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Jet dynamics in black hole physics: acceleration during subparsec collimation

Astrophysics 2015-06-24 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study the processes of particle acceleration which take place in the field of a rotating black hole as part of a mechanism of formation of galactic jets within the first parsec from the central source, where gravitation is supposed to be dominant. We find the Lorentz factor that a stream of particles acquires as function of distance, when the orbital parameters vary slightly due to a local electromagnetic field or a pressure gradient.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9912413,
  title  = {Jet dynamics in black hole physics: acceleration during subparsec collimation},
  author = {F. de Felice and O. Zanotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9912413},
  year   = {2015}
}

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39 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication on the General Relativity and Gravitation