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Relativistic jets are observed only in the low/hard and intermediate states of X-ray binaries (XRBs), and are switched off in the thermal state, but they appear to be present in both low-luminosity and luminous active galactic nuclei…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-11 Xinwu Cao , Dong Lai

Relativistic jets launched from stellar-mass compact objects embedded in the accretion disk of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) can produce nonthermal emission upon successfully breaking out of the disk. In this paper, we present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-26 Ken Chen , Zi-Gao Dai

We investigate the effect of magnetic fields on the propagation dynamics and morphology of overdense, radiatively cooling, supermagnetosonic jets, with the help of fully three-dimensional SPMHD simulations. Evaluated for a set of parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Adriano H. Cerqueira , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

Using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations, the driving of protostellar jets is investigated in different star-forming cores with the parameters of magnetic field strength and mass accretion rate. Powerful high-velocity jets…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-22 Masahiro N. Machida

Magnetic fields on a range of scales play a large role in the ecosystems of galaxies, both in the galactic disk and in the extended layers of gas away from the plane. Observing magnetic field strength, structure and orientation is complex,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Marijke Haverkorn , Volker Heesen

Relativistic jets naturally occur in astrophysical systems that involve accretion onto compact objects, such as core collapse of massive stars in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and accretion onto supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 Omer Bromberg , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

We review the current theoretical models of the inward advection of the large scale external magnetic fields in accretion discs. The most plausible theories for launching astrophysical jets rely on strong magnetic fields at the inner parts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-24 Amir Jafari

Magnetic fields connecting the immediate environs of rotating black holes to large distances appear to be the most promising mechanism for launching relativistic jets, an idea first developed by Blandford and Znajek in the mid-1970s. To…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 J. H. Krolik , J. Hawley

Magnetic fields of laboratory, planetary, stellar, and galactic plasmas commonly exhibit significant order on large temporal or spatial scales compared to the otherwise random motions within the hosting system. Such ordered fields can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Eric G. Blackman

We suggest that stable states of positronium might exist in the jets of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Electrons and positrons are created near the accretion disks of supermassive black holes at the centers of AGN and are accelerated along…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-05 John T. Giblin , Janine Shertzer

We discuss the propagation of radiative MHD jets and outflows focusing on outflows driven by magneto-centrifugal rotators. Our goal is to link the properties of the jets with the physics of the sources which produce them. We find that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adam Frank , Thomas A. Gardiner , Thibaut Lery

Relativistic jets are observed throughout the Universe, strongly impacting their surrounding environments on all physical scales, from Galactic binary systems to galaxies and galaxy clusters. An important avenue to understand the formation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-27 J. van den Eijnden , N. Degenaar , T. D. Russell , R. Wijnands , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , G. R. Sivakoff , J. V. Hernández Santisteban

Jet formation is connected most probably with matter acceleration from the vicinity of rotating magnetized bodies. It is usually related to the mass outflows and ejection from accretion disks around black holes. Problem of jet collimation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , N. V. Ardeljan , S. G. Moiseenko

We here present the first results of fully three-dimensional (3-D) MHD simulations of radiative cooling pulsed (time-variable) jets for a set of parameters which are suitable for protostellar outflows. Considering different initial magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Adriano H. Cerqueira , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

The protostellar jets driven by the formation of the first stars are studied by using MHD nested grid simulations. Starting from a slowly rotating spherical cloud of 5.1 times 10^4 Msun permeated by a uniform magnetic field, we follow the…

We perform a series of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic core-collapse simulations of rapidly rotating and strongly magnetized massive stars. To study the properties of magnetic explosions for a longer time stretch of postbounce…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake , Katsuhiko Sato

Observations have shown the existence of narrow, very long, straight jets emitted by some newly forming stars (1). It is highly likely that stars forming in the plane of a spiral galaxy do so in the presence of an almost uniform magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Howard D. Greyber

Relativistic magnetized jets are key elements in Active Galactic Nuclei and in other astrophysical environments. Their structure and evolution involves a complex nonlinear physics that can be approached by numerical studies only. Still,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Mignone , P. Rossi , G. Bodo , A. Ferrari , S. Massaglia

In this paper, we describe the results of three-dimensional relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations aimed at probing the role of regular magnetic field on the development of the instability that accompanies recollimation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-22 Jin Matsumoto , Serguei S. Komissarov , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

There is strong observational evidence that AGN, Galactic X-ray transients and (probably) $\gamma$-ray bursts are associated with black holes, and that these sources are able to form collimated, ultrarelativistic outflows. There is much…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. D. Blandford
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