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In this paper we consider stability of magnetized jets that carry no net electric current and do not have current sheets (Gourgouliatos et al. 2012). The non-relativistic MHD equations are linearized around the background velocity and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Jinho Kim , Dinshaw S. Balsara , Maxim Lyutikov , Sergei S. Komissarov , Daniel George , Prasanna Kumar Siddireddy

We carry out a general relativistic study of radiatively driven, conical fluid jets around non-rotating black holes and investigate the effects and significance of radiative acceleration, as well as radiation drag. We apply relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-13 Mukesh K. Vyas , Indranil Chattopadhyay

We consider a model in which the ultra-relativistic jet in a gamma-ray burst (GRB) is cold and magnetically accelerated. We assume that the energy flux in the outflowing material is partially thermalized via internal shocks or a reverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Ramesh Narayan , Pawan Kumar , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

There are now several types of relativistic flows in astrophysical settings. The foremost examples are jets and disks orbiting spinning black holes, pulsar winds and gamma ray bursts. As discussed at this meeting, these flows exhibit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. D. Blandford

Context: During solar flares a large number of charged particles are accelerated to high energies, but the exact mechanism responsible for this is, so far, still unclear. Acceleration in collapsing magnetic traps is one of the mechanisms…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Keith J. Grady , Thomas Neukirch

Jets and outflows are commonly observed in young stellar objects (YSOs), yet their origins remain debated. Using 3D non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a circumstellar disk threaded by a large-scale open poloidal magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-03 Yisheng Tu , Zhi-Yun Li , Zhaohuan Zhu , Chun-Yen Hsu , Xiao Hu

We study the H$\alpha$ emission from jets using two-dimensional axisymmetrical simulations. We compare the emission obtained from hydrodynamic (HD) simulations with that obtained from magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations. The magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Fabio De Colle , Alejandro Raga

We study semi-analytical time-dependent solutions of the relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations for the fields and the fluid emerging from a spherical source. We assume uniform expansion of the field and the fluid and a polytropic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-09-30 K. N. Gourgouliatos , N. Vlahakis

Relativistic jets from compact objects are ubiquitous phenomena in the Unvierse, but their driving mechanism has been an enigmatic issue over many decades. Two basic models have been extensively discussed: magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jets and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 S. Takeuchi , K. Ohsuga , S. Mineshige

Disc-winds originating from the inner parts of accretion discs are considered as the basic component of magnetically collimated outflows. The only available analytical MHD solutions to describe disc-driven jets are those characterized by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Matthias Stute , Jose Gracia , Nektarios Vlahakis , Kanaris Tsinganos , Andrea Mignone , Silvano Massaglia

We present a study of the mechanical power generated by both winds and jets across the black hole mass scale. We begin with the study of ionized X-ray winds and present a uniform analysis using Chandra grating spectra. The high quality…

We analyze three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a nonradiative accretion flow around a black hole using a pseudo-Newtonian potential. The flow originates from a torus initially centered at 100 gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 John F. Hawley , Steven A. Balbus

Many explosive astrophysical events, like magnetars' bursts and flares, are magnetically driven. We consider dynamics of such magnetic explosions - relativistic expansion of highly magnetized and highly magnetically over-pressurized clouds.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Maxim V. Barkov , Praveen Sharma , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Maxim Lyutikov

Coronal jets are the captivating eruptions which are often found in the solar atmosphere, and primarily formed due to magnetic reconnection. Despite their short-lived nature and lower energy compared to many other eruptive events, e.g.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Sushree S Nayak , Samrat Sen , Arpit Kumar Shrivastav , R. Bhattacharyya , P. S. Athiray

We measure the effects of non-isotropic thermal conduction on generation of solar chromospheric jets through numerical simulations carried out with the use of one fluid MHD code MAGNUS. Following the work of Srivastava et al. (2018), we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Anamaría Navarro , F. D. Lora-Clavijo K. Murawski , Stefaan Poedts

We consider the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) of a shallow fluid layer on a rapidly rotating planet or star. The presence of a background toroidal magnetic field is assumed, and the "shallow water" beta-plane approximation is used. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Alexander M. Balk

Relativistic jets associated with long/soft gamma-ray bursts are formed and initially propagate in the interior of the progenitor star. Because of the subsequent loss of their external pressure support after they cross the stellar surface,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-21 Konstantinos Sapountzis , Nektarios Vlahakis

The equilibrium of current-carrying magnetic fields (e.g. flux tubes) embedded in a large-scale background field is developed and discussed in the astrophysical context. Embedded non-force-free current-carrying fields require a minimum…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-26 Laurence J. November

A wide variety of astrophysical phenomena involve the flow of turbulent magnetized gas with relativistic velocity or energy density. Examples include gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei, pulsars, magnetars, micro-quasars, merging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Jonathan Zrake , Andrew MacFadyen

Black hole (BH) accretion flows and jets are qualitatively affected by the presence of ordered magnetic fields. We study fully three-dimensional global general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of radially extended and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Jonathan C. McKinney , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Roger D. Blandford