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Radio loud jetted sources with and without extended inner jet structure show good agreement with the simple ballistic ejection scenario proposed in the decreasing intrinsic redshift (DIR) model, where, because of projection effects, those…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-12 M. B. Bell

The deceleration mechanisms for relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei remain an open question, and in this paper we propose a model which could explain sudden jet deceleration, invoking density discontinuities. This is particularly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Z. Meliani , R. Keppens , B. Giacomazzo

Relativistic stellar jets, produced in binary systems called microquasars, propagate through media with different spatial scales releasing their energy in the form of work and radiation from radio to gamma rays. There are several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 V. Bosch-Ramon

I derive and discuss a simple semi-analytical model of the evolution of powerful radio galaxies which is not based on assumptions of self-similar growth, but rather implements some insights about the dynamics and energetics of these systems…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-21 M. J. Hardcastle

A precise quantification of the medium-modification of the high transverse momenta jets in relativistic heavy ion collisions rely on consistent modelling of elastic and inelastic energy loss suffered by the jet and the concurrent underlying…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-06 Monideepa Maity , Subrata Pal

Radio galaxies are episodic in nature. In our recent work, our study of jet properties and their dynamics in different episodes of activity has revealed various hitherto unknown aspects of the extragalactic jets. We discover that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-05-27 C. Konar , M. J. Hardcastle

We present spatially resolved maps of morphology, kinematics, and energetics of warm ionized gas in six powerful radio galaxies at z=3.5-4, using JWST/NIRSpec IFU to quantify jet-driven feedback in the early universe. All sources exhibit…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-12 Namrata Roy , Timothy Heckman , Alaina Henry

We present the results of a series of 3D special relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) jet in a massive circumstellar medium (CSM) surrounding the progenitor star. Our simulations reproduce the jet morphology…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-12 Akihiro Suzuki , Christopher M. Irwin , Keiichi Maeda

The kinematic and radiative power of molecular jets is expected to change as a protostar undergoes permanent or episodal changes in the rate at which it accretes. We study here the consequences of evolving jet power on the spatial and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alexander Rosen , Michael D. Smith

We investigate the evolution of a disk wind into a collimated jet under the influence of magnetic diffusivity, assuming that the turbulent pattern in the disk will also enter the disk corona and the jet. Using the ZEUS-3D code in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Christian Fendt , Miljenko Cemeljic

We have carried out numerical hydrodynamic simulations of radio jets from active galactic nuclei using the PLUTO simulation code, with the aim of investigating the effect of different environments and intermittency of energy injection on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-14 Patrick Yates , Stanislav Shabala , Martin Krause

Current research indicates that the radiation of the first stars alone would not have been suficient to ionize the intergalactic medium on long distances because of the high columnar density of the clouds in which they formed. It becomes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-14 Pablo Sotomayor Checa , Gustavo E. Romero

Radio galaxies are classified into two primary categories based on their morphology: center-brightened FR-I and edge-brightened FR-II. It is believed that the jet power and interactions with the ambient medium govern the deceleration and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-30 Ayan Bhattacharjee , Jeongbhin Seo , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

We present numerical simulations of discrete relativistic ejecta from an X-ray binary (XRB) with initial conditions directly informed by observations. XRBs have been observed to launch powerful discrete plasma ejecta during state…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-30 Katie Savard , James H. Matthews , Rob Fender , Ian Heywood

Relativistic jets accompany the collapse of massive stars, the merger of compact objects, or the accretion of gas in active galactic nuclei. They carry information about the central engine and generate electromagnetic radiation. No…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-24 Xiaoyi Xie , Alan Tsz-Lok Lam

We calculate the temporal evolution of distributions of relativistic electrons subject to synchrotron and adiabatic processes and Fermi-like acceleration in shocks. The shocks result from Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the jet. Shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Micono , N. Zurlo , S. Massaglia , A. Ferrari , D. B. Melrose

Powerful radio sources and quasars emit relativistic jets of plasma and magnetic fields that travel hundreds of kilo-parsecs, ultimately depositing energy into the intra- or inter-cluster medium. In the rest frame of the jet, the energy…

Three dimensional numerical simulations of the response of a Lorentz factor 2.5 relativistic jet to precession at three different frequencies have been performed. Low, moderate and high precession frequencies have been chosen relative to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 P. Hardee , P. Hughes , A. Rosen , E. Gomez

We present the results of new XMM observations of FR-I and FR-II radio galaxies that show the importance of jet/environment interactions for both radio-source structure and the properties of the surrounding gas. The FR-I observations reveal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. H. Croston , M. J. Hardcastle , M. Birkinshaw , D. M. Worrall

Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) at relativistic shocks is likely to be an important acceleration mechanism in various astrophysical jet sources, including radio-loud AGN. An important recent development for blazar science is the ability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Matthew G. Baring , Markus Boettcher , Errol J. Summerlin