly generated by our model), $T_{\rm j}$ is the initial jet temperature, and $n_{\rm a}$ is the ambient density.} \end{table}