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In this paper, we propose a general method for perturtative solutions to Blandford-Znajek mechanism. Instead of solving the nonlinear Grad-Shafranov equation directly, we introduce an alternative way to determine relevant physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-05 Zhen Pan , Cong Yu

Recollimation is a phenomenon of particular importance in the dynamic evolution of jets and in the emission of high-energy radiation. Additionally, the full comprehension of this phenomenon provides insights into fundamental properties of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 A. Costa , G. Bodo , F. Tavecchio , P. Rossi , P. Coppi , A. Sciaccaluga , S. Boula

We consider the transverse structure and stability properties of relativistic jets formed in the course of the collapse of a massive progenitor. Our numerical simulations show the presence of a strong shear in the bulk velocity of such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. -A. Aloy , J. -M. Ibanez , J. -A. Miralles , V. Urpin

We present an analysis of the linear stability characteristics of shock-containing jets. The flow is linearised around a spatially periodic mean, which acts as a surrogate for a mean flow with a shock-cell structure, leading to a set of…

We study the conditions under which high mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves propagating on a rotating jet emerging from the filament eruption on 2013 April 10--11 can became unstable against the Kelvin--Helmholtz instability (KHI). The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Ivan Zhelyazkov , Ramesh Chandra

We prove the orbital stability of periodic traveling-wave solutions for systems of dispersive equations with coupled nonlinear terms. Our method is basically developed under two assumptions: one concerning the spectrum of the linearized…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-13 Fabrício Cristófani , Ademir Pastor

Linear stability theory (LST) is often used to model the large-scale flow structures in the turbulent mixing region and near pressure field of high-speed jets. For perfectly-expanded single round jets, these models predict the dominance of…

A non--relativistic and relativistic model in which astrophysical jets are deflected on passing through an isothermal high density region is analysed. The criteria for the stability of jets due to the formation of internal shocks are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Mendoza , M. S. Longair

The recent development of tomographic analysis of radio data shows the presence of sheaths around several extragalactic jets. We have studied the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of such stratified jets, describing them as inner relativistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Hanasz , H. Sol

This paper discusses the effect of sequential conflict resolution maneuvers of an infinite aircraft flow through a finite control volume. Aircraft flow models are utilized to simulate traffic flows and determine stability. Pseudo-random…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-05 Troy Hand , Zhi-Hong Mao , Eric Feron

We have performed high-resolution 3D simulations of relativistic jets with beam flow Lorentz factors up to 7, a spatial resolution of 8 cells per beam radius, and for up to 75 normalized time units to study the morphology and dynamics of 3D…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. A. Aloy , J. M. Ibanez , J. M. Marti J. L. Gomez , E. Muller

We consider the linear stability of two-dimensional nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic basic states to long-wavelength three-dimensional perturbations. Following Hughes & Proctor (2009a), the 2D basic states are obtained from a specific forcing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-31 A. Courvoisier , D. W. Hughes , M. R. E. Proctor

We study the effect of plasma composition on the dynamics and morphology of the relativistic astrophysical jets. Our work is based on a relativistic total variation diminishing (TVD) simulation code. We use a relativistic equation of state…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-08 Raj Kishor Joshi , Indranil Chattopadhyay

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

Extragalactic jets are visualized as dynamic erruptive events modelled by time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. The jet structure comes through the temporally self-similar solutions in two-dimensional axisymmetric spherical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. H. Tsui , A. Serbeto

We have investigated the influence of velocity shear and a radial density profile on the spatial development of the current driven kink instability along helically magnetized relativistic jets via three-dimensional relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Yosuke Mizuno , Philip E. Hardee , Ken-Ichi Nishikawa

In order to find a law characterising the decrease of velocity along a jet, five analytical methods are suggested. The first two simple models examine the variation of velocity in the presence of Newton's or Stoke's resistance. The equation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-20 Lorenzo Zaninetti

We suggest a new approach that could be used for modeling both the large scale behavior of astrophysical jets and the magnetically dominated explosions in astrophysics. We describe a method for modeling the injection of magnetic fields and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hui Li

Relativistic jets are collimated plasma outflows with relativistic speeds. Astrophysical objects involving relativistic jets are a system comprising a compact object such as a black hole, surrounded by rotating accretion flows, with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-01 Yosuke Mizuno

We have performed 2.5D and 3D simulations of conical jets driven by the rotation of an ordered, large-scale magnetic field in a stratified atmosphere. The simulations cover about three orders of magnitude in distance to capture the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-14 R. Moll , H. C. Spruit , M. Obergaulinger