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We describe a geometric model for synchrotron radiation from blazar jets, involving multiple emission zones with turbulent magnetic fields and a transient core with a helical B field. Including the effects of jet divergence, particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 A. L. Peirson , Roger W. Romani

We explore the degree of magnetization at the jet base of M87 by using the observational data of the event horizon telescope (EHT) at 230~GHz obtained by Doeleman et al. By utilizing the method in Kino et al., we derive the energy densities…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 M. Kino , F. Takahara , K. Hada , K. Akiyama , H. Nagai , B. W. Sohn

Relativistic jets of magnetized plasma are a common high-energy astrophysical phenomenon, observed across a wide range of spatial and energy scales. In the past, semianalytic meridionally self-similar models have proven highly successful in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-21 Argyrios Loules , Nektarios Vlahakis

Apparent evolution of relativistic flows as traced by radio emission results from a combination of several factors related to propagation of relativistic blobs or shocks, velocity, density and pressure stratification of the underlying flow,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-03 A. P. Lobanov

A stationary self-consistent outflow of a magnetised relativistic plasma from a rotating object with an initially monopole-like magnetic field is investigated in the ideal MHD approximation under the condition $\sigma/U_0^2 >1$, where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Bogovalov

Radio interferometric observations of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) jets reveal the significant linear polarization of their synchrotron radiation that changes with frequency due to the Faraday rotation. It is generally assumed that such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-06 E. Yushkov , I. N. Pashchenko , D. D. Sokoloff , G. Chumarin

We discuss optical (HST/WFPC2 F555W) and radio (15 GHz VLA) polarimetry observations of the M87 jet taken during 1994-1995. Many knot regions are very highly polarized ($\sim 40-50%$, approaching the theoretical maximum for optically thin…

Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical simulations of strongly magnetized ``light'' conical jets have been performed. An investigation of the transition from sub-Alfv\'enic to super-Alfv\'enic flow has been made for nearly poloidal and for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. E. Hardee , A. Rosen

Active galactic nuclei often exhibit highly collimated relativistic plasma outflows launched from the vicinity of their central black holes. One of the key theoretical challenges in understanding black hole jet formation is the origin of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-05 Rin Oikawa , Kenji Toma , Shigeo S. Kimura

This paper describes a method of fitting total intensity and polarization profiles in VLBI images of astrophysical jets to profiles predicted by a theoretical model. As an example, the method is used to fit profiles of the jet in the Active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 E. G. Murphy , T. V. Cawthorne , D. C. Gabuzda

We present results from two suites of simulations of powerful radio galaxies in poor cluster environments, with a focus on the formation and evolution of the radio lobes. One suite of models uses relativistic hydrodynamics and the other…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-13 William English , Martin J. Hardcastle , Martin G. H. Krause

The prospect of identifying axion signals due to axion-photon coupling induced changes to the polarization has now become a reality in view of near-horizon polarimetric observations by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Axion-like particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-04 Dashon Michel Jones , Richard Anantua , Razieh Emami , Nate Lujan

It is commonly believed that blazar jets are relativistic magnetized plasma outflows from supermassive black holes. One key question is how the jets dissipate magnetic energy to accelerate particles and drive powerful multi-wavelength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-26 Haocheng Zhang , Xiaocan Li , Dimitrios Giannios , Fan Guo , Hannes Thiersen , Markus Böttcher , Tiffany Lewis , Tonia Venters

We developed the full magnetohydrodynamical analytical jet model that allows accurate reproducing of a transversal and longitudinal structure for a highly collimated relativistic jets. This model can be used as a setup for convenient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 E. E. Nokhrina , I. N. Pashchenko , V. A. Frolova , R. V. Todorov

We explore the energetics and plasma composition in FR II sources using a new simple method of combining shock dynamics and radiation spectrum. The hot spots are identified with the reverse shocked region of jets. With the one-dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Motoki Kino , Fumio Takahara

We present self-consistent global, steady-state MHD models and synthetic optically thin synchrotron emission maps for the jet of M87. The model consist of two distinct zones: an inner relativistic outflow, which we identify with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 J. Gracia , N. Vlahakis , I. Agudo , K. Tsinganos , S. V. Bogovalov

The study of plasma in liquid jets represents a significant area of research encompassing plasma science, dynamics, and properties. This paper presents experimental studies on plasma formation processes in liquid jets of water, ethanol, and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-05-31 S. Hilal , M. Melnik , A. Ismagilov , A. Tsypkin , S. Kozlov

We present the results of a numerical investigation of current-driven instability in magnetized jets. Utilizing the well-tested, relativistic magnetohydrodynamic code Athena, we construct an ensemble of local, co-moving plasma columns in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Sean M. O'Neill , Kris Beckwith , Mitchell C. Begelman

Horizon-scale observations of the jetted active galactic nucleus M87 are compared with simulations spanning a broad range of dissipation mechanisms and plasma content in three-dimensional general relativistic flows around spinning black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-27 Richard Anantua , Angelo Ricarte , George Wong , Razieh Emami , Roger Blandford , Lani Oramas , Hayley West , Joaquin Duran , Brandon Curd

The formation and large-scale propagation of Poynting-dominated jets produced by accreting, rapidly rotating black hole systems are studied by numerically integrating the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic equations of motion to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Jonathan C. McKinney