Numerical Studies of Relativistic Jets
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2010-01-12 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
The connection between collimation and acceleration of magnetized relativistic jets is discussed. The focus is on recent numerical simulations which shed light on some longstanding problems.
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@article{arxiv.1001.1355,
title = {Numerical Studies of Relativistic Jets},
author = {Ramesh Narayan and Alexander Tchekhovskoy and Jonathan C. McKinney},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.1355},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Proceedings of "Accretion and Ejection in AGN: a Global View" (Como, June 22-26, 2009), ASP Conference Series, Eds: L. Maraschi, G. Ghisellini, R. Della Ceca and F. Tavec