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Accretion disks and astrophysical jets are used to model many active astrophysical objects, viz., young stars, relativistic stars, and active galactic nuclei. In this paper we present self-consistent time-dependent simulations of supersonic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Zanni , A. Ferrari , R. Rosner , G. Bodo , S. Massaglia

Axisymmetric resistive MHD simulations for radially self-similar initial conditions are performed, using the NIRVANA code. The magnetic diffusivity could occur in outflows above an accretion disk, being transferred from the underlying disk…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Miljenko Cemeljic , Jose Gracia , Nektarios Vlahakis , Kanaris Tsinganos

Using axisymmetric MHD simulations we investigate how the overall jet formation is affected by a variation in the disk magnetic flux profile and/or the existence of a central stellar magnetosphere. Our simulations evolve from an initial,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Christian Fendt

We investigate supersonic, axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jets with a time-dependent injection velocity by numerical simulations with the PLUTO code. Using a comprehensive set of parameters, we explore different jet configurations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-02 Ovidiu Tesileanu , Andrea Mignone , Silvano Massaglia , Francesca Bacciotti

We present 3D-MHD AMR simulations of Poynting flux dominated (PFD) jets formed by injection of magnetic energy. We compare their evolution with a hydrodynamic jet which is formed by injecting kinetic energy with the same energy flux than…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-07 Martín Huarte-Espinosa , Adam Frank , Eric G. Blackman

The goal of this paper is to derive signatures of synchrotron radiation from state-of-the-art simulation models of collimating relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jets featuring a large-scale helical magnetic field. We perform…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Oliver Porth , Christian Fendt , Zakaria Meliani , Bhargav Vaidya

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 consider axisymmetric relativistic jets with a toroidal magnetic field and an ultrarelativistic equation of state, with the goal of studying the lateral structure of jets whose pressure is matched to the pressure of the medium through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Nadia L. Zakamska , Mitchell C. Begelman , Roger D. Blandford

In papers I and II in this series, we presented hydrodynamical simulations of jet models with parameters representative of the symbiotic system MWC 560. These were simulations of a pulsed, initially underdense jet in a high density ambient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Matthias Stute , Raghvendra Sahai

Magnetized accretion onto spinning black holes can accumulate a large magnetic flux across the event horizon and launch a pair of relativistic jets via the Blandford-Znajek mechanism. In the magnetically saturated (arrested) state, excess…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-30 Krzysztof Nalewajko , Mateusz Kapusta , Bart Ripperda , Alexander A. Philippov

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

Neutron stars and black holes in X-ray binaries are observed to host strong collimated jets in the hard spectral state. Numerical simulations can act as a valuable tool in understanding the mechanisms behind jet formation and its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-15 Pushpita Das , Oliver Porth

Numerical simulations with self-similar initial and boundary conditions provide a link between theoretical and numerical investigations of jet dynamics. We perform axisymmetric resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations for a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Miljenko Cemeljic , Jose Gracia , Nektarios Vlahakis , Kanaris Tsinganos

We present magnetohydrodynamic simulations of a resistive accretion disk continuously launching transmagnetosonic, collimated jets. We time-evolve the full set of magnetohydrodynamic equations, but neglect radiative losses in the energetics…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fabien Casse , Rony Keppens

In Hot Jupiters (HJs), atmospherically induced magnetic fields are expected to play an important role in controlling the wind circulation and in determining their inflated radii. Here we perform 1D plane-parallel magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-21 Clàudia Soriano-Guerrero , Daniele Viganò , Rosalba Perna , Albert Elias-López , Hayley Beltz

We present relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) simulations of stationary overpressured magnetized relativistic jets which are characterized by their dominant type of energy, namely internal, kinetic, or magnetic. Each model is threaded…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-04 Antonio Fuentes , José L. Gómez , José M. Martí , Manel Perucho

Accreting black holes produce collimated outflows, or jets, that traverse many orders of magnitude in distance, accelerate to relativistic velocities, and collimate into tight opening angles. Of these, perhaps the least understood is jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 Koushik Chatterjee , Matthew Liska , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Sera B. Markoff

Aims. We wish to establish a firm link between jet simulations and analytical studies of magnetically-driven steady-state jets from Keplerian accretion disks. In particular, the latter have predicted the existence of recollimation shocks…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 Thomas Jannaud , Claudio Zanni , Jonathan Ferreira

Extragalactic jets are inferred to harbor dynamically important, organized magnetic fields which presumably aid in the collimation of the relativistic jet flows. We here explore by means of grid-adaptive, high resolution numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Keppens , Z. Meliani , B. van der Holst , F. Casse

We present equilibrium models of relativistic magnetised, infinite, axisymmetric jets with rotation propagating through an homogeneous, unmagnetised ambient medium at rest. The jet models are characterised by six functions defining the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 José-María Martí